Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 30, 1952, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO M5DF0SD (OREGOlf) MAIL TRIBUKE Monday, June 30, 1952 Cheney From Studs Sweep 2-Tilt Stand Lumberjack Nine 5-2, 3-1 BOCTHERV OREGON - LEAGUE STANDINGS Drain : Roseburg W. 8 6 Coos Bay-North Bend 7 MEDFOBD 7 Bandon 6 Coquille 5 ; Brookings 1 L. 2 4 5 3 6 7 11 Pet. -.800 .600 .533 -.583 .500 .417 .083 With heavy concentrations ol ; power in the eighth inning on both occasions, the Medford Cheney Studs swept a two-game week-end series here against the -Coos Bay-North Bend Lumber jacks to gain new stature in the fast Southwestern Oregon Base ball circuit. On Saturday the Studs pushed over four runs in the eighth in manufacturing a 5 to 2 triumph. On Sunday they tallied all their runs in the eighth to earn a 3 to 1 decision over the highly-regarded nine from the coast area. The two victories gained the Studs a third place deadlock in the standings with the Lumber jacks. Drain's slated two-game stand at Roseburg was rained out. Coquille split at Brookings, taking the first hassle 4 to 0 and dropping the second 4 to 1. Brookings posted its first loop win. Studs Trail The Studs came to bat in the eighth stanza Sunday lagging 1 fo 0. Moose Blevins led off the in ning with a single and Snuffy Smith sacrificed him to second base. Norm Lucich doubled home Blevins to tie up the fra cas. George Gitzen fanned for the second out. Pitcher Clarence Mellbye whammed a triple to deep center field that enabled Lucich- to cross with the tie busting counter. Alex McDon ald followed with a single, scor ing Mellbye to pad the margin. Coos Bay got its lone marker in the third inning on a walk to1 Joe Sugura, sacrifice by Don White and single by Lou Scriv ens. : ' Mellbye was the winning hurl er but he required help from big Paul , Gehrman, previous night yictor"fof the Studs. Coos Bay threatened seriously in the ninth yesterday. Glenn Stetter led off with a single but Buzz Arlitt hit into a double play Mellbye to Pete Bianchi to Gitzen. Then DickWenner and Ken Johnson . got on base with singles. Gehrman Fans Ruggles 1 Gehrman was called to the mound at that point and Mellbye went to first base replacing Gitzen.-Big Paul fogged through three-: pitches and batter Jim Buggies swung and missed at each -to fan, retire the side and end; the ball game. The Studs recorded one other double, kill during the scuffle. That was in the fourth frame when Coos Bay got two bingles. Arlitt. had safetied but was thrown out by Catcher Frank Koelandt when he tried to steal second. Wenner was safe on a single. Then Jenson rapped a grounder and was thrown out Gordon to Gitzen. Wenner made second and tried to sneak to third. Gitzen fired the ball to McDonald at third and Wenner was caught in the hot box by Shortstop Bianchi. . Medford got a slick double base swipe in the second inning when Blevins and Smith got on first and second on successive hits. Lumberjack Tosser White thought he saw Smith napping URNESS BEATEN Richmond, Va. (U.R) Ed die Urness of The Dalles, Ore., bonus baby of the Boston Red Sox, was defeated 6 to 2 Sat urday as he pitched his first game for Roanoke of the Class B Piedmont league against Rich mond. Urness was transferred to Roanoke from Albany of the Class A Eastern league just in .time for the Saturday game. He gave up eight hits in the 3 1-3 innings he pitched, walked on and struck out three. He was hitless in his one trip to the plate. Tribune IlEDFORDtU TZTrL . . -a mm CARRYING THE TORCH A runner passes the Olympic torch to another at Mt. Olympus, Greece, in the first of many such relays to be made on its trip to Helsinki where the 1952 Olympic Games will be held. The torch will be flown to Copenhagen, Denmark, and from there run to Helsinki by 342 runners distributed along course. off first and ran over to tag him out. Smith fooled the hurler by dashing to second base and Blev ins scooted to third. Has Big Day Smith had a big day in center field with six putouts, a number on long runs for fly catches. The best was a long run back almost to the fence to haul down a sky ball off the bat of Sugura. Mellbye, ,who doesn't pitch often, was called to the hill be cause Herb Karpel did not ar rive from Seattle. He reportedly got as far as Portland but it was not learned why he did not come the rest of the way. 'Gehrman on Saturday night gave up only four hits to Coos Bay. There was never more than one an inning and errors figured in both Lumberjack scores. Medford's next league action is at Drain on July 12 and 13. The Studs meet the House of David nine here on July 15. . SUNDAY BOX SCORES: CB-NB AB R H PO A E Scrivens. ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 Nelson, 2b 4 0 0 2 3 0 Stetter. If ,. 4 0 110 0 Arlitt, lb ..: 4 0 1 11 0 0 Wenner, cf . 4 0 2 2 0 0 Jensen. 3b 4 0 113 0 Ruggles, rf ......4 0 0 3 0 0 Sugura. c 2 1 0 3 2 0 White, p 2 0 1 0 3 0 32 1 7 24 12 0 Medford AB R H PO A E Mellbve. p. lb 4" 1 10 3 0 McDonald, 3b - 4 - 0 1 0 2 1 Roelandt, c ....4 0 0 2 0 0 Gordon, 2b .. 3 0 0 3 6 0 Bianchi. ss . 3 0 0 2 1.1 Blevins. H 3 1 2 2 0 1 Smith, cf 2 0 1 6 0 0 Lucich, rf 3 1 1 2 0 0 Gitzen, lb 3 0 0 10 1 0 Gehrman, p ....0 0 0 0 0 0 29 3 6 27 13 3 CB-NB 001 000 000 1 Medford 000 000 03x 3 Runs batted in Scrivens, Lucich. Mellbve, McDonald. Two base hit Lucich. Three base hit Mellbye. Stolen bases Blevins. Smith. Sacri fices Smith. White. Double plays Gordon to- Gitzen to McDonald to Bi anchi. Mellbye to Bianchi to Gitzen. Left on base Coos Bay 6. Medford 3. Base on balls Off Mellbye 1. Strike outs Bv Mellbve 1. by Gehrman 1. by White 3. Seven hits, 1 run off Mellbye in 8 23 innings. Earned runs Medford 3. Coos Bay 1. Win ning pitcher Mellbye. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a m Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.nv summer camp Co-Educational Ages 6 to 16 Years SWIMMING ARCHERY HANDICRAFT OUTDOOR COOKING HIKING OVERNIGHT TRIPS SINGING CAMP FIRES Well-trained Staff . . . Excellent Food Beautiful Location ... SEND YOUR CHILD TO PACAMO' CAMP THIS SUMMER July 6-20 July 20.Aug. 3 Post Season August 3-10 For Information Write to LYNN & TRACY Box 266, Pacamo Camp. Crescent City Pendleton Tops Racers Chuck Pendleton Sunday loomed as the driver to watch on the Medford speedway this season. " He combined a hot car with driving skill to take all three auto races at the speedway. Pendleton nabbed three five-lap rambles and the 10-lap main ev ent. ' Pendleton, Flip Kodat and Ray- Dietschman with the, three speediest cars in the time trials vied in the first run. The second race provided thrills when Dietschman rolled his Ford coupe on the southeast corner and Ray Reid rolled his Buick on the west end of the track. Reid was scratched and his car was out of action for the day. Wayne Carter suffered a bro ken ankle while racing his mo torcycle. Because of the weather no out-of-town cars were on hand. A better entry for races next week-end is anticipated by pro moters Reid and Eddie Claasen. Pendleton was fastest in the time trials yesterday with a 29.4 second run. Other times included Kodat 30, Dietschman 30.0, Reid 31 and Jim Downs 32. Webfoots Make Canadian Team Hamilton, Ont. (U.R) The Canadian selection committee has designated two University of Oregon athletes to the Can adian Olympic team. Jack Hutchins, who was grad uated from Oregon this spring, finished second in the 800-meter run'here Saturday and Doug Clement was third in the 400- meters and fourth in the 800 meter race, thereby winning PCL Action Highlighted By Shutouts San Francisco x'U.R) Shop talk among Pacific Coast league pitchers today doesn't so much concern how many games they have won as how many shut outs they've thrown. . . Consequently,' Willie Luna, the slim southpaw from San Diego, - has more reason than most to be garrulous. He pitch ed his fourth white-washing of Ihe'season Sunday a two-hitter in getting , the -Padres a 2-0 win from Seattle. The game was delayed half-an-hour by rain and the second heat was post poned after four frames for the same reason. Stars Win Twice League - leading Hollywood had two representatives h the blanking society. Righthander Mel Queen took a 4-0 decision from Los Angeles. And team mate Jim Walsh came, back to pick up a 2-0 victory. Both games were three-hitters, though Queen called on Red Lynn to finish the ninth inning for him. Portland also had two pitch ers eligible for the zero s.quad. Aged Red Adams, who's serv ing them stingily this season, and Marino Pieretti both shut out Sacramento. ' Adams won 7-0, with a four-hitter, and Pier etti took his, 3-0, allowing two safeties. San Francisco annexed its on ly game of six from Oakland on Bill Bradford's 3-0, steady seven hit job. But the Acorns came back to take the overtime sec ond game, 5-4, on Seal Bob Thurman's eighth - frame bone head play. The 5-4 thing was the only PCL game played yes terday that was not won with a shutout. Snead, Ferrier Win Inverness Toledo, Ohio U.R) Sammy Snead paid tribute today to the putting of his partner, big Jim Ferrier, as the chief factor that gave them the $5,000 first prize in the Inverness All-Star, best ball golf tournament. The two long-ball hitters cli maxed an easy triumph Sunday as they walloped their chief con tenders, Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff, plus five, in an afternoon round. Drop To Third Mangrum and Middlecoff dropped from second to third place with minus one, while Doug Ford and Ed (Porky) Oliv er moved into second with plus one. Scores of the other teams were Jimmy Demaret and Jack Burke Jr. minus two; Byron Nelson and Skee Riegel minus three, and Clayton Heafner and Marty Furgol, minus eight. Major Loop All-Star Fray Squads Selected Chicago U.R) The world champion New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians today held more than half the positions on the 1952 American League All Star team, picked by base ball fans and Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. The Indians landed seven play ers on the 25-man squad while New York placed six. Each will have three starters in the line up for the game July 8, all win ning their positions by topping their competitors in the popular vote of the fans. Stengel, who picked the en tire squad bat for the eight start ers exclusive of pitchers, nom inated only six hurlers, two from his own team, Vic Raschi and Allie Reynolds, and From Cleve land, Mike Garcia and Bob Lemon, one from St. Louis, Le roy "Satchel" Paige, and one from Philadelphia, the league leading hurler, Bobby Shantz, who has won 13 and lost only two. Trie Playtri Cleveland, represented by starters Bobby Avila at second base, Al Rosen at third base and Dale Mitchell in left field, also will have catcher Jim Hegan and centerfielder Larry Doby in the roster. New York, with catcher Yogi Berra, right fielder Hank Bauer and shortstop Phil Rizzuto as starters, had centerfielder Mick ey Mantle as its sixth squad member. Other starters were Eddie Robinson, Chi White Sox, at first base, and Dom DiMaggio, Bos ton Red Sox, in centerfield. Other players picked by Sten gel were third baseman George Kell, Boston, second baseman Nellie Fox and outfielder Minny Minoso, Chicago, outfielder Vic Wertz, Detroit, first baseman Ferris Fain, Philadelphia, and third baseman Eddie Yost and outfielder Jackie Jensen, Washington. New York (U.R) Seven Brooklyn players and five of his own New York Giants formed a 12-man bulwark, or almost half the personnel of the National League All Star squad which Manager Leo Durocher announced today. Durocher, who chose the pitching staff and the reserves for the 25-man squad which meets a similar American league contingent in the annual classic, July 8 at Philadelphia, picked Preacher Ree, first baseman Gil Hodges, shortstop Peewee Reese and outfielders Duke Snider and Carl Furillo from Brooklyn to augment two other Dodger players, catcher Roy Campanella and second baseman Jackie Rob inson, chose by the fans. Maglie Picked Durocher selected -pitcher Sal Maglie, who probably will start the All Star game, from his own staff along with Robin Roberts and Curt Simmons of the Phil lies, Bob Rush of the Cubs, War ren Spahn of the Braves, Gerry Staley of the Cardinals and Roe. Two Giant players first base man Whitey Lockman and third baseman Bobby Thomson were named to the starting line-up on the basis of the fans' vote. Duro cher also named shortstop Al Dark and catcher Wes Westrum among the All Star reserves. Durocher's starting line-up, ac cording to the dictate of the .fans, will have Lockman at first base, Robinson at second, Thomson at third, Granny . Hamner of the Phillies at shortstop, Hank Sauer of the Cubs in left field, Stan Musial of the Cardinals in cen ter, Enos Slaughter of the Card inals in right and Campanella behind the plate. Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at 5:30 p.m. for following day: 10 a m Monday for Monday;- noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. Louise Suggs Open Champion Philadelphia (U.R) Louise Suggs, who has won all of golf's major titles during her 12 years on the greens, tucked her second women's National Open cham pionship among her trophies to day and gave her sister golfers a world's record to shoot at in the future. The 28-year-old precision ar tist from Carrollton, Ga., posted a 284 score, the lowest ever turn ed in by a woman for 72 holes of STREAK ENDS - Pittsburgh (U.R) Stan Mus ial's 24-game hitting streak was at an - end today thanks to Howie Pollet and a rain storm. The Cardinal slugger had only two trips to the plate Sunday as rain ended the first game of a scheduled Cards-Pirates double header at the end of five innings with the Pirates winning, 2 to 1. competitive golf to win the open over the tight and tricky Bala Golf Club course Sunday. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. 5 FLIGHTS SOUTH FROM rciEEtfORD EVERY DAY Serving 32 California Cities PHONE MEDFORD 2-5851 39- IONG BEFORE Camels nation i wide lead in popularity grew to many billions, surveys showed that more doctors smoked Camels than any other cigarette. Repeated surveys show the same thing. Change to .Camels the doctors' favorite, America's favorite! r Cave Junction Downs Prospect Cave Junction protected its unmarr'ed lead in the Rogue Valley Baseball league Sunday with a narrow 4 to 1 decision at Prospect. Other games, Grants Pass at Butts Falls and Ashland at Glen dale, were postponed by rain. Central Point had a bye. Tiger Bob Smith and Ron Mauer tallied all runs for Cave Junction and Lon Maurer drove in three of the markers. Wayne Saffer threw three-hit ball for the victors. GAMES CALLED OFF The doubleheader scheduled Sunday between Medford and Myrtle Creek American Legion junior baseball nines was called off because of rain, team offic ials reported here this morn ing. , -. berths on the squad. Both Hutch ins and Clement are from Van couver, B. C. WE HAVE ONE WE WILL SELL At A DISCOUNT John Deere Model "MT HUBBARD-WRAY CO. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDF0RD,0RE. IIP ffllildlMl L iff if -iff fEWl ik!f iMn i 111 Oregon's popular old time Bourbon now d years old! EXTRA AGE AT A NEW LOW PRICE U 4S QT. im omT You don't have t be rich to enjoy rich Old Quaker. if STRAI6 SKEY STRAIGHT BOUIBON WHISKEY, $IX YEARS Ott. 86 PROOF. OLD QUAKER DISTILLING COMPANY, LAWRINCIIURG. IN0.