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.
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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
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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 !
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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.
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CUB STANDINGS
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Grants Pass
Talent ,
Central Point .........
Ashland
Medford
Eagle Point
Phoenix .
Jacksonville
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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.
Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30
p.m. for following day: 13 a.m. Mon
day: noon Saturday for Sunday am
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