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FOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) Rogues Play Reno Ooubleheader Here Tuesday Night; Divide With Peaches One of the most improved teams in Fart West league his tory appeari at the local fair ground park Tuesday night in a twin bill starting at 7:30 when the Reno Silver Sox play the Medford Rogues In the first of a four-game series scheduled here. Medford has been strength ened with the addition of new veteran pitching strength in recent weeks but the Silver Sox, who once occupied the cellar without question, have improved to the extent they knock off the league leaders with ease. . The Rogues were due back in Medford today after com pleting a series with Marys ville and another with Wil lows on the road. Oregon Lady Vancouver, B.C., July 3 IU.R) Al Mengert of Spokane, Wash., and Grace DeMoss of Corvallis, Ore., wore the Pacific Northwest Golf association crowns today. Mengert disposed of Veteran DiMag Takes Over 'First' Washington, July 3 U.R) Joe Dimaggio was at first base for the Yankees today with a solemn promise to give his new Job the old college try. "There are two ways to play first base," DiMaggio said, "the old man's way and the right way. I'll play it the right way." Thus did the 33-year-old Di Maggio turn his back on the out field, a place where he starred for the Yankees for 12 seasons. "I'm giving up a pretty good Job," he cracked, "but I'll give it everything I have at first base. Something had to be done so I said I'd try it." Emery Neds, Portland, Leads Tennis Players; New Zealand Entered Portland, Ore., July 3 (U.R) Emery Neale of Portland, de fending men's singles champion, led a field of net start into ac tion in the week-long Oregon state tennis championships to day. Neale, five timet state winner, was expected to get his ttiffest competition from Peter Be croft, ranking New Zealand ewlnger. In first-round action Neale meets Jack Neer of Port land. Bereroft meets Dale Decker. Arvilla McGulre of Piedmont, Cal., top favorite In the wom en 't field, plays Lorraine Dim off in the No. 1 women's open ing round battle. Pear Growers! for effective, Proved Control of codling moth and two-spot mites your fieldmen recommend: CALIFORNIA SPRAY-CHEMICAL CORP. For Free Ficldman Sorvice Call Ed Turner, Phone 2 6791 MAIL TRIBUNE By United Press Reno won three out of four games In its Far West league sc ries with the first place Redding Browns but they'll never live down the one they lost. After the Silver Sox won the opener, 9 to 8, they let Redding walk over them as the Browns won the second game, 18 to 0. Wildness by two Reno pitchers in the first Inning gave the Browns a 10-run lead and the game. Joe Hatrldge pitched the victory, his 10th of the season. Klamath Falls and Pittsburg traded shutouts, the Diamonds winning the first game, 1 to 0, and the Gems winning the sec ond game, 4 to 0. Pittsburg took the series, three games to one. Marysville and Medford also divided, the Braves winning the Golf Winner Harrv Givan of Seattle, 5 and 4, to take the men's event while Miss Demoss trounced Babs Davies of Vancouver 11 and 10. Miss Demoss' win over Miss Davies duplicated her perform ance on the same course last year when she defeated (he Van couver woman to take the Cana dian women's golf champion ship. Women's Golf Activities Rogue Valley Country club women will play a flan Bolt tour ney during regular ladies' day competition Thursday The pair ings are listed here. If women are unable to play or wish other arrangements, they should tele phone Mrs. Ben Stafford J2-8M2) or notify their partners before 9 a.m. Thursday. Pairings: IS baiet Mrs. Belle Sohenck. Mrs. Rose Hunrh mid Mn. May Plnnk: Mrs r.eorse Harrington. Mn. Sum Colton mid Mrs. Rsy Milter; Mrs. BnyHfd netchell, Mn. Mnhr Revmrrs And Mrs. C. B. Collins; Mrs. Tom Fuson. Mrs F H. FdKerton and Mrs. Jack Eldswlck. Mrs. James Town. Mrs. Paul Walker and Mrs Abfov Green; Miss Isabel Stuart, Mrs, Robert Shepherd and Mrs. Jnrk Wood; Mrs. Tom Kinmens, Mrs. Georte Rnsmussen and Mrs Allyn Monroe; Mrs. Lee Melltsh. Mrs. Tom Ness and Mrs. Ralph Oflell Mrs Art Peters. Mrs II W. Robert son and Mrs. Tom Ross; Mrs. William Schet, Mrs. Earl l.eever and Mrs. Rav Larson; Mrs R. G. Nutting and Mrs H. a. Dowsnn; Mrs L. G. M'-Laren and Mrs. Victor Sether; Mrs. Leslie Srhnelder. Mrs Charles Thurston and Mrs Ben Stafford. Nine holes; Mrs. Francis Brown and Mrs. Dia mond Flynn; Mrs. Lawrrnre Huonn core and Mrs Genrre Grannis; Mrs Al Llttrell. Mrs. Alvln Olnes and Mrs. H. D Chrlstensen; Mrs Ulllinni Barker and Mrs Frank Humphrey; Mrs. Aletha Vawter and Mrs .lan.es Wyatt; Mrs. L. W. Bales and Mrs. Keith Bates. Omaha, Neb., July 3 (U,R) Longdrlvlng Jim English of Red Oak, la., seeded 13th when the trans Mississippi golf tourna ment opened, today held the tourney crown. JORTHOl I Scientific Ptil Control Bpi II S P.t Of. I OR You'll experience consistent quality when you use ORTHO pest control materials! PERSISTO or VAPO-TONE-XX can be used with confidence for both ma terials have been used extensively! And remember: ORTHO DUSTS ARE FRESHLY BLENDED in order to mure you of maximum efficiency! Monday, July 9. I (SO opener, 3 to 1, and the Rogues the nightcap, 7 to 1. Marysvillc's Ken Michelson won his seventh game of the season, stopping STANDINGS KAIl WKST LFAfit r: w. Reddlnf 47 Klamath Falls 41 IMltsburtr ... 33 MKIII OKD .. 31 Heno 31 Marysville 2" KiiKene 28 Willows 27 Pet. 71 .6113 SII7 .470. .4.1" .4.1M .4.11 .409 PACIFIC COAST I.F.AGl'r. Hollywood SI) .815 .585 3 510 10 Oakland 55 39 San Dleso 50 4B Seattle 47 48 Sn Francisco 47 49 Portland 44 48 Los Angeles 43 54 .405 IPs .4110 478 .443 Sacramento 38 60 .388 22 NATIONAL I Philadelphia St Louis Hoston Brooklyn .... EAGLE 38 28 3(1 27 37 20 35 28 .5114 .591 .581 .558 .5118 Chicago 32 31 New York 32 33 .4(12 rsbureh 23 42 .354 l.V, Cincinnutl 22 42 .344 18 AMERICAN l.EAGLF. Detroit 44 New York 42 Cleveland 41 Boston 41 V. ahlugton 31 Ch;c.in , 31 Philadelphia 25 St. Louis 22 .857 .800 5S4 .582 .44(1 .441) .357 .328 H KSTK.RN INTERNATIONAL Tmnnu .583 Yakima 42 Trl City 41 Wcnatchee 41 Salem 32 Spokane 33 Vtc'oria 32 Vancouver 30 .573 .547 .347 .431 448 .427 .423 MEDFORDvJl-jRIBLTVE Rainers Continue Climb In Pacific Coast League San Francisco, July 3 (U.R) Paul Rapier Richards, manager of the Rainiers in the Pacific Const league could run for mayor and get it, but more than likely he'd rather continue managing the climbing, winning Seattle bHseball team. Seattle fans have made heries of their Rainiers after they took six games from San Diego this past work, two of them in Sun day's double-header, 2 to 0 and 4 to 3. The RHinlers look well in their green laurel wreaths and they've earned their praise. Ten weeks ago San Diego whipped Seattle seven games to none in their week's series. Since then, the hustling squad from Medford on two hits in the opener. - In the battle of the cellar, Willows swept a doubleheader from Eugene, winning the first game, 14 to 10, and the second, 9 to 8. The Cards got six hom ers in the opener. First game: (7 Innings) Medford 100 000 0 1 t 1 Marysville 030 000 x 3 4 3 Herrmann and Martin; Michelson and Kenmuir. Second game: Medford 030 000 410 7 11 1 Marysville . . Ono 100 onn 1 B 3 Lloyd, Kanshln 141 and Guglielmo. Martin (7: castas, Foley 12) McColm 7j and Kenmuir. Scores Yesterday FAR WKST l.rAGl'R MF.lHRf 1.7. MarvviUe 3-1 Rpno fl-n, Redding 8-18 Pittsburg 1-0, Klamath Falll 0-4 Willowi 14-8. Eugen 10-8 COAST I.FAGi r Seattle 2-4. bun Diern 0-3 Oakland 5-3, Hollywood 3-fT San Francisco in-2. I.o Angeles 9-0 Portland 11-3. Sacramento 7-8 NATIONAL I FAGI E BrookUn 4-8. Philadelphia 8-8 (2nd Hme. 10 Inning, tie. curlew) Pittsburgh 1, St, Louis 2 Boston 11-6. New York 3-3 Chicago 16. Cincinnati 0 AMFRIfW I.Ef.lF Detroit 8-3, Cleveland 3-3 Philadelphia 7. Washington 4 St. Lmila 2-4, Chicago 33 2nd game 11 innings) New York 15. Boston 0 WFSTFRV INTFR NATIONAL Sundays RemilU Salem 1-3. Tri City (1.9 Yakima 3-1, Wenatrhi-e 4-0 Washington state has not lost a series. They've pulled them selves from the cellar to number four in the first division, one game and a half from San Diego In third place. In other games. San Francisco wrested two from Los Angeles, 10 to 9 and 2 to 0. to win their scries, four games to three. Oak land and Hollywood traded wins, the Oaks taking the series-winning opener. 5 to 3, and dropping the second contest to the Stars. 9 to 3. Portland won the first game with Sacramento, 11 to 7, while the Solons took the sec ond, 8 to 5. In the opener at Sacramento, Portland uncorked nine hits to win, while Pitcher Harry Giim bert won his own contest in the finale for Sacramento, singling in the winning tally. Bob Feller Wins 200rh Major League Ball Game Cleveland, July 3 (U.R) Mighty pleased with having passed the 200-win mark. Bob I Feller set his sights today on ' 20 victories this season and "60 or 70 more wins" before he quits. The Cleveland Indians' great ( right-hander, hurling with skill and curves now that his old speed has fled, racked up win No. 200 yesterday by a 5 to 3 score over the Detroit Tigers in the nightcap of a double header. RASMUSSEN SETS MARK ! Vancouver, B. C, July 3 (U P George Rasnuissen, University of Oregon, set a new Canadian pole vault record Saturday when he ! sailed 14 feet, 3 Inches to bet ter the old mark by one Inch during the Vancouver police games. SOUTHERN OREGON DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 4th ind Fir PHon. '-5243 Mistford, Oifgon I ! I Ball Players Given Shock, One Killed Helena, Mont., July 3 AJ.R A teen-age baseball player was killed and four others severely shocked when a lightning bolt hit near second base during an American Legion junior league baseball game yesterday. Second Baseman Robert Mor ris. 16, Anarconda, Mont., was killed instantly as the bolt caught him between first and second. Articifial respiration and an injection of adrenalin failed to revive him. Two of his teammates on the Anaconda club, Gene Jensen and Jerry McCarthy, suffered shock, as did two members of the Hel ena team, Jim Powell and Ron ald Schneider. Umpires Knockid Down Home Plate Umpire Bob Chil ton and Second Base Umpire Zackery Murphitt, both of Hel ena, were knocked to their knees. Chilton said he felt as though he had been "hit on the head with a terrifically heavy object." The bolt struck as the teams were changing sides at the end of the first inning. A witness said "a brilliant flash lit up the area around second base." State Archery Contest Scheduled in Portland Portland, Ore., July 3 (U.R) Gene Warnick collected a total of 1.872 points to win the men's grand championship in the two day Oregon State Archery asso ciation tournament yesterday. Vic Adcock took second hon ors with a 1.812 total, followed by Dick Redfield with 1.747. Jo Rndficld scored 902 points to lead the women's field Sun day and give her a four-point winning margin over Harriet Warnick. Seven Americans Play In British Golf Open Troon. Scotland, July 3 UR Seven Americans will tee off with 257 other players in the first qualifying round of the British open golf championship today but only Amateur Frank Stranahan and Professional Johnny Bulla were given much chance to take the title back to the United States. Both Stranahan of Toledo, O., and Bulla of Phoenix, Ariz., have been close to Britain's top golf prize in other tries. Stran ahan, who won the British ama teur crown last May, tied for second in the 1947 open, and Bulla had twice been runner-up. 0 U 1 l M In By ROGUES BASEBALL, Inc. Get Full Particulars Tomorrow Night at the 4th OF JULY DOUBLE HEADER FAIRGROUNDS O 1st Game Starts 6:30 P.M. Red Sox, Cardinals Dominate All-Stars Picked By Chicago, July 3 !U.R The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox today dominated the all-star lineups chosen by the nation's baseball fans. The Cardinals placed three players First Baseman Stan Musial, Shortstop Marty Mari on and Outfielder Enos Slaugh ter on the National league team which will play in the an nual classic at Comiskey park here July 11. The Red Sox landed an equal CP Millers Lose 8 to 7 Central Point, July 3 Cen tral Point Millers baseball team blasted out 13 hits but made six errors and thereby lost on 8 to 7 Rogue Valley Softball league game to Glendale here yester day. Sanford, pitching for C. P., allowed seven hits and walked three. A misprint in' Sunday's and Friday's papers should have read that the Millers walloped Butte Falls 22 to 0 a week ago yester day instead of the Loggers win ning by that score. Big sticks for the Millers yes terday were Strickland, who batted out three for four and Kinkade with two for five in cluding a three-run homer. Short score: Glendale 8 7 1 Millers 7 13 6 Stacks. Prestiani and Ball; Sanford and H. Colley. No Softball Due Monday Central Point. July 3 No games in the Central Point Soft ball league will be played Tues day night but the schedule will resume Thursday evening at the high school field. Tomorrow's tilts were postponed because of the holiday. Playing Thursday will be Southern Oregon Sugar Pine vs. Cheney in the 7:30 p. m. opener followed by the Central Point Lions club meeting Wiscley's confectionery. Last week Wiseley's undefeat ed record was spoiled when Che ney rapped out a 12 to 5 vic tory. S MilS Bssrt THIS BEAUTIFUL FOUR-DOOR- PONTiAC TO BE Ball Fans number on the American league team. They were First Baseman Walt Dropo, Second Baseman Bobby Doerr and Outfielder Ted Williams. George Kell, Detroit's flashy fielding and hard-hitting third baseman, polled 1,132,045 votes, the highest number received by any player. Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn was second with 1.132.954 and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was third with 1,041,386,. They chose these starting teams: American League Walt Dropo (Boston), lb, .343; Bobby Doerr (Boston), 2b, .294; George Kell (Detroit). 3b, .372; Phil Rizzuto (New York), ss, .317; Ted Williams (Boston), of, .326; Hoot Evers (Detroit), of, .351; Larry Doby (Cleveland), of, .371; Yogi Berra (New York), c, .291. National League Stan Musial (St. Louis), lb. .351; Jackie Robinson (Brook lyn), 2b, .378; Willie Jones (Phil adelphia), 3b, .302; Marty Mari on (St. Louis), ss, .361; Enos Slaughter (St. Louis), of, .332; Ralph Kiner (Pittsburgh), of, .278; Hank Sauer (Chicago), of, .307; Roy Campanella (Brook lyn), c, .311. FW Decides to Retain Present Games Slate Directors of the Far West league have held up a proposal for a split season in the loop. The first half of the 140-game season was to have ended after last night's games. However, complaints by the Klamath Falls club management caused a change of plan. The directors will meet here July 9 to discuss the matter further. H9W op t mm net NEW PIERCE EASTBAY TERfML 760 FERRY STREET OAKLAND III ADDITION TO OUR SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL Imnaud Kent Sorvic. tor roe I th Oeldm Oat 1 'or information onef : I latt S.rvir . . . shniM 2-5254 iwXiMsitRI GIVEN Tradition Says Detroit to Win 'American' Flag New York, July 3 (U.R If tradition holds true the Detroit Tigers are going to win the American league pennant, be cause they were sure today of being in first place on the July 4 holiday milestone. But if tradition fails, the Cleveland Indians have an ele gant chance for revenge. The axiom that the team in first place on July 4 will win the pennant has held true in the American league for the last nine seasons. Oddly enough the last time it failed was in 1940 hen Cleve land led on the holiday, yet De troit came roaring on in the .stretch to beat Manager Oscar Vitt s famous cry babies." There were rumblings during the week-end that the Indians might make 1950 the first excep tion in a decade when they kept up their recent terrific pace by winning three game out of foiit with the Tigers. PCC and TV Talk It Over San Francisco. July 3 (U.R) Television executives and Pa cific Coast conference directors scheduled another meeting to day to discuss televising PCC football games this fall. The directors yesterday gave the television interests a list of minimum attendance required at each PCC game. If a tele vised game fails to draw the minimum, station owners would have to make up the difference ; in cash The television executives were to give their answer to the plan today. If they agree, all conference football games in Seattle, the San Francisco bay and Los Angeles areas will be televised. Ana (Js TACQM. i 'OlYSSPI AlOWVstlt ; 1 sVroiTuiio i J war
