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Rogues Play Here Tonight, Saturday; Twin Bill Sunday; Locals Lose, 9-6 , Medford Roguci and Klam ath Fallt Genu open a four gam Far Wait Basaball league eriei at the fair ground! ball park tonight with tingle gamei this eve ning and Saturday itarting at 7:45 and a double bill sched uled Sunday itarting at 6:30 p.m. Redding. Cal.. June 2 (Spec ial to Mail Tribune) The Red ding Browns continued to steal home of the Medford Rogues famous last mftiuie rally thun der when they stepped on the Oregonians with four runs in the eighth inning last night to win a 9 to 6 league game. Three hurlers went to the mound for the Rogues in that eighth inning frenzy that saw Glen Hyatt, Jack Lloyd and Carl Hueners give up three walks be fore Ken Gigle, Browns short atop, tripled with the bases load ed and Manager Ray Perry sin gled home for four runs. Three Redding Homen . Earlier the Redding second baseman Ken McGee hit two homers and Bob Thompson, first baseman, hit another. The Rogue picked up a single trun in the fourth inning on a double by John Popovich, Bob r Haddock's single and an error. They collected three more in the sixth stanza on walks to Popo vich, and Al Bolen, a fielder's choice, Don Williams' single, Bill Adams' two-bagger and an error. Medford picked a pair in the seventh frame when Herrman was safe on an error by Thomp son and Milt Martin smacked out a homerun. In the Redding half of the same frame Martin was ejected from the game for beefing with the umpire. Browns Slill First The defeat of the Rogues by Redding boosted the Browns higher into first place while Medford stayed in third spot. The linescore: Medford 000 103 200 S 8 1 Reddlne 110 120 04x 9 12 3 Herrmann. Smith (7), Hyatt 131, Lloyd (8), Hueners (81 and Martin, Guglielmo (7); Dillon and Choukalos. Salem Drops 8-5 Decision By United Press Like a homing pigeon coming to roost, Yakima bounced back into the upper division of the Western International lengue last night. The Bears, who for the better part of the oast week have been trading places with Tri-City on alternate aays, put tne wnammy on the atomic city Braves 8 to 2 and salvaged sole possession of the No. 4 post on the league laaaer. wenatcnee pulled back into a tie with Salem for second, the Lntets Dumping over Spokane 6 to 3 while the Solons dropped an 8 to 5 decision to Tacoma. A lone run in the bottom of the seventh gave Vancouver an 8 to 7 nod over Victoria. Tommy Henrich Returns To Yankees for Games . New York, June 2 (U.R) Tommy Henrich reported back to the New York Yankees today but the brilliant old pro's career was still shrouded in doubt. Dr. George Bennett of Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore sent Henrich back to the Yan kees last night after failing to find anything wrong with Tom my's ailing right knee. Budge Patty in Finals Of French Tennis Play Paris, June 2 (U.R) Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt and Eric Stur gess of South Africa will con tinue their interrupted semi final match in the French ten nis championships today to de termine the final round rival for Budge Patty of Los Angeles. Patty gained the finals yes terdav bv upsetting lop-seeded Billy Talbert of New York, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 12-10. mm ports for the Week FRIDAY Klamaih Falls Gems vs. Medford Rogues, fairgrounds park. 7:45 p.m. Mixed Bowl ing league, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Annual Mail Tribune trap shoot. Medford Gun club, club grounds, 9 a.m Rogues vs. Klamath Falls, fairgrounds perk. 7:45 p.m. SUNDAY Mail Tribune trspshool tour ney, Medford Gun club grounds, all day Hawthorne park swimming pool dedica tion. 2 p.m. Rogue Valley Baseball league games (Eagle Point at Central Point. Glen dale at Butte Falls, Prospect at Cave Junction) 2 p.m. Rogues vs. Klamath Gems, fairground park, 6:30 p.m. (doubleheader). Lincoln Boys As Athletes Given Party An athletic party at Lincoln grade school at which members of the basketball, football, base ball and track teams were hon ored was held Monday with ice cream and cake served. Winners in the marble tourney conducted during the past few months were announced this week also. The title marble tournament was made up of six boys playing a three game series roundrobin with each other. This was won by LeRoy Fellows who took 12 and lost three. Otis Turner was second. Richard McLeod third, Billy Evans fourth and Darwin Morehouse and Tommy Smith tied for fifth. Fellows and Morehouse rep resented the sixth grade, Turner and McLeod the fifth and Evans with Smith the fourth. The following boys were hon ored at the party: Tommy Boyd, Lloyd Cearley, Gerald Couch, LeRoy Fellows. John Foust. Garry Lewis. Dick Payne, Joe Shelton. Elton Warner. Darwin Morehouse. Eddie Albright. Ron ald Anderson, Gerald Anderfpn, Keith Bailey, Benny Craig, Rob ert uarnson, Kenneth Hendnck- son and Gary Hight. Jan Limpo, Grant Parrott, Richard Puhl. Bobby Slover, Henry Snyder, Otis Turner, An drew Walker, George Pitts Larry Albright, Tony Brauner, Billy Evans, Wayne Niehaus, Dale Shaw, Tommy Smith, Billy Snyder, Lyman Stubbs, Mike Walker. Dickie Williams and uallas Cooley. Major Leaguers Scout Pitcher Oshkosh, Wis., June 2 U.R) Major leaeue scouts converged today to watch the last game of a high school Ditcher who Inst oniy one game in three years and pitched a perfect game last month. Their quarry is tall, gangling Bill Hoeft. an 18-year-old senior at Oshkosh high school, whose only ambition is to pitch ball oiii nas never lost a prep school game. And the climax of his high school career came few weeks ago when he struck out every man who faced him in a game witn tne Hartford, Wis high school team. Oshkosh Coach E. J. "Snitz" Schneider said Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers will fly here Saturday to watch Bill in action against Manitowoc. Wis high school his last prep school game. Former Local Players Now Vie at Roseburq Roseburg, June 2 Three for mer players on the Medford Cra ters semi-pro team and also of the Medford Rogues or Nuggets aggregation are now playing with the Roseburg Chiefs of the semi-pro Southern Oregon Base- oan league. They are Tex Chandler, for mer manager of the Craters and early this year coach for the Rogues: Stan Norby, ex-Craters and Nuggets Inficlder, and Cy wniaaen. lormer craters anrt Nuggets hurler. Whidden hurled the Chiefs to a 7 to 2 victory over myriie creeK nere luesday. 'Oddity' in Far West League Standings Now By United Press An oddity exists today in the Far West Baseball league stand ings as a result of Reno's win, 6 to S, over Marysville. and Pittsburg's defeat of Willows 9 to 8. Reno ended with a slightly higher percentage win over Wil lows, in last place In the stand ings. Yet Willows is 10'4 games away from the leading Redding Browns, while Reno is 11 games removed. Scores Yesterday FAR WEBT LEAni'E Rrvirtin f). MKHrOFtn ft. Klarruiih Fall 20. En Rene 0. Reno 6, Maryavllle 5. PitUburf 9, Willow 8. PACIFIC COAST LEAGL'K Portland 2-0. San Francisco 0-3 Sacramento 4, Hollywood 3. Lot Angeles 7. Seattle 4. San Diego 3. Oakland 1. STANDINGS FAR WEST LEAGl'E W L Pet. GBL ..24 13 .667 .22 12 .647 1 ...20 14 .988 3 ..20 16 .556 4 ..14 20 .412 B 20 .394 9 'a 24 .368 11 21 .364 10' a Redding Klamath Falls MEDFORD . Pittsburg Marysville Eugene 13 Reno 14 Willows 12 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE San Diego 40 26 Hollywood 38 26 Oakland 33 29 PORTLAND 33 30 Los Angeles 33 34 San Francisco ......31 34 Seattle 26 37 Sacramento 24 42 .606 .594 .532 .524 .493 .477 .413 .364 AMERICAN LEAGl'E New York 27 Detroit ... 22 Boston 24 Cleveland 20 Washington 19 Philadelphia 14 Chicago ....13 St. Louis 9 AMERICAN LEAOt'F. St Louis 5, Washington 4 (12 in nings) New York 6 Chicago 5 (10 Innings) Cleveland at Boston postponed, rain. Detroit at Philadelphia postponed, rain and wet grounds. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads NATIONAL LEAGl'E Rostnn 14. Pittsburg 2 Philadelphia 8. Chicago 4 St. Louis S. Brooklyn 2 New York 8-2, Cincinnati 7-5 FOR JUNE WEDDINGS We Have Complete Stock of Champagne Sparkling Burgundy Punch Punch Bowls and Cups For Rent OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, 9 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT BELL'S BEVERAGE SHOP 124 South Central Murray Bell, owner NATION L LEAGl'E Brooklyn - 2:) St. Louis 23 Philadelphia 23 Boston - 20 Chicago 18 Pittsburgh 16 Boston . 20 Chicago .18 Pittsburgh 16 New York 13 Cincinnati 11 .730 .647 .571 .541 .514 .368 .351 .263 .605 .556 .514 .400 .356 .514 .400 .381 .297 1 s S'i 7'i 81, 12 'i 16 31, SH 7 8 13, 14 16', BOWLING COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Competition in the Commer cial Bowling league has con cluded until fall with Eagles lodge defeating California-Pacific 3.829 to 3,698 in the rolloff for first place held Wednesday night at the Medford Bowling lanes. In a rolloff for third place in the loop, Werner's Bricklayers defeated Pepsi-cola 3,937 to 3,832. Hartzell took high individual game with 204 for Cal-Pacific in the first place match while Shaw of Pepsi-cola with 208 was high individual scorer in the other mRtch. Ron Rice of the Pepsi-cola team was awarded a trophy for highest individual series of the season with his 652 pinfall. Jul ius Cnrn with his 264 took the high individual game trophy. Where To Fish Portland, Ore., June 2 -U.R) The upper Umpqua river area was expected to be one of the best sports fishing sections of the state this week-end, ac cording to the game commis sion's weekly fishing bulletin. Water conditions in the up per Umpqua region were re ported excellent. Fly fishing is improving but bait and spin ner angling was still the most productive. Salmon fishing above tidewater ended May 31 on the Umpqua. Angling continued good In most streams and lakes in the Klamaih area. The upper Rogu e river was improving with fair catches expected to be made during the week-end. Lincoln High Trackmen Win Portland's Champ Portland, Ore., June Z (U.R) Lincoln high school won the Portland high school class A track and field championships for the first time in 42 years here yesterday. The Cardinals took the city mm QFFERBSW No dry gin ever like it before iSS' - ou tr MrBOSTO;: i rtt 4V. tuto 'i Distilled by a NEW revolutionary process ftiitillrd from 100 Grsin pitutm spirits 90 P,onf Mr. Boiioa Dmillrr lee.. Bostoe, MtM.k Woodworkers' Strike Closes Bend Factory Bend, Ore., June 2 U.R Operation! of the Oregon Trail box factory have been halted by a strike called by the Interna tional Woodworkers of America. The union demands the plant grant the same benefits which were recently awarded to work ers in large-scale lumber opera tions in the Pacific northwest. Seventy-two employees of the plant are effected by the strike order. title for the first time since 1808. Roosevelt was second and Grant and Franklin tied for third. Dead line on Classified Ads: 9:30 p.m. for following day. 10 am Monday for Monday: noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. Slight Rises Expecfed In Northwest Rivers Portland, Ore., June 2 (U.R) Slight rises were predicted to day by the weather bureau's river forecasters for most north west rivers during the next few days as result of temperature rises in the upper Columbia river basin earlier this week. The forecasters said a slight rise would occur in the Snake river today and in the middle Columbia by tomorrow. The Willamette river above Oregon City was expected to rise slightly while rivers in the Port land and Vancouver, Wash., areas were expected to fluctuate with little overall change. Meanwhile, the weather bureau said the pool of air which has kept western portions of the state dry and warm was fading. Forecasters expected more "seasonable" temperatures, probably this week-end. MEET TO CONCLUDE Corvallis, Ore., June 2 (U.R) Cily officials from Oregon and Washington will conclude a two day northwest traffic engineer ing conference here today. , I Friday. June J, 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN SP Clerk Here Given Transfer, Promotion W. D. Longmore, chief clerk of the district office In Medford for the past three years, has been promoted by the Southern Pacific company to chief clerk in the freight department In the Seattle office, He and Mrs. Longmore have been active in social and church work. He is well known for his music work and has played in various bands and orchestras in the valley. Longmore, accompanied by his wife and two young daughters, will leave Medford tonight on a vacation, then reporting for duty to the Seattle office. Jack Hardy, Vancouver, B.C., succeeds Longmore In Medford and will report for duty soon. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Hardy, to whom he was married this week. The first steel plow In the United States was made In 1833 by screwing pieces of saw blades to a wooden plow frame. Legal Action Seen On Showing of Film Portland, Ore., June 2 iU.R) Legal action appeared imminent today in the censorship action of the Italian film, "The Bicycle Thief," by Portland's municipal censorship board backed by the city council. Mayer and Burstyn, New York distributors of the award-winning movie, have requested coun sel be retained and "any steps necessary be taken" to assure a Portland showing for the movie. The controversy came to a head over a two-minute brothel scene which has to be cut, ac cording to the Portland council, before the film can be shown locally. Portland Is the first city in the United States which hat insisted on censoring the film. Fish are the principal source of animal protein for the Jap anese people, providing about 85 per cent of their total supply of such food. 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