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Rogues Climb into Fourth Place; Here Tonight, Saturday, Sunday Mike Kanshin, a veteran pitcher who came here re cently from Vancouver,- B. C of the Western International league, it listed to pitch for ihe Medford Rogues tonight when the local Far Weit league club plays Marysville at the fairgrounds park start ing at 7:45. Single games w 1 th the Peaches are scheduled tonight, Saturday and Monday eve nings with a doubleheader Sunday. First game of the twin bill will start at 6:30. By Hank Green "We're on our way to first or second place," Manager Tommy Nelson of the Medford Rogues told the writer before last night's game and fans who journeyed out to the fairgrounds ball yard are not hard to con vince that this may be so. Last night the local club through the help of Don Wil liams' line single to right center scoring Russ Stuart and some nifty relief hurling by Veteran MEDFORDdiTRIBUNE inf S. 'Revolutionary OLD reJ ! McBOSTO J i ' 1 I DEGRESS COOLER 1 . FIRST BASIC IM I pROVEMENT IN O'Nj; Dmllled from 100 Gram Neutral Saints QO Proof Mr. Boston Dunllcr lac. Bottoa. Mill. : Pete Jonas scored a.lO-inning 7 to 8 victory over Willows. Stuart Starts Rally Stuart had opened that 10th stanza with a ground single to center and after Chuck Freeman had .lied out and Johnny Popo vlch grounded out, the latter sending 'Stuart to second base, Williams rapped a single to right center to score the Medford shortstop. Jonas came into the game in the seventh inning, allowed one hit and gave up no walks to re ceive credit for the win. Starting Pitcher Jack Gruell was shelled from the Medford mound during the Cards' uprising in the fifth while Bill Francis was yanked for a pinchhitter. It was another night of good baseball for Rogues' fans with the victory boosting Medford in to fourth place. Stuart and Jack Cooney com- Yakima Near First Place By United Press Yakima moved to within a game and a half of the top-rung Tacoma Tigers in the Western International league Thursday night. But the luck of the sched ule made it appear that the STANDINGS FAR WEST LEAGUE Redding -.. 4l' 18 Klamath Falls 35 22 Pittsburft 30 28 MEDFORD 2 20 Reno .... 26 31 Marysville 23 31 Eugene 23 32 Willows 21 34 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hollywood 34 31 Oakland r 47 38 San Diego 46 41 PORTLAND 40 41 San Francisco 41 44 Los Angeles ... 40 46 Seattle 39 45 Sacramento , 32 53 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 33 22 Philadelphia 32 22 St. Louis 33 23 Boston 30 26 Chicago 27 25 New Vork 27 27 Pittsburgh 21 37 Cincinnati 17 38 Pet. .695 .614 GB. 5 10'i 13 14 15 !i 16 18 .635 .366 S .329 9 .414 12 .462 13 .465 14 .464 14' .368 23 .600 .589 .336 .319 .300 3's 4'! 5', .362 13'., .309 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit ...... 37 18 New York ...... 38 21 Cleveland 33 23 Boston 32 30 . Washington 27 31 Chicago 23 33 St Louis .. 20 36 Philadelphia 21 39 .673 .644 .36!) .516 .466 .431 .357 Tigers would be able to increase their lead over the week-end. Dewey Soriano's Bears nick ed Tacoma for one run, in the second, and held tight for a 1-0 victory. "Buffalo Bill" Bradford allowed Tacoma eight hits, but the Tigers could not capitalize on them. Tri City came to life with a bang in the third inning, scor ing all their runs in one fell swoop to. wind up the series with Victoria. Joe Orrell held the A's hitless for five innings, as the Braves garnered a 7-3 victory. Spokane knocked Wenatchee down a ppg into third place on the WIL ladder with a 2-1 win and Vancouver at Salem was postponed because of rain. Lightning Hits Umpire And Ump Forgets Score Muskogee, Okla June 23 (ll.R It's tough when Mother Nature takes sides in a ball game, Umpire Emory Jen nings complained today. He wbs struck by lightning after he called a runner out on a close play at first. When he recovered, he couldn't remember the score. Rifle Shoot Scheduled For Sunday Postponed The heavy caliber rifle shoot planned for the Camp White range on Sunday has been post poned one week because the grounds are not available, a Med ford Rifle club spokesman said this morning. The shoot now will be held on July 2. 'rA NOW M' TO IT -WHEN t' tfWP. fCRTIUZE WITH ,' THE WATER DOES THE WORK WITH FLO 9tl MORCROP Fertilize while you water the lawn-' one utiy op eration! Cuts work in half and is twice as efficient Flo MORCROP is an amazing new chemical plant food that dissolves immediately in water. It soaks the fertilizer-in-solution right down to the roots of gra:s and plants where it does the most good. There's no danger of fertilizer-burn. Keeps lawns lush and green all summer and with less watering. Fertilize the modern, easy way. . . it's no more effort than watering! 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Includes: 10 Pound Pie Morirep Applicator Jar f Oot-Spraysf (to ft rtiii $: o) m FAMOUS MORCROP FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, CO-WEST BAIT bined on a nice bit of fielding in the ninth with Cooney dig ging a low throw out of the dirt after Stuart backhanded a grounder at deep short. ' Gruell Shows Form Gruell showed good form In picking a Willows player off first base In the first stanza, Lloyd Jones went into deep sec ond base position to throw out a player in the eighth and the local club pulled off a double play the hard way first to short to first. Medford picked up a single run in right and scored as two out Popovich doubled off the fence in right and scored as Marc Guglielmo lined a single off the shortstop's glove. Two more scored for the Rogues in the second as Cooney singled to right center, Gruell reached on a fielder s choice Stuart beat out a bunt, Popovich singled to left and Guglielmo flied to short right center. Popovich Gets Double In the fourth with one out Stuart reached first on an error, stole second and scored as Pop ovich doubled to left center. Medford's fifth tally in the sixth came when with ont out Freeman and Popovich walked and Guglielmo lined a single in to left centerfield The Rogues' tying runin the sixth stanza was manufactured on Jone's single, a wild pitch Cooney's single and an error. Willows AH R H PO E Have. Jo 4 3 13 12 Nelson lb 4 12 6 0 1 Blencino If 5 0 0 7 0 0 Painter ss 4 0 120 McMinn cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Luke-r cf 1 n o 0 n 0 Helmuth e 4 0 1 4 0 0 Ames rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 Malgradl 3b 3 0 0 110 Vlrich p 3 10 0 10 Hoberg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 8 8-29 3 'Two out when winning run scored. Medford AO R II PO A. E Stuart as 6 2 2 5 3 1 Freeman c 5 1 0 3 0 0 Popovich If .. 5 14 10 0 Guglielmo c 4 0 2 8 0 0 Martin c 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams rf 6 0 2 2 0 0 Haddock 3b 4 0 0 0 3 0 Jones 2b 5 12 12 0 Cooney lb 5 1 2 10 1 0 Gruell p 2 10 0 10 Francis p .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jonas p .... .... 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 14 30 11 1 Friday. June it. 1930 Struck out for Francis In 6th. Willows 101 040 000 06 8 3 Medford .... 120 101 100 17 14 1 Three-base hits Nelson, Hayes. Two-base hits Popovich 2. Nelson. Hit by pitched ball Guglielmo Ull rich). Stolen bases Stuart, Nelson, Painter 2, Ames. Struck out by Gru ell 2. Francis 3. Ulrlch 2. Hobarg 2 Bases on balls off Gruell 3. Francis 1. Ulrlch 2. Hoberg 2. Passed ball Helmuth. Wild pitch Hoberg. Earned runs Medford 5, Willows 4. Runs bat ted in Freeman 1, Popovich 2, Gug lielmo 2. Williams 1, Cooney 1. Hayes 1, Nelson 3. Painter 1. Left on base Medford 13. Willows 5. Winning pitch er Jonas. Losing pitcher Hoberg. Double play Cooney to Stuart to Cooney. Umpires wnltton and Grle-sel. Women's Golf Activities A team headed by Mrs. Belle Schenck defeated a crew cap tained by Mrs. F. G. Bunch, 28 to 19. yesterday during ladies' day golf activities at Rogue Valley Country club. Thirty-seven women played. The following have signed for the Willamette Valley-Southern Oregon tourney at Bend on June 28: Mrs. Ralph Odell, Mrs. Earl Leever, Mrs. Noble Vincent, Miss Marlene Vincent, Mrs. James G. Town, Mrs. George Harrington, Mrs. James Wyatt, Mrs. Robert Shepherd, Mrs. Ray Larson and Mrs. L. P. Walker. Scores Yesterday FAR WEST I.EAGt'E Kin mi th Falls 4, Reno 3. MRDFORD 7. Willows 6. Eugene 3. Msryiville 1. Redding 17, Pittsburg 3. pAcinr coast league San Dletro 2, Sacramento (I. Hollywood 3. San Francisco 2. Oakland 4. Los AnffHea 3. Seattle 6. PORTLAND S. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 3-.1, St Louis 0-ft Philadelphia 7. Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati 0, Brooklyn 5, (Only game scheduled). AMERICAN" LEAGl'E Cleveland 6, New York 2. 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The Texans. defending NCAA champions, earned their way in to the finals yesterday by de feating Rutgers. 15 to 9. The eastern team, which de feated Texas in the opening game of the tournament, used five pitchers in a vain attempt to stop the hard-hitting Texans who knocked out IS hits. But despite a 12-hit record of their own, Rutgers couldn't match the Longliorns who drove home eight of their runs in the second and fourth innings. BASEBALL LEADING BATSMEN NATIONAL LEAGUE Player and Club AH Pi H Pet. Robinson. Brooklyn 208 42 ?S .301 Muslal. St. Louis . 1! 42 TO .337 Lockman. New York 233 31 79 .339 Slaughter. St Louis 21 SO 74 3.18 Snider, Brooklyn ... 319 43 73 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kell, Detroit 22S 49 AS .373 Doby. Cleveland .... 181 3 85 .3.19 Dropo. Boston ... 21.1 38 72 .3.11 Evers. Detroit 193 38 88 .342 Zarllla. Boston 193 34 64 .332 Blood Boils In FW Loop; Vince Ousted By United Press Blood boils quite often in the Far West Baseball league. Last night Pittsburg Manager Vince DiMagglo objected loud and long to a called strike on one of his boys. Then when the opposing Redding Browns came to bat, DIMaggio sat down in the outfield and refused to play. The umpires complied. They ejected him from the game and Redding won, 17 to 3. Medford took their series with Willows, two to one, rounding out with a 7 to 6 win. At Eugene, the Larks made their first sweep of the season by winning a tussle wtth Marys ville, 3 to 1. Busher Smith was Eugene's leading hitter with two doubles and a single in four trips. Dick Warner had three for three. Klamath Falls won their se ries with Reno, two games to one, with the second win last night, 4 to 2. The Gems got two runs in the seventh on Andy Sierra's single. Don Napili knock ed a one-run triple in the second. Girl Scouts to Give Dramatic Pageant Girl scouts who participated in dramatic classes during day camp, conducted by the Foot lighters civic theater group, will present a pageant in the scout house at 7:30 p.m. today. The event is open to Ihe public. There will be no charge. Appearing in the cast will be Marilyn Myhre, Barbara Ronrh, Carol Pence, Marjo Murray. Kay Hornschuch, Barbara Crum. Sue Reichstein, Melissa Jennings, Sharon Howard, Pauline Booth, Georgia Thomas, DeLores Baire, Carol Asbell, Judith Mooring, Nancy Llles and Judy Hall. The pageant, written by one of the scouts, is a pantomime and covers the history of the the ater. Mrs. E. Knight, assisted by Miss Beverley Hampson, Foot lighters members, will direct. 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