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Medford&vTribtjkb IB Giants Edge Cards On Thomson's 4-Run Home Run in Ninth By UNITED PRESS This time practically every body in the Polo Grounds ex pected it to happen just like last October 3. And this time Bobby Thomson didn't fool around. He leaned in to the first pitch like a man who knew his business and the ball arched into the upper left field deck for a grand slarn home run that gave the Giants a fiction finish 8 to 7 victory over the Cardinals. Had Monday's game been in a World Series or in a crucial pen nant stretch drive, the finish would have been immortalized just as was that golden victory Duke Shortstop Signs Contract With Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (U.R) The Pittsburgh Pirates plucked Dick Groat from their backyard Tues day but the bonus paid for the former Duke star remained Branch Rickey's "top secret " The 22-year-old star from nearby Swissvale, Pa., signed 4r Pirate contract Monday night and-said he fulfilled a "dream of a lifetime." There was no hint from Pir ate brass of the cost of helping Groat fulfilling his ambition. When Duke lost out in the "world series" in Omaha lost week it became the signal for free-for-all bidding for Groat's services. It was learned that one ma jor league club was ready to offer him a $50,000 bonus. But he withdrew the offer when he learned other clubs were eager to up the ante. that clinched a pennant for the Giants over Brooklyn last Octo ber. As it was, folks who saw it won't forget it for a long time. Ended Slump What increased the impact was that it was Thomson who was fated to supply the drama tics again at a time when he had been in a miserable slump hit less in his previous 17 times at bat. In the final playoff game when Thomson's three-run hom er gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over Brooklyn, a relief pitcher, Ralph Branca, was summoned to handle the dangerous Bobby. That was the parallel again Mon day as Manager Eddie Stanky hauled Rookie Willard Schmidt from the bull pen to sink or swim. It took Branca two pitches to blow the game and the pen nant. He at least got one strike on Bobby. But Schmidt fired the first pitch exactly where the slender Scot wanted it. Cards Rallied The Cards, trailing most of the way, had rallied late to go ahead with pairs of runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh, as they hammered out a total of 16 hits. They increased their margin to 7-4 with a final run in the ninth as Enos Slaugher and Peanuts Lowrey set the pace with three hits each. Sal Maglle, who had been kay oed Sunday by the Cards, had been tapped for what appeared to be the winning runs in a relief role. But again providing a re markable parallel, Thomson took him off the hook with his homer, just as he had done in the playoff game in which Mag- lie was about to be charged with defeat. Betsy Rawls Seeks Title In Western Chicago (U.R) The biggest money winner in 1952 women's golf, Betsy Rawls, a 24-year-old pro from Austin, Tex., aimed for another $1,000 paycheck Tues day against a veteran competitor. Mary Agnes Wall, a Menominee, Mich., school teacher. Miss Rawls, who has earned $9,450.33 on the fairways this year, including a $5,ouu pay check for capturing the 144 hole coast to coast Weathervane event, won medalist honors in the 23rd Women's Western Open at Skokie Country Club Monday with a one under par 74. But she must tangle with Miss Wall in the first round of match play over 18 holes, a route that will lead the consistent winners into a 36 hole final match for the top prize Saturday. Miss Wall qualified with an 83. Two veteran pros, Louis Suggs, Atlanta, Ga., and Patty Berg, Minneapolis, were runner up for medalist honors with 76. Tuesday Miss Berg was paired with Beverly Hanson, a willowy blonde from Cincinnati who qualified with an 83, in a first round match while Miss Suggs meets Pat Lesser, Seattle, Wash., a semi-finalist in the National Women's Collegiate last week, who qualified with an 84. Softball League Games Tonight Mobllegas, rained out of Its first scheduled game In the Medford Softball association men's league, will get into action tonight in one of two ganies at the senior high stadium. The Flying Red Horsemen will battle Camp White in the nightcap. Time of the contest will be about 9 o'clock. Girl's league play will get under way tonight. Medford's entry in the circuit, the Crater Babes, will tangle with Eagle Point. Game time is 7:30 o'clock. Camp White has posted one win In the men's league, shellacking Na tional Guard. Heavy hitters for Camp White in that game were Russ McKechnie and Don Reverman. A number of ex-Medford and ex Jacksonville high athletes are on the roster of the Mobllgas crew. Tigard, Ore. (U.R) Johnny Frederick, Jr., son of the one time Portland Beaver outfielder, pitched a no-hit, no-run game Monday night as his Tigard American Legion Junior base ball team downed Beaverton, 4- 0. Frederick struck out 13. Hal Gregg Leads Coast Pitchers San Francisco U.P.) Hal Gregg, recently sold by the Oak land Acorns to the Nev1 York Giants, leads the Pacific Coast league pitching regulars with an 11-2 record, according to statis tics released Tuesday and includ ing games of June 15. Veteran Johnny Lindell of Hollywood, who has a 10-3 mark, is tops in strikeouts with 73. For the second straight week, first baseman Bob Boyd of Se attle topped the hitters with a .340 mark, eight points below a week ago. Max West of Los An geles leads in homers with 16, while Jack Graham of San Di ego is tops in runs-batted-in.. Portland Trio Wins . Portland (U.R) Roy At kins, Ed Vanderberg and Billy Lees will represent Portland in the national public links champ ionships at Miami, Fla., July 7 to 12. Lees and Atkins, tied with three - under - par 141's for the top spot on Portland's three man team in Monday's 36 - ho'e qualifying play at Rose City golf course. Lees went on to win the No. 1 post in a sudden-death with Atkins. Vanderberg fired a par 144 over the course to win his berth in the tournament. (Iaoo pi V .. ... ST1LLBR00? . 7 STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 Proof Tuesday, June 17, 1951 " MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Come in for a k A. f f I S K Right now your present cor is probably sts& 7 in' -in trade on a new 7 CREDIT RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED... MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARE LOWER I COME IN... FIND OUT HOW EASV IST00WN A DODGE NOW DTl And look what you get! Dazzling Array of New Spring Colors! 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