EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Rogues Play Tonight, Thursday
And Friday at Fairgrounds Park
(Edilor'i Note See pig on of
today i piper tor poium iiir
In day postponement ox io
night's gam at in fair
groundi).
It was still somewhat of a
nuestion late this morning wheth'
er the current cloudy showery
weather would allow tonight's
baseball opener to be played be
tween the Medford Rogues and
the Marysville Braves at the fair
grounds as tne local pro season
trieri trt start.
Last night's projected Far
West league season opener for
the valley fans was washed out
early yesterday atierncon.
Onanina CramoniS
Opening day ceremonies were
scheduled tonight with Mayor
Diamond Flynn, Sheriff Howard
Gault and other city and county
nffirinU takine Dart. Secretary
of State Earl f . Newbry will be
unable to attend due to a meet
ing in F.ngene.
A parade at 4:30 this afternoon
wun tne junior nmn uunu, umi
npKiimpn'ii nnH firms' floats, a
marine corps color guard, the
Rogues' baseball squad, Athletics
Booster club members and others
taking Dart was scheduled to
start off the opening day festivi
ties Floyd Shotwell is scheduled to
hurl tonight a opener againsi me
league-leading Marysville, Cal.,
team that currently Is tied with
Pittsburg. The tall righthander
was tough in the pinches last
week and came off with a vic
tory against the Diamonds.
Tomorrow night the local
hurler may be Lloyd Jones who
pitched for the Nuggets last year
before being hurt. The Braves
end their current series with
Medford tomorrow night.
Willows, whose three - bame
series at Eugene was cancelled
due to the field not being in
shape, will be in Medford to op
pose the Rogues f riday and Sat
urday in single games and on
Sunday with the season's first
twin bill.
All four Far West league
games last night were postponed
due to rain or wet grounds, in
cluding Marysville at Medford,
Pittsburg at Klamath Falls, Reno
at Redding and Willows at Eu
gene. '0' Baseball
Nine Travels
Eugene, May 3 Coach Don
Kirseli and 17 Oregon baseball
players open a long road trlrj to
day ngninst Idaho and conclude
the series on Thursday.
Washington State will be host
lo me webfoots on Friday and
anturday and then the Duck:
move over to Seattle for games
wun Washington on Monday and
luesaay. vine webfoots will
make the trip by chartered bus.
Oregon leaves its home ground
after the poorest opening in 15
years. The Ducks lost a pair to
both Washington and Washing
ton State and split with Idaho.
The Ducks, who have finished
either first or second every year
since 1940, will be trying to get
out of the league cellar on the
long trip.
School Golfers
Defeat Raiders
Paced by Eddie Oldfield and
Phil Getchell, the Medford high
golf team bested Southern Ore
gon college linksmen 0-4 to 5 Mi
m a match at Rogue Valley
Country club yesterday.
Oldfield carded a 73 to thump
J. Boyle 3 to 0. Getchell shot a
75 to down B. Phillips by the
snmo mnrRin. Bob Shepherd was
Medford'a only other individual
event winner, whipping B. Pcr
rin Z'4 to '4.
B. Kelly of the college beat
Justin Smith 3 to 0 and D. Lug
net defented Billie McAllister 2
to 1.
Tacoma and Yakima Top
Western International
Seattle. May 3 (U.R The
rnined-out Tacoma Tillers tnined
the Yakima Bears at the top of
nit- western international
league heap today.
While Tacoma's gnmo against
the Spokane Indians was post
poned by an unscasonal eastern
Washington storm. Yakima
dropped a 10-5 derision to the
seventh-place Vancouver Capl-
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PLAYS TONIGHT Tommy
Nelson, above, player-manager
for the Medford Rogues and for
mer Boston Braves' inflclder,
will be at second base tonight
when the local Far West league
team opens its 1950 home season
at the fuirgrounds park. Play ball
will be at 7:45 after opening day
ceremonies at 7:30.
'Stars' Sink
Low in PCL
San Francisco, May 3 (U.R)
Oakland today joined what
might become a procession of
teams defeating Hollywood, thus
pushing the Stars down the Pa
cific Coast, league's slippery
slide.
The Acorns last night handed
Hollywood a blistering 10 to 2
defeat to make it the third
straight loss for the Twinks.
Mighty George Bamberger scat
tered six hits and Loyd Christo
pher smashed across six runs to
do it. It was the fifth win for
Bamberger.
Christopher, a former Los An
geles player, unloaded a double
In the first inning with the bases
loaded to push across three runs
and he homered In the seventh
with two men on.
Hollywood got its two lonely
runs In the sixth on singles by
Catcher Mike Sandlock, Buddy
Hicks and Bob Bundy.
STANDINGS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W L PCT OUU
San Diego as 11 .
Huliywood ...ai ia .30 ai2
San Francisco ! 1 -543 la
Los Angeles 10 17 .528 S
Oakland IB 1 .sun 7
Portland IB 17 .483 7,
Sacramento 13 22 .371 ll'.
Seattle 7 23 .310 HI
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 8
New York .......
Boston . S
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Washington 9
Cleveland .. 4
St. Louis 3
Chicago 3
Philadelphia 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn a
Chicago 4
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.583
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.41 1!
.402
.400
.143
Pittsburgh 7
St. Louis
Boston B
Philadelphia
Cincinnati 4
New York 1
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Tacoma 3 .64.1
Yakima 9 S ti43
Wenatchee 8 S .61.1
Salem 7 8 .538
Trl Cllv 7 8 .4118
Spokane 8 7 .4112
Vancouver 5 8 .3B4
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Victoria S 10 .300
Scores Yesterday
AMF.RICAN LEAGUE
noston 8, Cleveland t
Detroit at Philadelphia.
postponed,
postponed
rain
Chicago at New York.
rain
St. Louis at Washington, postponed
rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 10, Philadelphia 8
Pittsburgh 8. Boslon 1
Brooklyn 10. St. Louis 3
New York at Cincinnati, postponed
rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 7. San Francisco 0
Oakland 10. Hollywood 2
San Diego 10. Portland I
Seattle 3, Sacramento 3
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Trl City 14, Wonat.-iie 8
Vancouver 10. Yakima 3
Tacoma at Spokane, postponed,
rain.
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Ducks Grid
Prospects
Eugene, May 3 Coach Jim
Aiken planned to slow down the
rugged pace of the 1950 spring
football practice as mid-term
tests and the fourth annual spring
game approached.
The Duck boss was both
pleased and worried at the con
clusion of the first IB days of
scrimmage. "Our line has come
along nicely, considering the
number of new men," Aiken
said, "but we still lack good run
ning backs and I don't know if
we can find them before the con
clusion of our spring work."
Every practice session so far
has included at least a half hour
of scrimmage and Aiken said he
would continue the schedule for
the remainder of the spring.
"Our big weakness is lack of ex
perience," Aiken stated, "and I
think the best way to get ready
for the fall season is to work
under game conditions."
In the first full game scrim
mage the Whites defeated the
Greens. 30 to 18, and the work
of Earl Stelle and sophomore
Jack Williams at end contributed
much of the White scoring
punch.
High Schools
Play Friday
Medford high baseball team
today looked fordward to its
Southern Oregon conference
game with Ashland high at the
Grizzlies' field Friday afternoon
and Eagle Point high diamond
players were expecting Myrtle
Creek at Eagle Point for a JDJ
league game the same day.
Yesterday's scheduled confer
ence tilt between Medford and
Central Point at CP. and Grants
Pass at Eagle Point were post
poned because of rain. Eagle
Point will try to play its game
with the Cavemen this after
noon but Mndford-C.P. game has
not been settled.
Today the Black Tornado was
scheduled to play Ashland high
on the local field at 3 p.m. in a
conference encounter but late
this morning it was doubtful if
the game could be played. The
field was wet and soggy from
yesterday's rain.
Central Point is scheduled to
play Illinois Valley at Junction
City on Friday in a JDJ contest.
Albany is putting on all out
effort to bring tiie finest baseball
park in Oregon high school an-
nnls to that city and in time (or
the state prep school state cham
pionship baseball tourney slated
to start there May 25.
Sports fans in that town call
the stadium being built there the
"finest" in the state. Incident
ally the entire protect not only
Is for baseball but a companion
layout with stands and facilities
needed for football are being
constructed on a nearby tract
also.
"What does all this have to
do with Medford?" You atk.
Well; for on thing there ii
possibility- that Medford
high's baseball team will rep
resent this diitrict at the stale
tournament, which is a great
honor in itself.
But we are also reminded that
the city of Medford with its 18,
000 or more people has but one
baseball diamond within its
borders and that is a school dia
mond on which there is a cer-
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Camp White
Game Scene
Camp White, May 3 The
Eagle Point Townies and the
club Butte Falls will usher in
the Rogue Valley league base
ball season the afternoon of May
17 on Hatton field.
Announcement has just been
made that there will be a regu
lar field day with plenty of
prizes to players for "firsts" as
the game is played. Prior to the
game itself will be base running,
distant and accurate throwing
and other stunts.
Additional seating space will
be provided. Two new sections
of bleachers are going to be up.
Fred Bruegger, mayor of
Eagle Point, will toss the first
pitch; Paul Hatton, manager of
Camp White will attempt a base
hit and back of the plate hold
ing up "His Honor" will be Jake
Olson to catch.
The time of the game will be
coordinated so as not to conflict
with National Hospital day
which will be observed on the
station the same day.
Madras High Selects
Bob Pollard as Coach
Prinevijle, Ore., May 3 (U.R)
A Lewis and Clark college foot
ball, basketball and baseball
star Bob Pollard will take
over Madras Union high school
coaching chores this fall, Mad
ras school superintendent Carl
V. Rhoda said today.
Pollard is to receive his mas
ters degree in physical educa
tion from the Portland college
this summer. He succeeds Joe
Piedmont, who resigned to enter
private business.
'Snuffy' Smith Named
Ashland School Coach
Ashland, May 3 The third
Southern Oregon college gradu
ate in succession will hold the
football coaching reins at Ash
land junior high school when
GRylord "Snuffy" Smith takes
over the job next fall succeed
ing Chuck Jandreau who will
work for his masters.
In addition to Jandreau as
SOC graduates was Chuck De
Autremont who now is coaching
a northern California coast
school. All three have been out
standing athletes at SOC.
tain amount of restriction due
to schools having priority in its
use.
The fairgrounds baseball dia
mond not only is out of the city
limits but its facilities arc at
least partly limited due to the
Rogues using it and the fair
board has jurisdiction over its
use. In other words it is not
like a playground which is open
to all at any time.
Attempts have been made In
past years to obtain land either
through purchase or gift nearer
downtown Medford for a large
baseball layout with adequate
seating facilities, large parking
areas and within walking dis
tance of a large section of the
city.
Such a baseball project
might b like a playground
open to all with a liqhted
diamond for professional,
tmi-pro and high school base
ball as well as diamonds for
youngsters who now have
only tha limited facilities at
the senior high.
One of the projects many in
the Athletics Booster club would
like to undertake is aiding the
Summer Baseball school con
ducted by Alex McDonald so
that a part of its sessions can be
held at Hawthorne park, provid
ing a baseball diamond will be
available there.
It seems doubtul now that an
eastside playground facility for
the baseball school will be pro
vided this season but perhaps
another year will see not onlv a
baseball diamond there but also
well laid out Softball diamond.
Evidently this corner's early
season prediction that Redding
wcvuld be a top team In the Far
West Baseball lcnauc this season
and that Marysville might be in
the second division are not going
to hear fruit.
The Braves from Msrysville
currently are on or near the
top whll the Browns from
Redding or resting en the
bottom of the league ladder.
When the writer saw Marys
ville In a practice game two
weeks ago he was not impressed
particularly but we hear that
since then the Braves have
taken on three or four bov to
strengthen their fielding and hit
ting
Redd nil evidently Hope nnl
have the good Ditching to match
Lewis, Clark
Climbs Top
Conference
By United Prass
Lewis and Clark college
climbed atop the Northwest con
ference baseball standings
Wednesday alter lacing Willam
ette 9 to 9 with a late-inning
rally.
Lefthander Don Wright went
tne tun nine innings .tor tne
Pioneers and got needed hitting
support in the seventh inning
when his teammates broke a 5-5
deadlock and went on to win.
Frank Gatchell, 34-year-old
Willamette righthander, went
out in the eighth inning on a
three-run pioneer rally and was
cnarged with the deteat.
Willamette U. Drops
Willamette dropped into a
two-way tie for second place in
the conference with Linfield
college, which moved to a 3 to
1 victory over Pacific.
Johnny Nauman pitched the
Linfielders to the second-place
tie by giving up only two hits.
The Wildcats scored two runs in
the eighth inning to break a 1-1
deadlock.
Lewis and Clark now leads
the conference with three wins
and one loss, followed by Wil
limette with three wins and two
losses, Pacific with one win and
three losses and College of
Idaho with five losses is as
many starts.
McDermott
Just Misses
New York, May 3 (U.R) Joe
Page of the New York Yankees
is a guy with a heart. That ex
plains why Mickey McDermott
of the Boston Red Sox almost
pitched a no-hitter.
Page watched McDermott
pitch against the Yankees last
week. After the 2Q-year-old
Lefty was batted out, the star
Yankee fireman gave him some
sagr advice.
"He was firing that ball back
at the batter just as soon as he
got it trom the catcher," Page
said. I said 'count up to 40 or
45 before pitching and see if you
don't do better next time out.' "
Yesterday was "next time out"
and the skinny southpaw pitch
ed no-hit ball against the Cleve
land Indians until Larry Doby
singled in the seventh a
scratch infield hit. The final
score was Boston 6 to 1.
Black George Winner
Kentucky Derby Trial
T.miUiMl Kv Mav 3 (U.R)
The paddock pundits overlooked
trial winner Black George today
and stuck by Hill Prince and
Your Host as the hot favorites
for Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
Black George proved to be the
surprise package in the mile
trial when he splashed home two
lengths ahead of King ranch's
HTlrtrlloarnunrl nt Churchill
Downs yesterday. But the Wil
liam Vecneman colt didn't re
ceive as much praise as Hill
Prince did for a simple work
out. . ,
Moving out on the track pe
tween the second and third
,-ooc Mill Prince went the full
Derby dist3nce of a mile-and-a-
nuartcr In z:ua ao. ciuuuy uc
went only a mile and an eighth
at his best speed, being eased up
BOWLING
LADIES' LEAGUE
High individual game honors
in the Ladies' Bowling league
went to A. Carbiener with 188
and Audrey Swoape captured
hich individual series with a 511
pintail when the women held
uieir weuKiy sesMim ihsv man
at the Medford Bowling lanes.
Medford Feed and Seed took
high team game with 764 and
high team series of 2.149 went
to Shaw s Apparel snop.
LAnlES LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Khnw. Annnrel Shoo ......47 33
Western Thrift Store 47 3:M
Elk Lumber Company .....45 35
Oreson Finance Co. . ...41 39
Hubbard's ...38
Ellis C.rocery 33
Western Decorating 30
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Ore. Finance 4
Lowrl 4R8
Ellis Groc.
Crawford 37f-
Knox 29i
German 31 H
Hill 339
Corhv 436
Johnson 39
Absentee 372
Burroughs .... 395
30S7
Weber 311
187hl
West. Thrift I
MrCall 400
Ludwtg 344
Cummlngs 389
Damon 449
Little 414
3041
West. Dec. 1
teaming 43Sl
Hagen 39:.
Rhoads 4Hl
Virtue 34!)
Gardner 4551
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Hubbard's 1
Elk Lumber 3
Harnish
379
390
402
Sacchl .. 4751
McGraw
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Tamney 43
Barnwell 35
.. 420
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Kenlev 4I
Wlllett 409
1933
208:
Shaw's
Tollclson 387
Swiape 511
I.lttrell 385
Med. Feed I
Tennant ........ 38-1
Haw ley 414
Mann 391
Absentee 315 Curry
Carbiener .. 483 Barr
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Local Rifle
Club Slates
Award Night
Medford Rifle club, which
now sports the Oregon four-man
team small bore rifle champion
ship, will have its annual party
and award meeting for members
and their wives at 7:30 p.m. to
day at Merrick s indoor range.
The main attraction will be a
crab feed.
Medford's four-man crew of
D. J. Bolton (384), Lewis Conger
(384), Harry Heidenreich (380)
and John Rush (385) Sunday at
Portland won the state crown
with a 1,533 total. Portland was
second with 1,521. The match
was 20 shots prone and 20 stand
ing. The team score will be sent
in to the National Rifle associa
tion for national title competi
tion. Conger with a 200 plus lOx
was among the expert winners in
Match I for individuals. It was
20 shots prone.
Next shooting activity of the
Medford club will be on the out
door range near the Crater lake
highway Four Corners on May
14. -
Larks Cancel
Cards Series
Eugene. Ore., May 3 U.R)
Far West league baseball games
at Medford and Klamath Falls
were postponed last night be
cause of wet grounds but Eugene
cancelled its three-game series
with Willows because recent bad
weather slowed down construc
tion of the club's new ball park.
Construction crews were not
able to complete work on the
grandstand and the park dia
mond was not in shape for the
series.
Club President Art Hadler
said the Eugene-Willows series
probably would be cancelled and
that Eueene would day its Fri
day through Sunday series at
Marysville, cal. willows win
play at Medord beginning Fri
day.
Both Eugene and Willows
traveled here Monday but Had
ler said the club decided against
using any other city park.
Eugene's opening game here
tentatively is scheduled for May
16. when the Larks meet Reno.
This is Eugene's first year as
professional baseball city.
for the final furlong.
Hill Prince's time for the mile
was 1:40 25. That was only two
fifths of a second over Black
George's clocking in the trial.
And the Prince's other fractional
times also were eye-poppers
:24 35 for the first quarter, :50
for the half mile and 1:02 35 for
five furlongs.
Oil Capitol, Tom Gray's swift
gray colt, also showed he was
ready for the Derby jaunt by
turning in a splendid workout.
Oil Capitol only worked a half
mile but it was a corker being
clocked in :50 35.
Carlos Legnon, Oil Capitol's
regular exericse boy, turned in
a good report on the gray ghost
from Tulsa, saying "he was
reaching out all the way and
fighting for his head."
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CUMMINGS SIGNED Bob Cummlngs, above, coast junior
heavyweight wrestling champion, will be the sixth man in the
battle royal at the armory tomorrow night, starting at 8:30. Cum
mings, who won the title from Al Szasz in Boise, Ida., recently,
will go in with Newcomer Eddie Williams, Charley Carr, Leo Wal
lick, Norval Stockstill and Ted Bell. Three regulation matches
will follow the battle royal with pairings decided by elimination
in the free-for-all.
Bowlers Register
Medford Bowling association
will hold its annual city handicap
tournament Sunday, May 7,
starting at 1 p. m. at the Medford
Bowling lanes, it was announced
today.
The tournament will consist of
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trailer behind this car. Has been into Copco's Tolcatee
Falls camp and several trips to Tacoma.
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25 miles per gallon on gas from Medford, Oregon, to Kelso,
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