TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, July 8, 1952
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Medfordites
Will Head
East Today
"Joe Chez, 21-year-old ex-Med-ford
high athlete wWo concluded
a baseball pitching career this
spring at Stanford university,
announced Saturday that he has
signed a contract with the De
troit "Tigers of the American
league.
Chez, a right-hander, actually
inked a pact, with Buffalo, N.Y.,
Tiger farm club, in the class
AAA International league but
will start with WilliamspoTt,
Pa., of the Class A Eastern
league. He is to leave here by
plane today to reach Williams
port on Monday.
Bernie de Viveiros, west
coast scout for Detroit, inked
the Medfordite Friday. A bonus
was involved Neither de Viveir
os nor Chez would reveal the
amount. They said it was "sub
stntial." Many Bids
Chez had received bids from
12 major loop clubs and several
Coast league teams.
Joe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
L. Chez, 812 Palm street, his
eye on professional . ball, limit
ed his athletic concentration to
baseball after entering Stanford.
His varsity record was 24 wins
and four losses, 11 and one as
a sophomore, six and two as a
junior and 7 and one as a sen
ior. This year he was named to the
all-star first teams of the Calif
- ornian Intercollegiate Baseball
association and District No. 8 of
the National Collegiate Athlet
ic association. He made third
team collegiate all-American. He
hit .375 for Stanford this year.
Four Sport Man
Chez was graduated from Med
ford high In 1948. He was a four
sport letterman football,
basketball, baseball and track
for the Black Tornado and
was student body president. As
a youngster, he had pro baseball
aspirations and in high school
gave up pole vaulting because he
felt the required exercises would
be detrimental to his pitching
arm. Chez won 10 games and
lost one in prep baseball.
Joe's experience includes Am
erican Legion junior ball and
semi-pro rivalry with the Cheney
&tuds of the Old Southern Ore
gon leasue. OrlanH Calif nf tho
Sacramento Vallev loon nnH
Pendleton of the Trl-State circuit.
When Chez as a sophomore
was beaten 3 to 2 by Washing
ton State in the coast confer,
ence play-offs, the Cougars stop
ped his pitching winning streak
at 28-straight games.
In 1950, tossing a champion
ship game with the Studs, Chez
deieated Koseburg 5 to 0 with
15 strikeouts. Roseburg, which
had a long string of victories,
was held to one hit.
PE- Major
Last season in the Tri-State
loop Joe chad; a. record of five
wins and two losses and an earn
ed; run: average of .80. He lost
one. decision 2 to I on an un
earned run after fanning 18 bat
ters in 16 Innings. :
Joe and his brother Fred are
majoring in physical education
at Stanford and must complete
the fall term to get their degrees.
Both have been working their
way, working at morning meal
time at dormitories and as stu
dent "police" at campus func
tions. Joe has not chucked in com
petition for six weeks but has
been throwing and running to
keep in shape.
Oregon Net
Meet Slated
Portland (U.PJ The 54th an
nual Oregon tennis champion
ships opens on Portland's Irv
ington club courts Monday and
top netters from upstate and
other parts of the west have
signed up for the opening
rounds.
Jerry DeWitt, Oakland, Calif.,
ranked second behind ex-national
champion Art Larsen in
his northern California strong
hold, and Linn Rockwood, Pro
vo, Utah, ranked first in the in
termountain area, have both
signed.
Champ Enterad
DeWitt is a former star net
man at the University of Calif
ornia and Rockwood was run
nerup to Portland's Emery
Neale when Neale won the Ore
gon championship in 1951.
Defending Champion Neale
will be on hand again, along
with Jim Brink, another Port
lander. Other Oregonians at
tempting to keep the title on
home courts will be Clyde
Knox. Hugh Findlay, Jack Neer.
Bill Rose, Jim Flynn and Tom
McDonald.
' ' '
JOE CHEZ
Signed by Tigers
Jensen Knotted for Second
In American Loop Batting
MRS. SEHORN FAILS
Indianapolis (U.PJ Delia
Sehorn of Portland, Ore., went
to the sidelines Saturday in try
outs for the U.S women's Olym
. pic swimming team. Mrs. Se
horn failed to qualify Friday
when she finished seventh in
her heat of the 100 meters
event.
New York (U.P.) Jackie Jen
sen, former University of Calif
ornia football star who has add
ed more than 200 points to his
average since the Yankees trad
ed him to the Senators two
months ago, moved into a tie for
second place this week "in the
nerican league batting race.
Jensen was hitting .105 only
three players ranked below him
in the league averages when
he was traded during the first
week in May. The latest official
figures, which included Thurs
day's games, placed the 25-year-
Rod Witham
Hydro Victor
Rod Witham, Medford's new
comer to motorboat racing, won
his fifth trophy of the season
Friday. ".''
Witham topped the . field in
D hydroplane competition' in
the Modesto regatta, beating out
outstanding racers from the San
Francisco and Los -Angeles!
areas. He took the trophy.' by
winning .two races. . . .
The Medfordite, experiencing,
his first year in :racing,.. picked
up previous trophies at Clear
Lake, Redding and. Eureka, Cal--
norma. He gained two .trophies
at Redding recently
RECORD RUN Curt Stoneof the
New York Athletic Club comes
in all by himself to set a new
American record in the 5000
meter run in the U. S. Olympic
finals at Los Angeles. His time
was 14:27.
old Californian in a tie with
Ferris Fain of the A's at .323
Rosen First
Al ' Rosen, Cleveland's third
baseman, held first place in the
American league for the second
straight week. He was hitting
.328. George Kell of the Red
Sox was fourth at .318 and his
teammates, Dom DiMaggio and
Billy Goodman, were deadlock;
ed for fifth at .314
In the National league, five
time champion Stan Musial of
the Cardinals popped back to
the. top with a .332 average
Jackie Robinson of the Dodg
ers, last week's leader, dropped
to third with a .320 mark. Toby
Atweli, Cub catcher, moved from
fourth to second with a .325
average. Willard Marshall of the
Reds -was fourth with .314 .and
Whitey Lockman of the Giants
was fifth with .308. ,
Sauer RBI Leader
Although his batting average
still was falling, Hank Bauer of
the Cubs continued to lead the
maiors in . runs-batted-in : . and
homers. He had . batted in 65
runs and. had 21' homers. Sauer
was -12th in the batting' aver
ages with '.296
Bobby Thomson of the Giants
was runner-up in runs-batted-in
with' 62 'and Gil Hodges of the
Dodgers was third . with. 53. Ros
en and, Ed' Robinson of; "the;
White Sox. were tied for the
runs-batted-in lead in the Amer
ican league with 50 each.
Hodges was second in homers
with 16. Catcher Yogi Berra of
the Yankees and Vic Wertz of
the Tigers were tied for the
American league homer lead
with 15 apiece
Preacher Roe, Brooklyn left
hander, topped the pitching per
centages with a 7-0 record but
the major's big winner still was
little Bobby Shantz of the A's
He had a 14-2 mark. Sal Maglie
of the Giants had an 11-2 record.
BASEBALL
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Coast League
Oakland 2-0. Hollywood 0-5
Los Angeles 4-2, San Francisco 3-4
Portland 1-4. San mego o-a
Seattle 8-5, Sacramento 0-1
National League
Boston 2. Philadelphia 1 fist) .
Boston 3, Philadelphia 2 (2nd)
St. Louis 13, Chicago 7 (1st)
St. Louis 4. Chicago 1 (2nd)
Pittsburgh 4, CincinnaU 2 (1st)
Pittsburgh 5. Cincinnati 2 (2nd.)
Brooklyn 5, New York 1 1st 8
innings, rain)
Brooklyn at New York (2nd, post
poned, rain)
American League
yew York 9, Washington 4 (1st)
New York 4. Washington 3 (2nd)
Chicago 3. St. Louis 1 (1st)
Chicago 2, St Louis 0 (2nd)
Boston 10. Philadelphia S (1st)
Philadelphia 4. Boston 3 (2nd)
; Cleveland 11. Detroit 0 (1st)
Cleveland 10. Detroit 1 (2nd)
Western International -
Victoria 10-4, Spokane 4-0
Tri-City 11-1. Wenatchee 6-0
Yakima 4-5. Salem 3-1
Vancouver 3-1, Lewiston 2-7
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Navy's Collegiate Champs
Win Way to Olympics Test
Worcester, Mass. (U.R)
Navy's National Intercollegiate
Eight-Oared champions smashed
the west's rowing domination
Saturday by winning the right
to represent the "United States
in the Olympics in course-rec.
ord time.
Navy beat down California's
early threat in the first 500
meters of the 2,000 meters race
and went on to victory in. the
trials final in 5 , minutes 57.7
seconds! Princeton was second,
Washington third and Califor
nia a spent last.
The three-length victory r in the
eights and victory in the fours-
Drain Raps
Chief Crew
In SW Loop
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
LEAGUE STANDINGS ...
Drain : 10
MEDFORD 7
Coos Bay-North Bend 7
Roseburg 6
Bandon ... 6
Coauille .............. 5
L Pet.
2 .833
. 5 .583
5 .583
6 - .500
8 '.500
7 .417
Brookings 1 11 083
Drain's Black Sox" strengthen
ed their hold on first spot in
the Southwestern Oregon Base
ball circuit with a pair of Fri
day holiday -victories over Rose
burg. The scores were 9 to 2
and 5 to 1.
' These games were make-ups
for those rained out last 'week
end and completed the first
round of action for the . league.
It had been planned to play the
contests during the second half
but no dates during that period
could be agreed to. The July 4
tussles were originally slated as
klng's-x affairs'.
Studs Ris .
Roseburg slipped into a fourth
and fifth place knot with Ban
don as result of the losses: Coos
Bay-North Bend and the Med
ford .Cheney Studs i advance a
notch and are deadlocked now
for second, as well as third pos
ition in the circuit.
The --second ..half begins on
July 12 and 13 with Medford at
Drain, Roseburg-at Coquille and
Bandon at Coos Bay." Brookings
gets a bye.-
Grand Slammer
Wins for Oaks
OakiandT Calif. (U.R) Ray
Noble's." grand slam honier" Was
the margin of victory Saturday
as the Oakland Acorns .staved
off a; late rally to down the Hol
lywood Stars, 8-7 and climb to
within one game of first place
in the" Pacific coast league.
Both clubs scored in the first,
Hollywood oh Carlos Bernier's
two - run homer, and Oakland
on a pair of singles, a double and
a triple. The Stars added one
inw the ..third--when ..Ted Beard
walked, advanced on Monty Bas
gall's single, and scored'- on a
single by Chuck Stevens to nar
row the gap to 43.
Noble's blast into the left field
stands came after Pete. Milne's
single and walks - to "Jorgenson
and Chapman f 6 load the bags
arid put the Oaks out in front,
8-3.; :.. "
Hollywood came back in the
ninth with four runs against
three Oakland pitchers before
Bill Ayers could put out the fire.
without-coxwain gave Navy two
teams representing the U. S. at
Helsinki in the 1952 games. Two
other Navy crews were defeated
Saturday.
John B. Kelly, Jr., of Phila
delphia, the 1948 U. S. Olympic
entry, won the right, to repre
sent the U. S. in the singles by
giving Charles. Mcllvane of Phil
adelphia a humiliating 20-length
beating.
The other crews picked Sat
urday for the U. S. team:
Doubles Detroit Boat club
duo of Pat Costello and Walter
Hoover, Jr.
Pairj with coxwain Stan-
toras team oi bow Jim ruer,
Stroke Duvall Hecht and Cox
wain Jim Beggs.
Fours with coxwain Univer
sity of Washington.
Pairs without coxwain Rut
gers team of Bo Charles Logg,
Jr., and Stroke Tom Price
The big race Saturday was the
eights as two western crews,
California and Washington
sought revenge for Navy's inter
collegiate victory in a sport long
dominated by Pacific coast col
leges.
Naw was ready for the chal
lenge. California leaped in front
at the start and was ahead at the
500 meters mark. But then Navy
forged in front, and from then
on it was a race for second place.
Princeton's time was 6:06.2
Washington's 6:06.9 and Cali
fornia's 6:09.2.
Young Kelly beat Mcllvane in
7:21.8 with Hoover third and
Costello fourth. This was no
contest. But the other races
were tight.
Softball League
Leadership at
Stake Tuesday
MEDFORD SOFTBALL
ASSOCIATION STANDINGS
Men's League
W. L. Pet.
YMCA 2
Mobilgas .. 3
Central Point 2
Camp White 2
Eagle Point 1
Trowbridge and Flynn.. 1
Crater Lions 1
National Guard 0
Andy's Jewelers 0
0 1.000
750
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1 .667
2 .333
.333
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.000
Unblemished YMCA will be
up against a tough rival in Med
ford Softball association men's
action on Tuesday.
TheY may run into trouble
in going after its third win of
the season when it tackles Camp
White in the second conflict of
the evening at the senior high
stadium. Camp White, now knot
ted with Central Point in third
place, could make itself a first
place tie with currently second
position Mobilgas by trouncing
YMCA.
Central Point, like Camp
White with two wins and one
loss .at-the moment, will also
shoot for higher loop status. The
Pointers encounter Trowbridge
and Flynn in the 7:30 a. m. open
er on Tuesday.
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worked out. Mrs. Patsy Tiriolo
prepared her husband's break
fast and his egg turned up with
no yolk. A week earlier, another
Jiousewife reported she found an
egg inside an egg.
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WARMING UP AFTER ARRIVAL in Princeton, N. J, from Pacific Coast, six powerful memDers
of U S Olympic Games squad loosen muscles on Palmer Stadium track preparatory to sailing .
for Helsinki, Finland. From left: Don Laz, pole vault, Illinois University; Fortune Qordien. dte-.
cus Los Angeles A. C; Jim Dillon, discus, Auburn University; George Mattes shot put, San Fran-
Cisco: Dean Smith, sprinter, Texas and Thane Baker, sprinter. Kansas State University. All six
won places during Olympic Games tryduts at Los Angeles. (international Soundphoto)
Little "Mo" Winner
Of Wimbledon Crown
' Wimbledon, Eng. '(U.R) Little
Maureen Connolly,- the 17-year-old
Yank who scoffed at rain
and shrugged off tradition,' be
came the youngest Wimbledon
women's champion in 65 years
Saturday when she chopped
down three-times-winner Louise
Brough in straight sets.
The doctors, her teacher, her
friends everyone urged little
Mo from San Diego, Calif., to
withdraw from the tournament
after her first match because
of a painfully injured shoulder.
But Maureen spurned their pleas
and winced her way to the final
victory.
Then she said, "this is nothing.
I want to win eight of them like
Helen Wills."
Seldom has a player won Wim
bledon in her first try as Mau
reen did Saturday. And never,
since 15-year-old Lottie Dod won
in 1887, has a younger player
grabbed tennis' most prized
championship. '
Maureen had power Saturday
something she hadn't been
able to coax from the torn shoul
der muscles earlier in the tour
nament. The 28-year-old Miss
Brough, of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
had won the title in 1948, '49
and '50, and recognized the dan
ger of Saturday's threat. So
she threw everything into the'
first set and lost.
Her strategy was to win the
first set, coast through the sec
ond to conserve her strength and
pour on the venerable Brough
power in the last set. But Mau
leen didn't go for that. When
Miss Brough tried to slow down
the play by volleying floaters,
Maureen sent the ball crackling
across the court for whistling
placements.
Miss Brough tottered near ex
haustion, at the finish, and she
burst into uncontrollable tears
when defeated.
She had started well enough.
She broke Maureen's service in
the fifth game but lost her own
in the sixth at love. She was
within two points of the first set
in the 10th game, but little Mo
won the game after it was to
deuce three times.
Defending champions Frank
Sedgman and Ken McGregor of
Australia beat Vic Sexias of Phil
adelphia and Eric Sturgess of
South Africa, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, in
men's doubles.
Shirley Fry of Akron, O., and
Doris Hart of Coral Gables,
Fla., won the women's doubles
title with an 8-6, 6-3, triumph
over Misses . Connolly and
Brough.
Hearing on Game
Regulations Set
Portland U.P.) A hearing on
recommendations for Oregon's
1952 hunting regulations will be
held July 11 begining at 9 a.
m. standard time, at the Oregon
State Game commission .offices
Ke.re, the commission reported
Friday.
Tentative regulations will be
set after the hearing and the
commission will meet again on
July 25 to set final 1952 hunt
ing rules.
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