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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, May 1, 1930 Dinner, Parade to Mark Opening of 1950 Baseball Season Here ' -f VJ YflU'RF OUT!' Cmpire Charlie Berry waves Herb Adams of the White Sox out after Emll Verban, Cub? second baseman, tags him In a doublehcader In Chicago. Cubs took both games to sweep pre season City Series. "Two Teams Apply For Franchises In Hockey League Seattle, May 1 U.R) San Bernardino, Cal., and Hollywood appeared as likely additions to the Pacific Coast Hockey league southern division today as the league's board of directors met to act on their applications for franchise. The southern sector currently stood at three members. How ever, as George J. Campbell pulled his team out of the cir cuit for one year, Leage Presi dent G. A. (Al) Leader an nounced. The San Bernardino and Hol lywood applications were put forward respectively by George Kipp and jack Dcmpsey. And the presence of these men touched off speculation that the league would divide into two separate entities. Stars Dumped From Top of Coast League San Francisco. May 1 U.R) Crying towels are in demand in Hollywood, for with Los Ange les' double win Sunday, the Stars were pulled out of the Wakefield Vows Not to Return to New York Club Detroit, May 1 U.B Dick Wakefield, an outfielder tempo rarily without a ball club, . vowed today not to return to the New York Yankees, who touch ed off a major rhubarb by trad ing him. Baseball's problem child was equally emphatic about shun ning the Chicago White Sox, who bought him Friday, unless they restore the $5,000 Yankee cut he took from his 1049 De troit salary. The Sox themselves said the deal was off. But General Mana ger Frank Lake announced he might "reconsider" if Wake field relents and agrees to take the pay his contract provides. KLAMATH WINS Willows. Cal., May 1 U.R Klamath Falls, scoring seven runs in the first inning off six walks and four hits, defeated Willows 11-7 in the top half of their Far West league double header here Sunday night. The nightcap was called off at Ihe end of the 10th Inning with a 10-10 tie because of the midnight curfew. Sports for the Week TODAY Medford Rogues banquet, YMCA second floor, 6 p.m. Chalkers vs. Valley Muiic for Major Bowling league title, I p, m. Junior Rifle club shoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. TUESDAY Rogues open home season gainst Marysvllle, fairgrounds park. 7:45 p. m. Medford high at Central Point (conference baseball), 3 p. m. Grants Pass high rs. Eagle Point at Camp While (conference base ball), 3 p. m. Pistol shooters qualify NRA tourney, Mer rick's, 7:30 p. m. Ladies' Bowling league, 8 p. m. SHiP ViA P?C Overnight from Portland San Francisco Bay area. Oregon's No. 1 Carrier J For Information, Fatl Strvict- I- PHONE 2-S2S4 SfKfS Battle Royal Slated At Armory Mack Lillard today settled his matchmaking troubles by tossing in a battle royal as the feature of his Thursday night wrestling card at the armory. "Everybody wants to wrestle Leo Wallick, but he wants to hand-pick his opponents," Lillard Pacific Coast league baseball lead, Angel Pitcher Bob Muncrlef hurled the winning 8 to 1 night cap Sunday, making it his third opening 6 to 5 victory was cru.iled to Johnny Lucadellos single with the bases loaded in the Inst of the tenth The Seals and the Oaks played a two-park double head er with the morning game going to san francisco li to lu, and the final again to the Seals. 5 to 3. San Diego tripped Seattle for two, 5 to 4, and 6 to 3. while Portland split with Sacramen to, the Beavers winning the opener 2 to 0 and the Sacs the nightcap. 2 to 0. The first Fortiand-sacramen- to contest was a mound duel be tween Beaver Dick Drilling and Solon Bill Bevens. Lach allowed three hits, but Portland put theirs together in the first In ning for the two runs. Matt Sur kont threw the nightcap shut out for the Solons. The line scores: Portland - ISO Sacramento .... 0 3 0 Drilling and Rltchey; Bevens and Ratmodni. Seattle 4 11 t San DieirA B 1 Gerhamer and Salkeld; Rtwe. Jur lich. ltarrett. Galehouse and Moore. Hollywood S S 1 Lot Aimelea 13 1 Wooda and Snndlock: Ariktna. Ham mer and Nolo XXX Novotney. San Franclico 11 8 8 Oakland 10 1J 3 Feldntan. Slnnleton. Drilling, John on. Buxton and Partee. Kiuttwood. Grnlh, Nelson, Shoun. Harriat and PndKett. Sheely. Second Gamei Porllani 0 Sacramento 2 Adams, Llnde and Gladd. 3 a a l Rltche. surknnt and Slelner, Seattle S 2 San Dlero a 8 0 Davta, Drown and Wllllnma; Ollien, 7-uverlnk and Tvesh. Hollywood 13 3 Lou Angelea 8 0 3 Wade, Mondorf, Kern and Hand lock, Dapper: Muncrlef and Novotney. Snn Franclico ft 8 I Oakland 3 8 5 Lien and Jarvla; Gaaaaway and Noble. EUGENE SPLITS Pitlh,.ro f-ol M 1 mm The Eugene Larks and the Pitts- uurg uinnmnds split a Far West league double-header here Sun day night, Pittsburg winning the opener 3-1 and the Larks tnkiiiR the nightcap, 9-8. BRAVES EDGE BROWNS MnrvjvMliv Muv 1 T t, Marysvillc Braves made a clean sweep of its three-game series by topping the Redding Brawns 5 to 4 and 2 to 1 in a Far West baseball league dtmblcheadcr here Sunday. and Mil j Varolii"1'''' vi wo ml Jy7 (J Tauwuk eovYnapuk 'i ' i I f" uwaview 1 i. ViMtt Ti r, "zzi x ; est '1 (Acme Telenhoto) Thursday wailed, "so I settled the whole thing with a battle royal." When the mat impressario an nounced his free-for-all plans, Buck Davidson, who had sought a bout with Wallick. took off for other parts and Pete Belcastro, also after a match with the Chi cago pile driver, was holding out, claiming he wasn't in favor of a battle royal. However, Lillard said he has signed Eddie Williams, a sensa tional Scotch matman who has been a great favorite in north west rings for several months, for his initial showing here. Besides Wallick and Williams, others in the melee will be Ted Bell, Brooklyn; Charley Carr, Shrevcport, La., and Norval Stockstill, Ashland's wrestling policeman. Lilliird said he was working on Belcastro to make the sixth man but if the Weed Assassin didn't take the match, some other outstanding junior heavyweight would be signed. Three regulation matches will follow the battle royal with pair ings to be decided in order of elimination. Coauille. Ore.. May l-i-(U.R) Clarence A. Barton had a profit able fishing trip on the Rogue river, he reported today, tie hooked a 30'2-poiind salmon and a $35 fishing outfit that includ ed line, hooks, pole and reel. STANDINGS COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 68 .836 .31111 3M .300 Snn Dlrso 34 11 Hollywood ....3I 11 San Francisco ....in 15 4i 8 8i Loa AiiRelct 18 17 Portland la 18 Oakland 15 18 .484 7 Sncrnmento 13 31 .382 10 'i .194 18 Seattle. 8 35 NATIONAL LEAGt K Brooklyn 7 3 Chlcnito 3 3 Plttthurgh 8 3 Boston 8 8 Philadelphia 8 8 .778 .800 .345 .300 .300 .800 .400 .143 2 2 2'i 2' 2' 3'i 3 St. Louti .............. S 3 Cincinnati .... 4 8 New York I 8 AMERICAN LEAGl'E Detroit New York .. Cleveland .., Washington Boston .887 .ti00 .571 .5.18 .5:18 .373 .333 .333 8 4 5 7 3 3 4 !i 1 1 2 2, 2 j St. Loull .... ( hlcano Philadelphia WESTERN INTERNATIONAL Yiiklma ,li!)3 .887 Wennlchee. 8 Tacoina fl .843 ..MS .4X2 .429 .333 .300 Salem 7 Spokane 8 Trl city 6 Vancouver ... 4 Victoria 3 Marys vi He To Provide Opposition Business Manager Mel Car penter of the Medford Rogues turned a pleading eye to ihe weatherman today and was told by Bob Church, keeper of the local weather bureau, that the outlook for tomor row night's opener with Marysville was favorable. Church said the forecast was for showers tonight with clearing tomorrow. There probably will be some show ers around the edges. Church said, with the possibility that one or two of them may drift across the valley but the rain fall was expected to be light and would soak in. "The chart shows that it will be 'play ball' tomorrow night," Church said. By Hank Green Medford Rogues under Mana ger Tommy Nelson, will open their 1950 home Far West Base ball league season Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. at the fairgrounds park with the Marysville Braves at opponents. Tonight at 6 o'clock the entire Rogues squad will be honored at a banquet by local baseball fans under sponsorship of the Athletics Booster club of South ern Oregon. The affair will be held in the YMCA and will in clude a program as well as din ner and talks. Entertainment will include the Eve Prentice accordion band. Newbry To Attend Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry and Mayor Diamond Flynn will help officiate at open ing day ceremonies tomorrow evening and will welcome the Rogues to Oregon and Medfoord at tonight's banquet. More than juu people are expected for the dinner. A parade starting at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow will herald the ap proach of the local professional baseball season with the junior high band, a marine corps color guard, several floats entered by businessmen and other units tak ing part. The march will start near the courthouse and so through downtown Medford. Evening ceremonies starting at 7:30 will include musical se lections by the junior high band, raising of the flag in charge of the marine corps and the tradi tional pitching, catching, umpir ing ana Dauing oy dignitaries present. Local merchants and business men have donated cash prizes to taling more than $175 plus sev eral merchandise awards to go to Medford Rogues making "firsts" tomorrow night. The Rogues are comino to Medford wilh a far better rec ord in the Far West league this year than when the Nuggets opened the 1949 season at the fairgrounds. Last rear the Nug gets lost 13 games before a vic tory. Medford's Dro baseball reore- sentatives this season have shown power at the plate and some better than average pitch ing when the "chips were down." Two or three games have seen the opposition comb local pitchers for eight to 10 hits to garner only three to five runs. Don Gehrmann Wins Drake Relay Honors Des Moines. Ia May 1 (U R) Distance Runner Don Gehrmann of Wisconsin was heralded today as the outstanding performer in the Drake relays. Newsmen who covered the an nual classic Friday and Satur day voted Gehrmann the honor for the second consecutive year, but by a considerably slimmer margin than in 1949. They gave him 10 votes, compared with 22 last year. Ijyjxfl-Z MAY 2 7:45 PM- MARYSVILLE vs. MEDFORD (Scairadl Parade At 4:30 P.M. For Rttervitions Call 2-5580 ot 2-8297 HERE TONIGHT Earl T. Newbry, above, secretary of state for Oregon, will speak at the banquet honoring the Med ford Rogues baseball team to night at the YMCA. Tuesday evening he will officiate at open ing day ceremonies of the Rogues against Marysville at the fairgrounds park. Dinner to night will be at 6 o'clock. High School Baseball Set Central Point and Camp White baseball fields will be scenes of Southern Oregon conference baseball games Tuesday when Medford' travels to CP. and Eagle Point high is host to Grants Pass at the Veterans cen ter field. "Play ball" at both places will be 3 p. m. Wednesday afternoon the Black Tornado will play Ash land in a conference game at Medford's field. Last Friday the Tornado nine lost a conference tilt to the Cavemen from Grants Pass, 9 to 8, on a homerun with the bases full in the final inning, and then swept a doublcheader from Myr tle Creek Saturday in a non-conference affair. Central Point lost a 7 to 4 de cision to Sutherlin last Friday and the same day the Eagles dropped a 9 to 5 nod to Illinois Valley high school. Grants Pass, Medford and Klamath Falls currently are top teams in the conference. The Tornado has won two and lost as many so far in 1950. Net Players Tidy Tennis Courts Prospective members of the city tennis team turned out with brooms, shovels and rakes yes terday and tidied up the senior high school tennis courts. Singles and doubles practice matches were played after the cleanup. Others interested in trying for team berths are still invited to turn out. The group urged that racqueteers get as much practice as possible by us ing the court in the eVenings during the week. An inter-city match scneouie is being drawn up. Scores Yesterday FAR WERT LEAGUE MEDFORD 3-. Reno 4-7 Eugene 1-9, Pittsburg 3-8 Klamath Fnlts 11-10, Willowi 7-10 COAST LEAGUE San Francisco 11-3. Oakland 10-3 Los Angeles -8. Hollywood 3-1 San Diego 5-6, Seattle 4-3 Portland 1-0, Sacramento 0-3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 4-3. Philadelphia 1-9 Pittsburgh 2-1. Cincinnati 4-2 Chicago 0, St. Louis 1 (13 innings) Brooklyn at New York postponed, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 0-3. Boston 19-6 Detroit 0-7. Chicago .1-7 (2nd fame called end of 9th. darkness) St. Loula at Cleveland postponed, rain New York at Washington postponed, rntn. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL Yakima 8-20, Spokane 7-0 Tacoma 618, Trl City 2-12 OPENING DAY Tiiccnnv Rogues Drop Two Games To Reno Club Reno, Nev., May 1 (Special to The Mail Tribune) Medford's Rogues of the Far West league dropped a pair of thrillers to the Reno Silver Sox here Sun day. The scores were 4 to 3 and 7 to 6. LaVere Herrman pitched five hit ball for Medford in the seven stanza opener, fanning four and walking two. Stuart scored for the Rogues in the first inning on a walk, steal, error and Manager Tom my Nelson's infield out. Med ford took a 3 to 1 lead in the third on Stuart's walk, Nelson's single and Williams' two-run double to left field. Reno, trailing 3 to 2 in the sixth inning, with two out, got its winning runs as big Ellis Daugherty homered over the right field fence with Joe Bor ich aboard. In the nightcap the score see sawed until the ninth when Reno loaded the bases on a walk to Daugherty, questionable deci sion on Diercks' fielder's choice and intention pass to Akins. Pitcher Lloyd Jones, losl..g con trol, then walked Smith to force in winning run. Bolen scored in second for Rogues on a single and Stuart's deep fly to center. In the fourth Stuart's triple scored Bolen who walked and Fitzpatrick who sin gled. In the fourth Brien's dou ble drove in Gugliemo who had singled and Adams who walked. Medford pulled three double plays in the opener and Reno three in the second. About 450 attended, shivering in the cold, bitter, windy weather. Linescore: Flrtt Game: Medford 102-000-0 3-4-1 Reno 100-102-x 4-5-S Herrmann and Guglielmo; Johnson. Monahan (31 and Zorich. Second Game: Medford .010-220-001 6-S-l Reno 113-001-101 7-0-3 Bowman. Llovd (3 Tnompson ioi Gresbach fT) Jones (81 and Gugliel mo; Carlson. Bogdanovich (5) Meany (9) and Borich. Roseburg Golfers Win Roseburg Linksmen bumped the Rogue Valley Country club delegation, 25 to 23. in a team match yesterday at Roseburg. Pete Watts, Medford, and Er nie Pearson, Roseburg, with 74s had the best rounds. Sixteen Medford golfers participated. Rogue Valley will entertain Eugene next week-end. Results: Pele Watts (Ml 3. J. Perrault (R) 0; Phil Getchei (M) 2. P. Pearson (Rl 1, Wayne Johnson (Ml 0, E. Pearson (Rl 3; Norm Worthley (Ml 1. W. Cum mlngs Sr. (R) 2; Justin Smith Sr. (Mi 2, Riley (Rl 1: BUI McAllister Sr. (Mi n. Hallmark IRI 3: D. LusnCt (Ml 1. W. Cummlngs Jr. (R) 2; Bob Shepherd Sr. (Ml O, Harvey (Rl 3. C.rnmr Grannls (Ml 1. Oulne (Rl 2; Fred Sears (Ml O. Hetrick (Rl 3: Rav Frishie IMI O. Howard (Rl 3: Al Lll'trell IMI 1U: Bridges (R) l'i: Ed Oldfield (Ml 3. wuntwiy mi u; oui McAllister Jr., (Ml 2s. Wood (R) li; Justin Smith Jr. (Ml 3. M. Perrault IRI 0; Bob Shepherd Jr. (M) 3, Hen. nlnger (R) 0. Medford Golfer Tourney Finalist Eddie Oldfield of the Medford senior high school golf team was a finalist in the Marshfield invi tational tournament at Coos Bay on Friday and Saturday. He lost to Bob Gasper, Cot tage Grove, who was medalist in addition to winning the tourn ney. Phil Getchell of the Tornado crew went to the championship semi-finals and Bill McAllister Jr., Medford, lost in an early matcn ot tne top ingnt. Other Medford showings were Justin Smith Jr., first flight sehii-finalist and Bob. Shepherd Jr., runner-up in second flight. (Acme T el t photo SNOW MEET The weatherman predicted cold weather for the Drake relays, but he didn't ex pect this. Carion Campbell of Michigan Normal ran a fast 440 for his school to hand North Texas State Teachers Its first de feat of the season. Yakima Gains Lead in WIL Seattle, May 1 U.R Yakima was back atop the Western In ternational - heap today after a wild and woolly week end of class "B" ball which saw two shutouts, two extra inning games, one league record broken and runs galore. The capstone was Yakima's 20-0 shutout of Spokane, which came within one run of the all time W. I, L. record. The record was set in the Yak-ima-Spckane debacle. The hap less Indians committed 10 er rors to put a new mark in the record book. Yakima won the first Sunday game 8 to 7 in IS innings. On Saturday Vancouver shell ed Salem 16 to 6 but lost the nightcap, 7-0. Wenatchee bowed to Victoria 7-4 but took the second, 13-3. Yakima downed Spokane 5-4 Saturday while Tacoma handed Tri-City a 7-1 Saturday lacing, followed it up with a 6 to 2 first game win on Sunday, but dropped the second game 12-8. Corvallis, Ore., May I (U.R) Oregon State's tennis team de feated Willamette university 8 to 0 on Friday. 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Howard (Suthl 3rd, Simmons (CP.) 4th. Tlrna 17.9 sec. . , High Jump Beck and Kroush (Suthl tied for 1st, Blgham (C P.) and Doherty (E.P.) tied for 3rd. Ht. 'loo Yd.nbash Kester (I V.) 1st, O. Hnlfhll! (CP.) 2nd. Jones (M.C.) 3rd, Weaver IMC 4th. Time 11.0 sec. Discus Trunkey (Suth) 1st. West (Suthl 2nd. Holder (M.C.) 3rd Mer rill (I.V.) 4th. Dist. 105 ft. 10 In. Mile Run Frostches (Suth) 1st. Gaines (Suth) 2nd. Cross (I.V.) 3rd, Simmons (E.P.I 4th. Time 5.06 mln. 440 Yd. Dash McGonagle (CP.) 1st. Cahall (E.P.) 2nd. J. HaKhlll (CP.) 3rd, Foettllch (M.C.) 4th. Time 53.0 sec. 200 Yd. Low Hurdles H o 1 g a t e (Suth) 1st, Brown H.V.I 2nd. Miller (I.V.) 3rd, Buck (Suth) 4th. Time 25.5 sec. Javelin Hunt (I.V.) tit, Montgom ery (Suthl 2nd. Hiller (I.V.) 3rd. Hol gate (Suthl 4th. Distance 145 ft. 10 in. Broad Jump Brown (I.V.) 1st. Do herty (E P.) 2nd, C. Halfhill (CP I 3rd. Buck (Suth) 4th. Distance 18 ft. 10 In. 220 Yd. Dash C. Halfhill (C P.) and Kester (I.V.) Tied for 1st Weaver i MCI 3rd, Jones (M.C.) 4th. Time 24 5 sec. 880 Yd. Run Bond IMC.) 1st. Smith (Suthl 2nd. Meadows (CP) 3rd. Willis (Suthl 4th. 2:16 mtn. 880 Yd. Relay Illinois Valley 1st. Central Point 2nd. Myrtle Creek 3rd, Sutherlin 4th. 1:38 min. League Sets Opening Date Central Point, May 1 The Rogue Valley league baseball season will open on May 14 with six teams participating, it was learned here today. Each semi-pro team will play the other three times during the season. Central Point will play Cave Junction in its opener. In practice encounters here yesterday Central Point's Millers lost a doublheader. Eagle Point beat them, 7 to 3, in the starter and the Medco Loggers of Butte Falls came out on top, 7 to 5, in the finale. Butte Falls scored five runs in the first inning. LA GRANDE COACH , oPrtland, Ore.. 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