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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. July 13. 1952 Yankee Pitcher Gets Game Winning Single In Eleventh Inning Nw York (U.R) On the ropes and on the verge of being belted out earlier in the game, Allie Reynolds came out swing ing in the 11th inning Saturday and produced a single that gave the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over St. Louis' battling Browns. Satchel Paige, who relieved Brownie starter Stubby Over mire after Gene Woodling'i two run homer tied the game at 4-4 in the fourth inning, pitched scoreless ball until the 11th when Yogi Berra led off with a single. Gil McDougald bunted and all hands were safe when Berra beat Jim Dyck's throw to second base. Woodling scratched a hit off Paige's glove and after pinch hitter Johnny Mize popped out, Reynolds personally accounted for his 11th victory of the sea son with a single to center. Bob Lemon scattered, six hits 'while pitching Cleveland to a 5-1 decision over Philadelphia The Indians picked up an un earned run off hard-luck Sam Zoldak in the third, then gath ered two more on Al Rosen's walk, Larry Doby's triple and Jim Hegan's long fly in the sixth. Despite the fact that he pitch ed three-Tlit ball, Chuck Stobbs suffered the loss as the White Sox bowed to Washington, 2-1. With two out in the fifth and the White Sox leading 1-0 on Eddie Robinson's homer, Short stop Sam Dente fell while try ing to field a grounder hit by winning Pitcher Julio Moreno. After Eddie Yost walked, Dente permitted Jim Busby's grounder to go through his legs as Moreno scored. Jackie Jensen's single then scored Yost. A pinch single by Rookie Ar chie Wilson helped Boston to a 5-4 victory over Detroit. Wil son beat out an infield single in the eighth inning to send Sammy White home with the deciding run. Lanky Sid Hudson was credited with the victory al though Al Benton relieved him in the ninth. Spraying 22 hits to every coa ceivable corner of Wrigley field, the Brookyn Dodgers retained their five and - a - half game National league lead with a 12-2 conquest over Chicago. Peewee Reese had a perfect five - for- five day against four Cub hurl ers while Jackie Robinson, Andy Pafko, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges and Dick Williams each collect ed three hits to help Ben Wade to his eighth victory. Manager Leo Durocher shook up his lineup and then watched his Giants gain a 5-3 verdict ov er Cincinnati. Max Lanier gain ed his fourth victory although he was touched for homers by Andy Seminick and Joe Adcock, and then required Hoyt Wil helm's aid in the ninth. Thirty - seven year old Harry Brecheen yielded only six hits - in eight innings and delivered a key hit as the Cardinals scored a 3-2 decision over Philadelphia. In addition to his fine work on the mound, Brecheen singled in the fifth to start a two-run ral ly that broke a 1-1 tie. Russ Meyer gave up nine hits while suffering his 10th loss. The Braves hopped on Bob Friend for five hits and four runs in the fifth inning to beat Pittsburgh 5-2. Vera Bickford, meanwhile, spaced nine hits for his fourth triumph. It was Friend's 13th loss of the season. Pittsburgh threatened in the ninth when it loaded the bases but Rookie Dick Grat ended the game by bouncing into a double play. Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune: Sport Editor Pitcher Joe Chez, Medford youth who signed last week with the Detroit Tigers may be see ing his first professional action this week-end. He is with Wil liamsport, Pa., of the Class A Eastern league. Sports Editor Ray Keyes of the Williamsport Sun, reported that Chez might get relief duty during the current series at Bing hamton although it was doubt ful that the Medford bonus play er would pitch until the Tiger farm club returned home this week. Seattle Downs Angels, 3 to 1 Los Angeles (U.R) Seattle moved into a tie for fourth place in the Pacific Coast league with the Angels today as Seattle Pitcher Art Del Duca's blooper over short brought in two runs, giving the Rainiers a 3 lo 1 win over the Angels. Del Duca was assisted materially by Third Baseman Rocky Krs nick who, despite letting in the lone Angel run on an error, made several spectacular stops on Angel line drives. Three Angel pitchers ap peared during the game while Del Luca went the distance. Angel starter Ed Chandler was charged with the loss. Seattle picked up all its runs in the fourth, which began with singles by Krsnich and Jim Mad dern after two were out. Krs nich came in on K. Chorltan's double, and then Del Duca's blooper over short scored his other two mates. The one Angel run came in the fourth when Bob Usher singled, went to third on Leon Brinkopf's double and scored when Krsnich flubbed Les Lay ton's grounder. JOE MODEST Keyes described Jo as a modest and appreciative young man. "After the press was finished with him." the sports writer said, "he went across th road lo the West End league field where a baseball clinic was being held. He spot led a youngster who wasn't playing and worked up a game of catch with the boy." LITTLE WOOTON INFO There's a little information on how Derald Wooton, anoth er bonus pitcher from Medford, is faring with Great Falls of the Pioneer league. Latest re port is from a newspaper clip ping on the July 8th Salt Lake City-Great Falls game in which Wooton walked three men and gave up one hit in one-third inning. Great Falls won the fray 12 to 11 using three pitchers alto gether while Salt Lake used four. Hub Kittle, former Kla math Gem manager was the los ing pitcher for Salt Lake. The clipping was forwarded by Ned Liebman, former Med ford announcer now associated with the Ontario, Ore., radio station. LEAVING MEDFORD Mrs. James Wyatt. who has done a great job, in providing the sports department of this paper with the information on women's golfing activities at Rogue Valley County club, is leaving Medford lo make her home in San Mateo, Calif. Mr. Wyatl has been employed at San Francisco and will now commute from San Mateo. She has written several articles on Rogue Valley Country club for lh magazine "The Golfer." LEGION REBUILDING Medford American Legion naires have been working to re build the junior baseball pro gram in the valley for the 1953 season. We hope they succeed. There is already talk that Cen tral Point will field a legion team. If Ashland, Grants Pass and Cave Junction posts can follow suit, there'll be a fine loop in the valley. Medford and Klamath Falls have fielded the only teams in the district for the past couple of seasons. It has been a problem to schedule enough games to keep the boys in practice and interested. Ferris Fain Junior Loop Bat Leader New York (U.R) The Amer ican league, which changes bat ting leaders this season almost as often as Casey Stengel swit ches his New York Yankee line up, found Champion Ferris Fain of the Athletics in the top spot this week with a .338 average. Fain, who won the 1951 title with .344, was the seventh play er to hold the lead in the week ly officials averages which al ways include Thursday's day games. The Athletics' first baseman added 13 points to jump from third to first,, but was only a point in front of 1950 champion Bobby Goodman of the Red Sox. Goodman, who popped into the top spot after July 4, was hit ting .335. Rosen Third Cleveland's Al Rosen, last week's leader, was third at .330. George Kell of the Red Sox and Mickey Mantle of the Yankees were deadlocked for fourth with .318. Jackie Jensen of the Sen ators and Gene Woodling of the Yankees were tied for the next spot with .314.- , In the National league, where it will only be news if Stan Mu sial doesn't win the title for the sixth time, the Cardinal star held the lead for the second straight week at .333. Strung out in order behind Musial were Bob Addis of the Cubs, .331; Toby Atwell of the Cubs, .324; Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers, .318; and Country Slaughter of the Cards, .314. Musial, Slaughter and the rest of the rampaging Cards had Manager Eddie Stanky's club on top in team batting with a .267 mark. The first - place Yankees led the American league in club hitting with .268. Sauer RBI Pace Although Hank Sauer of the Cubs was 18th in the National league batting standings with .286, he still held the major league lead in runs-batted-in with 69 and in homers with 23 Bobby Thomson of the Giants was runner-up in the National league runs-batted-in- derby witn oz. Rosen led the Amen can with 53. Vic Wertz of De troit topped the American in home runs with 16. Bobby Shantz of the A's con tinued to lead the majors in pitching victories with a 14-3 record for 17 appearances. Prea cher Roe of the Dodgers 7-0 and Harry Dorish of the White Sox 5-0 topped the pitching percent ages in their respective leagues. Auto Races Here Today A program of six stock car races with a field of 23 autos is planned today at the track off Biddle road near the airport. Time trials will be held start ing at 12:30 with races to begin at 1 p.m. The main event will be 30 laps with another race of 20 laps, two of 15 and two of five. Race fans are anticipating bit ter rivalry among Chuck Pendle ton, Bill Rosenbalm and Roy Deutschman. There are several new drivers, adding to the in terest of the afternoon card. House of David Will Scrap Studs Tuesday One of the most popular at tractions in baseball will be available to Rogue river valley sports fans on Tuesday, July 15, when the bewhiskered House of David nine contends with the Medford Cheney Studs at the BASEBALL FRIDAY'S RESULTS: Coast League Oakland 3-3, joruana z-s im game 8 innings) - San Diego 4, san Francisco 3 Los Angeles 6, Seattle 4 Sacramento 7, Hollywood 2 American League Boston 16, Detroit 6 (1st) Boston 5. Detroit 3 (2nd) St. Louis 6, New York 3 Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 7 (night) Washington 2. Chicago 1 (10 in nings, night) National League Brooklyn 6. Chicago S Pittsburgh 6, New York 2 Boston 6. Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3 (night, 10 innings) Western International Vancouver 11, Victoria 0 Spokane 3. Lewiston 4 Salem 11, Tri-City 1 Wenatchee 6, Yakima 1 PLEASANT LIVING Helsinki (U.R) The Finnish Olympic organization commit-j tee said Saturday it will open special dance halls next week and limit admission to Olympic athletes with one exception women. Women "are invited to make the living for foreigners as pleasant as possible," the com mittee said. MOTORISTS!! We Are a Member of the NATIONAL CREDIT CARD ASSOC. And Will Honor All Major Oil Company CREDIT CARDS Local and One-Way Trailers for Rent SHELL SERVICE 618 WEST MAIN PHONE 2-9983 r -, " ' 3 BEARDED PITCHER Charles Liska, above, is a pitcher of the bewhiskered House of David baseball nine which will play the Medford Cheney Studs at the fair grounds here at 8 p. m. Tues day, July 15. fairgrounds baseball park here. Game time will be 8 p. m. The Davids have been a barn storming club for more than 30 years and have built up a large following wherever they have appeared because of the enter tainment and color they provide. Aim of the original Israelite House of David club has been to maintain a hustling ball club. Have Won 1.462 The travelers have averaged about 160 games per season and over the years have won 1,462 tiffs, lost 544 and tied five. Games have been played in ev ery state in the union. Several other "House of David" nines, colored and white, have tried to copy this original club. Each" spring the Davids es tablish a camp in the south sim ilar to major loop clubs and this years they trained at Marietta, Okla. Each year a number of young players ask for tryouts and they are not denied. As a rule two or three David players sign contracts with some club in organized ball. The Dayids do not hire play ers who are not in good standing with organized ball. Pepper Game So far this summer, the beard ed crew has played a number of Oregon teams. Results include losses by one run each to Rose burg and Coquille which are in the Southwestern Oregon cir cuit with the Studs. George Anderson, with the Davids since 1928, is manager and kingpin of the club's fa mous pepper game. Marty Hume may hurl for the Studs. On Friday, July 18, the Studs will battle the Havana Cubans, a colored traveling club. Singler Tosses No-Hitter For Mobilgas Soft bailers MEDFORD SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION STANDINGS Men's League W. Mobilgas 4 Central Point 3 Camp White 3 Eagle Point .. 2 YMCA 2 Trowbridge and Flynn 1 Crater Lions 1 National Guard 0 Andy's Jewelers 0 Women's League Crater Babes Eagle Point Central Point Butte Falls W. 3 1 ZZ!!o L. Pet. 1 .800 1 .750 1 .750 1 .667 2 .500 3 .250 3 .250 2 .000 2 .000 L. Pet. 0 1.000 1 .500 2 .333 2 .000 Mobilgas took over lone lead ership in the Medford Softball association men's circuit on Fri day as Manager Bill Singler chucked a five-inning no-hit, no-run victory over YMCA for the Flying Red Horsemen. The score was 9 to 0. The Gasmen picked up their fourth win of the loop to get a half-game lead over Central Point and Camp White, which have three wins each. All three teams have one loss. Four men got on base against Singler. He walked Y Pitcher Herb Vessey twice and Willard Barnum and Lyle Heideman got to the base paths on errors. Heideman reached third base. Singler fanned eight batters. Two Hits Each Mobilgas capitalized on Ves- sey's wildness to get eight runs in the first inning. He gave up five walks and hit one batter. Bill Werner and Connie Holz gang each singled twice during the canto and a fielder's choice and two errors aided the run making. The Gasmen tallied once more in the second frame when Don Wilkinson tripled and came home on Bill Donahoe's ground out. In a girls' encounter the Med ford Crater Babes strengthened their undefeated hold on first place by tripping Central Point 11 to 4.' The Babes took a big lead with five runs in the first inning and three in the second. Make-Ups Slated Going to bat in the bottom of the .fifth inning, the Babes had a 9 to' 4 lead. They quickly picked up two runs and that gave them a victory without complet ing the inning, according to the seven-run margin rule. Next Tuesday Butte Falls and Eagle Point girls will' play at 7:30 p.m. and Eagle Point and Camp White men will vie. : Arrangements have been made to make up games on Wednesday evenings. LINESCORES: YMCA .. 000 00 0 0 3 Mobilgas 810 Ox 9 7 2 Vessey and Barnum: Singler and ! Darland. ) Central Point 010 30 4 4 5 ' Miller Cops Hardtop Car Main Event The wrecker was kept busy pulling cars off the track Friday as hardtop racing autos made their Medford debut at the sher iff's posse grounds. Bernie Miller, Grants Pass, gained the big honors of the eve ning by capturing the 20-lap main event. Bob Wright, Yreka, Calif., was second, and Herb James, Yreka, was third. Eighteen cars from Medford, Yreka, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Camas, Wash., end Sacra mento, Calif.; Vrere entered in the evening ci excitement which saw numerous smash-ups on the slick track. Cars Hit Fence Lyle Hopkins, Yreka, set the mishap trend in the first heat race when hiscar hit the fence on the far side of the track from the grandstand. His car was un able to continue. Wright cracked the fence on the east turn in the third heat but he was able to go on. Dick Patterson, Yreka, hit the fence where. Hopkins crashed and Fred Arnsberg, Yreka, smacked the concrete railing of the grandstand. Both cars were forced out of the running. Frank Danley, Yreka, was forced out of the final heat race when his car plowed into the fence. No drivers were hurt. Results in the first heat were Woody Thomason, Yreka, first; Jerry Hopkins, Yreka, second, and Patterson, third. Danley took the second heat race with Miller second and Morrie Woods third. Rusty Phillips grabbed the third heat with Wright second and Paul Nunes third. In the fourth heat Stan Brown was win ner, Woods second and Dave Vincent third. Miller Takes Heat Miller copped the last heat tussle, Phillips was second and Thomason third. Thomason nab bed the trophy dash and Paul Nunes a novelty race. Best marks in time trials were Danley 28.56 seconds, Phillips 28.59, Thomason 28.38 and Mil ler 29.55. Races are planned at the posse grounds again here next Friday night. Crater Babes 530 1211 8 2 S. Bishop. D. Bishop. N. Bishop and Tonn; Ingle and Stiruson. Maureen Connolly Winner Of Irish Tennis Tourney Dublin, Ireland (U.R) Maureen (Little Mo) Connolly, the 17-year-old Irish lass from San Diego,' Calif., wound up her first international tennis tour with a perfect record and in an appropriate spot Saturday by winning the Women's Irish Lawn Tennis championship with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Jean Walker-Smith of Britain. In her previous starts since coming to the British Isles, the young U. S. champion won two "warm-up" tournaments and two Wightman cup singles Southern Oregon Junior Baseball PEE WEE STANDINGS (First Ham- Ashland -. Grants Pass Central Point Eagle Point - Talent .. Medford Phoenix matches in England before clin ching world hor.ors last week by capturing the Wimbledon crown. Saturday's victory over Mrs. Walker Smith was her third and easiest triumph over the fleet footed British girl. Mrs. Walker Smith took a set from Miss Con nolly in the Manchester, Eng., tournament and another in the Wightman cup play but she never had a chance here against Little Mo's power hitting. Miss Connolly drew frequent applause with her fine place ments and even showed a fast service, usually one of her few court weaknesses. w. .6 .6 .5 .3 .2 .2 Jacksonville .2 L. 1 1 2 4 S 5 5 S Pet. i .B57; .857 I .714 .420 J2 86 286 .286 286 CUB STANDINGS (First Half) Grants Pass Talent , Central Point ......... Ashland Medford Eagle Point Phoenix . Jacksonville W. 6 5 4 4 4 2 .0 L. Pet. 0 1.000 1 .833 .667 .571 .57! .333 .143 .000 First half standing in the Southern Oregon Junior Base ball league were determined Fri day night when loop and team officials met at Central Point to thrash out matters concern ing cancellations and forfeitures. Actions of the officials put Ashland and Grants Pass in a first place tie in the pee wee division with six wins and one loss each. Grants Pass was cub first half victor with an unblem ished record for six games. It was left up to the two teams to work out the means of deciding a pee wee first half champ. Party' Planned In the pee wee group tail enders Phoenix and Jackson ville were involved in contests that were forfeited to Grants Pass. A swimming party for players in the league and parents has been set for Jackson Hot springs on August 9. Those attending will take sack lunches. 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