Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 26, 1950, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OHECON) Pittsburg, Marysville Favorites As Far West Loop Opens Tonight San Francisco, Apr. 26 MR) The Pittsburg Diamonds and the Marysville Braves were dubbed the teams to watch today as the 1950 Far West league season of ficially opens with all eight teams in action. The four opening games in the 140-game pennant struggle will start at B:15 p.m. With the first ball thrown, the Far West will become the fifth and last of the Pacific slope leagues to get underway in the new season. League President Jerry Dono van and owners in eight cities are hoping for an attendance boost of more than 100.000 paid admissions above the 1949 at tendance figure of 220,000. i Locally Owned Clubs ! "Local ownership in all towns DlttL'hurn ic a rlnfinitp as- WVlJl uig..u.h . i set and should boost attendance t ..n..Eli " nnnmian cairl P frmenrlnnslv." Donovan said The favored Diamonds, 1949 champs, and the Braves meet a pair of Oregon teams, Medford and Klamath Falls at Pittsburg and Marysville, respectively. The Rcddinc Browns will bat tie the Willows Cardinals at Willows, while a pair of dark horses meet when the Eugene, Ore.. Larks invade the home nrk of the Reno Silversox. iMaggio, Enoi Back The Diamonds, pennant and playoff winners last year, open the season with their same man ager. Vince DiMaKio. eldest of the DiMaceio boys. Also return ing are Bill Enos. former San Francisco Seal, and Jack Carr. "Owner Vine Davis (former Pittsburg mayor) wants a win ner and will not hesitate to spend money to get one," Dono van said. Their opponents tonight, the Medford Rogues, are a young club. The Rogues have a work ing arrangement with the New York Giants and are managed by Tommy Nelson, former Boston Brave and Sacramento second baseman. Jack Lloyd will at tempt to hurl a winner against the Diamonds with Marvin Cart wright receiving. Eugene Plays Reno The Eugene Larks, managed by Lou Vezilich, former St. Louis Cardinal, will start right hander Al Kruck against Reno's combination of Bob Testier, pitching, and player-manager Joe Borich, formerly of Bakersfield, catching. Hub Kittle, former PCL pit cher, now managing the Klam ath Falls Gems, plans to send Andy Sierra, former Portland left - hander, to the mound against the Braves' Paul Tamo. George Trlandos will catch for BASEBALL HRSI'ITS TI'RSIIAY Atlonal I.f.riif Boston 0. Brooklyn 3 New York 8, Philadelphia 4 Chicago at Pltuhursh, postponed, rain (Only garnet icheduted) American l.eaeite New York n. Philadelphia Detroit S. St. l-ouls 3 Bonton al Washington postponed, threatening- weather. Cleveland at Chicago postponed, wet ground!. Coast League San Francisco 7. Oakland 3 Sacramento 3. Portland 2 Lot Angeles 6. Hollywood 9 San Diego 3. Seattle 3 Western International Tacotna ,V Spokane 3 Wenatc-hee 4. Vancouver 0 Salem 3. Victoria t Yakima 0. Trl City B UVC as fW ;i3kj; tap vJ,'M,i-v-. Iff like watching the clouds rod by ond seeing the sun shine through the day you discover Seagram's 7 Crownl So smooth... so fine... so completely pleasing... you'll wish you'd discovered it years ago. Seiim' 7 Crown. BlfNDCD WHISKEY. 86.1 Ptool. 6b, Gum Neutnl Spuitv Strm Dulilleis Coif) . tnrslr Building. N. Y. MAIL TRIBUNE the Gems, while player-manager Mert Kenmuir will be on the re ceivine end for the Braves. At Willows. Cardinal Manager Ray Mnlgradi, former Fresno Ditcher, starts Hurler Paul Ho berg and Catcher Jack Helmuth against a Heading coniDinauon of Ralph Lineberger and Pat Clyde. Redding Pitchers Tops Donovan described Redding's pitching staff as probably the best in the league." He said Malgradi is counting on speed LOCAL PLAYERS LaVerre Herrimann. left, and Carl Huen cr are likely to be among the Medford Rogues pitchers seen in action as the Far West league season opens this week in Pitts burg, Cal. Herrmann is irom Central Point and Huener from Jacksonville. from his young club with an eye to the St. Louis Browns for help, help. The Browns are managed by Ray Perry, former San Francisco Seal third baseman who is play ing the same post for Redding this year. Perry hopes to equal his .400 balling average of the past two seasons with the Browns and the 50 homers he poled last year. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST t.EAOL'E W L Hollywood -19 7 Sun nirao 18 II San Frnnrisco .-.lfi 12 Urn Aneelts 14 IS Oakl.iml 12 n Pet. GUI. .731 621 2'j .571 4 .483 H'i .4Hf) H'.a .J62 7 .3!W 9 .240 12 'i I nno .833 ,r:i3 .S71 I .333 2', .333 2V .200 3 .000 4 833 l7 1 .linn 1 a .0(10 i'j .420 2', .37 S 3 .333 3 .200 3'i .Al. - .714 .SI'S . .1,2.1 , .(12.1 , .171 1 ..1.10 II, .2.10 3j .123 4', IMIHTI.AN'n I? 14 Snrrninento 11 17 Seattle l NATIONAL I.F.AOrr. ChlcnRn 3 Pittsburgh . 3 Brooklyn S Bclon ..... 4 Philadelphia 2 SI. Louis 2 New York I Clnclnnitt 0 AMERICAN l.EAOt'E Detroit s New York 4 Cleveland 3 Wafthlnaton .. 3 Philadelphia 3 Bolton 3 St. I.nuli 2 Chicago 1 Spokane S SAI.KM ,1 Tficnma 5 Wenalrhee .1 Yakima ....... 4 Trl City 4 Vancouver 3 Victoria 1 Danny Gardella Sold Outright to Cardinals Cincinnati. O., Apr. 2(i iU.R) Outfielder Danny Gardella, one of the major lrngue players who Jumped to the Mexican league in 1946, was sold outright by the St. Louis Cardinals today to their Houston farm team in the Texas league. Gardella was signed by the Cardinals last October after dropping a $300,000 damage suit against organized baseball. the Clouds Wednesday, April 28. If! Oma Takes Nod Buffalo Battle Buffalo. N. Y., Apr. 26 U.f) Lee Oma, erstwhile contender for the heavyweight crown boasted a streak of 13 straight victories today following an easy decision over Vern Mitchell of Detroit. Oma, who now makes- his home in Newark. N. J., toyed with Mitchell for 10 rounds be fore 3,500 fans in the Memorial auditorium last night. The hap py-go-lucky heavyweight gained at least seven rounds on the cards of all three officials. Although he looked hog-fat at 196T4 pounds, Oma continually battered Mitchell with punches thrown from all angles. Mitchell, tipping 187 U. rallied briefly in the sixth and seventh rounds when he slopped Oma with short rights to the head. Phoenix Youths Form Rifle Club Phoenix. Apr. 26 Boys in the Phoenix school district who are interested in joining an air-rifle club in that community have been invited to meet Saturday, April 29. from 10 a. m. to 12 noon near the new high school building where the club's range is located. Two teams already have been organized with team No. 1 cap tained by David O'Brien and team No. 2 led by Mickey Mil ler. Last week Dale Haggard made high score with 66 Doints out of a possible 100 for team 1 and Alton Metcalf of team 2 made 61 out of 100. Organised April 15 The club was organized April 15 with Charles A. Kolsbeck. chief of police in Phoenix, in charge. At the end of each calendar month high score members of the Phoenix Air-Rifle club will receive awards. As of last week Saturday 14 boys had joined. Ages of boys run from eight to 12 years. Backstops and target holders furnished by the Haggard Linn- oer company. Phoenix, have set up at the rifle range. Kirk To Play Lenczyk In North-South Golf Pinehurst. N. C. Apr. 26 (U.R wnat may be the best match of the entire north and south wom en s amateur golf tourney comes up in today's second-round when defending champion Peggy Kirk clashes with medalist and former national champion Grace Len czyk. The same two stars met In last year's final round and the winner of today's 18-hole battle will be a heavy choice for the 1950 crown. Roll By 1950 m Czech Appointed Albany Mentor Albany, Ore., Apr. 26 (U.R) Stanley Czech, former Oregon State college football player, has accepted the head football coach ing job at Albany high school, school officials announced today. Czech, line coach at. Albany for the last two years, succeeds Rex Hunsaker, who resigned to take up coaching duties at Ore ion Technical institute at Klam- th Falls. Clyde Martin, physical educa tion director and basketball coach, was appointed Albany high school athletic director, a Dost also vacated by Hunsaker. Bob Newland. Lee Ragsdale and Fred Spiegelberg together with the entire Medford high track squad are to be congratu lated on the mighty fine show ing they have made in the Hay- ward and Rogue relays and in dual track meets held to date. While this corner believed the Black Tornado would win the Haywards last week-end without much trouble, it did not come even close to guessing on the large margin. At wt have pointed out be fore. Medford has "depth" at very position and in every, event plus some topnotch run ners and field event men who can pull down first place with comparative ease. These give the Tornado opponents with only a few good boys a rough time. A letter from Bill Bowerman sums up this corner's ideas as well as could be done. The let ter, in part, follows: "You would have been very proud of the Medford track squad (in the Haywards). It was certainly a pleasure to walcn them Dcrform. Ihey were cham pions not only in the number of points that tney took dui aiso in the way they conducted them selves on the held and in tu gene. "I want to commend Bob New land to you and the people of Medford. I think that his coacn ing last year was tops for a first year man. Perhaps some people "thought he had inherited some boys that helped him. "It is one thing io inherit them and another to place and handle them so that they come up to their possibilities. Bob did that last year. "I am sure that you will join me in the knowledge that this year he has produced his own team, His squad is made up of new material and he has done a superb job of teaching them. Medford can be very proud of its track team and of its head coach, Bob Newland. Our visit with the Medford Rogues Saturday and Sunday in California convinced this corner that the local Far West league club could be a first division club without much trouble. The opposition from Klamath Falls and Marysville. at least, looks comparatively weak. Marv Lartwcight. playing Ills first season as a catcher, has shown that with more experi ence handling pitchers he could be one of the best ever seen by local fans. He handles himself like a veteran catcher now but is weak on calling pitches. Manager lummy iSelson of Ihe Rogues lias been concentrating on finding his best pitching staff. SOUTl!--,N OREGON 4th and Fir Struts M.dtord, WSC Leads North PCL In Baseball By United Press Washington State college moved atop the northern divi sion Pacific Coast conference baseball standings today But Oregon State and Washington were treading on the Cougar's tail. Lee Dolquist culminated a Cougar uprising in the fourth inning yesterday by singling home two runs in a five-run at tack as WSC took a 7-3 victory. Washington, meanwhile, scored three unearned runs in the first two innings to nip Oregon 5-4 in 10 frames. Oregon tied up the Huskies four-all in the ninth but the Webfoots' four earlier errors had paved the way for the Washing ton victory. Bob Peterson got credit for the Washington win although he had to be relieved in the tenth after walking two Oregon bat ters. Bud McCartney put out the fire while Dewayne Johnson was the losing pitcher. At Moscow, Ida., the Cougars had little trouble with the cellar-dwelling Vandals. Idaho did not score until the eighth frame. Vandal Hurler Cless Hinckley gave up only six hits but issued eight free passes to first. fielding and hitting combinations rather than winning games in practice. One of the best plays we saw on the trip was by Center fielder Doherty who crossed up Marysville by bunting down ihe first base line with the ball rolling in just the. place where the pitcher could n't get over in time to field it and the first baseman was out of position. . And speaking of sports, have you ever seen the football field at Lodi, Cal.? It is a natural bowl with scats along the sides and room enough for more at each end. We would say with just people sitting along the side that fully 10.000 can sec games there with perhaps anoth er 10,000 or more able to get in when the ends of the bowl are completed. BOWLING LADIES LEAGUE High individual scries and high individual game honors were taken by Audrey Swoapc with 547 and 199 respectively when the Ladies' Bowling league held its competition last night at the Medford Bowling lanes. Medford Feed and Seed cap tured high team series and high team game with 2,216 and 778 respectively. LADlKS1 I EAGLE STANDINGS Team W Merilord Feed. Seed 48 Shnw's Aoparel Shop ...........44 . Western Thrift Store 14 Elk Lumber Company 42 Oregon Finance Co 37 Hubbard's 34 Ellis Grocery 32 Western Decorating 29 47 West. Thrift 3 McCall 410 Ludwis 424 Cumminss .... 415 Damon 3RI Little 373 2009 Ellis Gror. 1 Crawford 402 Knox 321 German 34!t Hill 3fiS Weber ..: 393 1S32 Med. reed 3 Tennant 437 Hawley 3KR Mann 340 Curry 4flfl Ban 504 2126 linlihard'i 1 Harnuh 434 McGmw 334 E. Berk 409 S Beck 338 Klatt 372 2031 Ore. Finance 3 Loud 444 Corny 422 Jnhnon 322 Knlps 413 Burroughs .... 492 2093 West, net McKnwn .... Hason , Rhoaris Virtue Gardner ... 433 .. 34U .. 47j ... 292 .. 388 2008 Flk Lumber 2 shan't 2 Tollelsnti 333 Swoape 347 Littrell 400 Shaw 33k Carbiener .... 415 2073 Sacchl 44B Taninev 447 Barnurll 343 Keplev 3R1 Willett 483 2107 Africa and Asia are separated by the Suez Canal. Egypt is thus partly in each, since its historic Sinai Peninsula lies east of Suez. DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Phent 2-524) Ortf.o PETE IN ACTION Typical actions of Pete Belcastro, the wild Weed Italian, arc shown above where Belcastro is pulling the hair of an unidentified opponent while the referee is being squash ed in the melee. Belcastro will be seen in action at the armory to morrow night when he faces Ted Bell in the middle event of the weekly wrestling card. Lee Grable opposes Leo Wallick in the headliner and Buck Davidson takes on George Strickland in the opener. Local Tennis Players Meet A meeting of those interested in playing with a Medford ten nis organization was held last night at the home of Tod Tib butt, 221S East Main street. Highlights of the discussion were promotion of player-spectator participation, availability of tennis equipment in thj city, types of rackets, balls and the like, upkeep of the courts and establishing a tennis' clinic for anyone desiring to ' learn and perfect fundamentals. Another meeting and practice session of local tennis players will be held Sunday, April 30, at the senior high courts starting at 9 a.m. Again it was stressed by those in charge that the season is just getting underway and that any one wishing to play on a city tennis team is invited to attend Sunday's practice. Joe Kahut Wins Contract Suit Portland. Ore.. Apr. 26 (U.R) Pacific northwest heavyweight boding Champion Joe Kahut yes terday won his suit to end his contract with former Manager Jack Capri. Kahut sued for cancellation of the contract on grounds that Cap ri failed to account for the fight er's funds. t Circuit Judge Martin T. Haw kins ruled that Capri was lax in accounting and was in no po sition to account for money rightfully belonging to Kahut. Capri indicated through his at torney that he would appeal the decision to the Oregon supreme court. PACIFIC U. WINS 15-11 Portland, Ore., Apr. 26 !U.R) Pacific University staged a seven-run rally in the ninth inning, to defeat Vanport 15 lo 11 in a baseball game here yesterday. U. S. ROYAL yfol&de. Iil4 U.S.R0YMSJ P THE MUJb.Wt IH THE WORLD 1 HID MILEAGE-HIGHEST YOUR USED TIRES HEVER BOUGHT SO Eicluiiv.OYlTtX-n.w, Exclusiv. hlh-tp..d, low. fiTf fTTTLrS?2 nu-skid tr.ction - hold! h.r. pr.isur. dnipi. V3J ' ViJJfa f ' VJ lire, never held before. fXst Everlastinc Whitewalli no Chosen for the finert n.w cars, iTTTTfwi ll I J ll ll J I 4 more curb-scuff and abrasion. BByyJJmLJM R, new.bl. tread-up to 0 , I ' S. Ry1, it i.n't T(p , d mor. wf. m,l. Air K,d.. D. S. ROYAL U. S. ROYAL 1 rM m " """f MASTER jfluL&ide. 1 0l lrH m en '" ( PAR STORES MAIN and HOLLY PHONE 3-9111 THORSEN'S UNION SERVICE Central and Jackson SWEDE'S UNION SERVICE - 618 E. Main Phone 2-9268 STEVE'S UNION SERVICE - Phoenii, Phone 3-2600 PAUL SPUHLOCK PITCHES Paul Spurlock, former Med ford Nuggets hurler in the class ' D Far West league, pitched one ! inning as relief pitcher for Van-' couver, 'B. C, of the class B Western International league as the Canadian team lost to Wen-1 atchee. Wash., 4 to 0, last night at Vancouver. Hunting and Fishing Licenses FISHING LURES . y2 peuce LAKE Les Davis Twin Flash High Lake COMPLETE STOCK OF GUNS AND FISHING TACKLE DAN F, HAAS 1218 Court Street Willamette U. Defeats OCE, Vanport in Track Salem, Ore., Apr. 26 U.P.) Willamette university score 85',-i points to win a triangular track meet here yesterday against Oregon College of Education and Vanport college. OCE scored 59Vi points and Vanport trailed with 16. Ted Mertz of Willamette was the top individual performer, scoring 20 pc - with wins in the high jump, 100-yard dash and high and low hurdles. PROPANE TANKS LOW EASY RENTAL PLAN DOMESTIC GAS CO. 3330 N. Highway 99 PHONE 2-6119 FOR TOWING OR WRECKER SERVICE ROGUE SERVICE and Supply Co. Anywhere - Anytime TROLLS Slim Jim Little Lake Lucky Luhr Indiana Phone 2-4717 U.S. ROYAL MAS TIB ALLOWANCES MUCH BEFORE!