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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Central Central Point, loop leader at the end of the round robin slate, and the fiery Andy's Jewelers skirmish tonight for the champ ionship of the Medford Soft ball association. Their struggle will follow a third-place fracas between Mo bilgas and Camp White, losers in last night's opening round of the league, play-off. The initial fray of the evening is set for 7:30 o'clock at the senior high stadium. Central Point gained the play off finale by trouncing Camp : White 14 to 3 last night. The ' youthful 'Jewelers lashed Mo bilgas 11 to 2 to reach the final and big game of the Medford softball season. Big Innings . A couple of big innings gave the Central Point crew its bulge over Camp White. The . Pointer gang .got five runs in the first inning on raps by Joe t enton, ' Pettit and Lee Flink, a walk, two fielder's - options and a .ground out. They scored four in the sixth on hits by Homer ; Sullivan, Daugherty, Harvey ,Tonn and Gordon Carrigan, two errors, a fielder's choice and a "wild pitch. . Other Central Point runs were two in the second frame on a single by Pettit and doubles by Flink and Daugherty, one in the seventh on a double by Fenton and a hit by Flink and two in the ninth on doubles by Fenton, Pettit and Flink. All three doubles in the ninth were into the stands. - Camp White countered once in the first stanza on two errors a passed ball and a flyout by Harold Rickman and twice in the fourth on four errors, a hit by Howard Rickman, a passed ball and a stolen base. Flink Gets 4 Hits .Flink got four hits for Cen tral Point and Fenton and Pettit each three. Flink and Fenton got two doubles each and Pettit's bingles included one two-base blow. Vera Collins, pitching for Central Point gave up three hits and fanned 16 batters. The Jewelers also took the leati from the start and they built up an 8 to 0 margin be fore the Gasmen tallied. Andy's pushed across three rims in the first canto on two walks, a' triple by Ned Landers and a single by Bill Richards, a stolen base and a wild pitch. In the third frame Andy's scored- on Burton Williams' homer to left field and in the fifth chukker they got another run on a walk, a fielder's option and four stolen bases. Richards sneaked home for the marker. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. G3. New York 62 43 .590 Cleveland 38 4S .558 3i Boston 55 45 .550 4'i Washington 48 .529 6i Philadelphia 50 48 .510 8i Chicago -.. 53 51 .510 8'2 St. Louis 43 63 .406 19 'x Detroit .36 67 .330 25 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Brooklyn 66 30 New York , 60 37 St. Louis . 58 44 Philadelphia .54 47 Chicago . 31 50 Boston 42 38 Cincinnati 42 61 Pittsburgh 30 76 Pet. .688 .619 .569 .533 .505 .420 .408 .283 G.B. 6',i 11 14'i 1714 26 27 li 41 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE G.B. Oakland ... Hollywood San Diego Portland . Los Angeles , Seattle San Franciso Sacramento - WESTERN INTERNATIONAL W. L. Pet. .667 .552 .320 .496 .477 .444 .433 .413 G.B. Victoria Spokane Vancouver . ..70 ..60 33 49 48 53 56 60 39 62 12 15', 18 20 23 24' 26 .52 ..52 ..51 -49 ..45 -44 Salem Lewiston . Yakima , Tri-City Wenatchee . Yesterday's Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 1. Washington 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE (No games scheduled) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Los Angeles 1. Hollywood 0 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL Yakima 5. Victoria 2 Vancouver 4. Wenatchee 0. Tonight W. L. Pet. ... 73 54 .575 72 54 .571 ,i 70 58 .556 2M 63 62 .504 9 65 65 .500 9'i 60 62 .492 10,i 4 73 .425 19 49 79 .378 25 AN AMERICAN FAVORITE IN OREGON $395 415 QT. i ,l """nBuUnBOHW8' , , , , r -- v y.sr.' 1 1 rs-izsXi TNI AMI-ICAN DlSTIUINe CO, INC, N(W MAIL TRIBUNE Point, Andy's Mix for Softball Crown Drain Beaten By Coos Bay SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Drain : 14 4 Coos Bay-North Bend 12 6 Medford 13 7 Bandon 13 7 Roseburg , ,,, 7 11 Coquille 6 14 Brookings 1 17 Pet. .778 .667 .650 .650 .389 .300 .056 The Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks closed the distance between themselves and the Drain Black Sox in Southwest ern Oregon loop activity last week. The Lumberjacks grabbed two triumphs, 8 to 1 and 7 to 2, from Drain to rise to within two games of the loop pacing Sox. Coos Bay did again what no other crew has been able to ac complish in Sawdust loop ac tion beat the Black Sox.. And the Jacks have made a clean sweep of their four league games with Drain. Both Coos Bay and Drain have six games left and the bay team hopes Bandon, Brookings, and Roseburg, the three remaining Draui rivals, can help them catch the Sox. Studs, Bandon, Win Bandon and Medford copped twin victories over the week-end to stay knotted for third spot, only a game behind Coos Bay. Bandon beat Coquille 7 to 2 and 8 to 5 and Medford nicked Brookings 8 to 7 and 6 to 5. Roseburg was idle. Medford's Cheney Studs draw a loop bye this coming week-end. There have been sug gestions that the Studs play the Central Point Millers in a Sunday afternoon ruckus. The Millers, who have been itching all season for a mix with the Studs, have completed their Rogue Valley league season. The Jewelers used three, errors, a single by Ned Landers, a walk, a passed ball and a sacrifice for three sixth inning runs. Gasman Tally Hits by Jerry Knapp, Bob Steele and Curt Holzgang brought another run in the sev enth and two more crossed in the ninth on a single by John Niles, a walk and a triple by Holzgang. Mobilgas scored in the sixth inning when Bill Singler reach ed first base on a hit, advanced on an error and a hit by. Bill Werner and came home when Werner was thrown out try ing to swipe second base. Andy's pitcher, Ted Landers, ran into his most trouble in the eighth inning. With two men out he walked two batters. An er ror loaded the bases and then Landers walked a Gasman to force in the last Mobilgas run of the evening. Central Point Favored Central Point will rule the favorite tonight over Andy's, which wound up fourth at the conclusion of the regular loop schedule. But, if the Jewelers display the same hustle and spark they have in most of their recent combats, the Pointers will be up against stiff competition. In the previous loop meeting of the two teams, Central Point blanked the Jewelers 8 to 0 as Lee Flink hurled two-hit ball and fanned 11 batters in five in nings. Fans should find tonight's preliminary interesting also. Camp White beat Mobilgas in earlier league play. LINESCORES: Central Point 520 004 102 14 15 6 Camp White -100 200 000 3 3 4 Collins and Flink; R. Singler and McKecknie. Andy's .Tiers 301 013 102 11 14 2 3 4 Mobilgas 000 001 010 2 3 4 T. Landers and Steele; and Darland. - B. Singler Dead line on Classified Ads: 3:30 p.m. for following day: 10 a.m. Mon- day: noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. $Q50 PINT TQiK, PKIN, 1111-01$, SAN MANCIX r.am m - u a . 1 Tuesday, August S. 1952 Shantz Goes After No. 20 Philadelphit (U.R) Bitsy Bobby Shantz, the winningest pitcher in the majors, shoots for his 20th victory . of the season Tuesday night "and the distinc tion of beating every team in the American League. The scale model southpaw of the Philadelphia Athletics, with a victory, run of fiVe straight since the All-Star game, goes for the big two-oh against the Boston Red Sox, the only team he hasn't faced this season. Wee Bobby, the mighty mole cule with the 1.53 earned run average, won his 19 games against three losses by beating St. Louis four times and the oth er six" clubs three times, Oddly enough, it never was his turn to pitch in the seven games the A's and Red Sox have played to date. Dick Yost Keeps Royal Oaks Title Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Dick Yost, Portland golf star, retained his Royal Oaks open crown by carding scores of 70 and 72 in the last two rounds of the Royal Oaks open golf tournament here Monday. Yost finished the tourney with a total of 282 which put him six strokes ahead of his chief competitor, Bob McKendrick, of Oswego. . Third place went to Seattle's diminutive professional Harry TJmbinetti with a total 'of 290 and bespectacled Dick Haskell, another Seattle pro, took fourth along with Bill Schaffer, Kelso amateur, and Harold West, Pendleton pro. All had 292's. Rematch Sought For Matthews Seattle U.R) Jack Hurley, manager of Harry (Kid) Matth ews, has offered Al Weill, man ager of Heavyweight Challeng er Rocky Marciano, $50,000 for a return match between Matth- Lews and Marciano. Hurley said the offer is to Weill should a Walcott-Marciano championship bout fail to ma terialize in September. The re turn match would be held in Russians Intend To Win 1956 Olympics Contests Helsinki (U.R) Russia served notice Tuesday that it was out to achieve its Olympic objective winning the 1956 games at Melbourne, Australia and judging from their per formance here, they' may well attain it. , As a matter of fact, the sur prise of the 1952 games here was the unexpectedly strong show ing made by Russia and the other five Communist countries. Learned a Lot - A Russian spokesman, . al though disappointed that the Soviets did not win the games after piling a huge lead oyer the U.S., thanks to its men and women gymnasts, said the games had taught them a' lot and had strengthened' the championship bid they expect to make in 1956. The Russians also revealed they will keep pressing the In ternational Olympic Committee W-S cot 40 Enjoy i I UMIIA IIEWIIUS. INC. . TACOMA, WASHINGTON Oregon Distributors, Inc. 4th and Fir, Medford Phone 2-5243 Southern Studs Scrap Trotter Nine On Thursday Built up6n- the same prin ciples sterling playing ability and brilliant showmanship that have made the Harlem Globe trotters of basketball the hottest attraction in the entire sports world, the touring novelty base ball team of the same name and ownership comes to Medford on Thursday, August 7, to con' tend with the Cheney Studs at the fairgrounds at 8 p.m. This is the sixth season in ac tion for Abe Saperstein's pep pery Globetrotters- of . the dia mond, and the celebrated men tor is authority for the state ment that it's the best ball club be has ever put on the road. After compiling a five-season record of 531 wins against only 106 defeats, the baseball Globe trotters were not placed in ac tion last year as Saperstein was busy squiring his world-famed cagers on an all-summer tour of South America, Europe and North Africa. Demand Heavy The demand for appearances of his baseball club throughout North America has been so heavy, however, that Saperstein decided to return it to action. He placed W. S. Welch, his ace base ball lieutenant, ix charge as manager and a fine crop of ball players was 'assembled. The re sult has been a team bristling with power and hustle that has proved a hit everywhere it has thus far appeared. Recognized universally as one of th top showmen of the era, Saperstein, who demands that anything bearing his name be of the best, is leaving no stone un turned to make certain 1952 baseball aggregation is a sure crowd-pleaser. Many of the players who will be seen in ac tion here are certain bets for places in the major leagues in the not too distant future. Saperstein himself is a stock holder and a top talent scout in Bill Veeck's St. Louis Browns Organization. Prior to Veeck's assuming the presidency of the Browns, he and Saperstein were associated in the front office affairs of the Cleveland Indians. It was Sap erstein who signed such players as ' Larry Doby, Luke Easter, Orestes Minoso, Harry Simpson and Satchel Paige for the In dians. f Colombium, also known as niobium, is a metal that when alloyed with steel, gives steel the heat resistance necessary in jet engine parts. September in a Pacific North west city, Hurley said. Marciano, who flattened Mat thews in the second round of their recent heavyweight chall engers "bout in New York, is runnipg into difficulty in sign ing the Walcott match accord ing to Hurley. to adopt officially the European point scoring system used by Russia. It differs from the un official American system in that it awards only seven points for first place instead of 10. Oth erwise, it is the same, five for second, four for third, three for fourth, two for fifth and one for sixth. U.S. Won Both However, the U.S. won the 1952 games under both sys tems. One of those impressed by the performances ot the Russians was Brutus Hamilton, coach of the U.S. track and field team. "They have come a long way," he said. "They are in per fect physical condition and it is evident they are coaching under American field tactics prob ably from motion pictures but they had done a thorough and efficient job of it." TROTTER INFIELDER Eu gene White, above, is third base man of the Harlem Globetrot ters baseball nine which opposes the Medford Cheney Studs at 8 p.m. Thursday at the fair grounds here. Crescent City Drivers Do Well In Hardtop Races A four-car contingent from Crescent City, Calif., drivers gave Rogue valley drivers some thing to keep their minds on their racing, Saturday night at the Ashland Rodeo grounds. John Boomer turned in a flat 26.0 seconds for the time trials winning the award for fastest car. W. R. Sondergard took the trophy dash and collected the trophy kiss from Irma Bostock. Lithia Motors, Ashland, provid ed this week's trophy. Ray Doyle was first intone heat race and Floyd Siligo third in another. However, Medford boys came in for eleven money places, in cluding firsts by Jesse Nether land and Rod Thompson, and two seconds for Bob Kodat. Pushes Leader Roy Deutschman was pushing the leader, Dick Mills of Grants Pass, in the big main event, up to the 10th lap, at which time Deutschman's brakes went out on him. Even so he finished in fifth place, with eleven of the 16 starters having eliminated them selves in crashes, - blowouts and spin-outs. Art St. Germaine, Central Point, won the semi-main, Ken ney Taylor, Talent, was second and Ernie , Groth, Medford, third. Netherlands win was in the consolation run. Rod Thomp son, Medford, won the third heat and Kodat's seconds were in the final and fourth heats. Accidents took a fearful toll in most events, but the cause this week was simply hard driv ing for the big purse, estimated at near $1000 again. Closer of ficiating and installation of yel low warning lights eliminated all complaints of rough driving. and what penalties were impos ed were mainly for technical violations. Johnny Ritchey Top WIL Batter Chicago (U.R) For the third consecutive week Vancouv er Catcher John Ritchey leads the hitters in the Western In ternational league according to figures released by the Howe News Bureau. Ritchey gained three points during the week to post a .350 average. Cecil- Garriott, Victor ia manager, retained his home run lead with 12 and Victoria's Granney Gladstone with 82 runs-batted-in tops that department. 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There had been signs of a? real crack-up during their current road trip when they dropped five games in a row for the long est losing streak during the four year administration of boss Casey Stengel. At the depths of their trouble, their first-place lead was reduc ed to only two games over Cleveland when they dropped two in a row to the sad-sack St. Louis Browns. Ease by Senators Then; in a manner befitting three-time ' world champions, they rebounded to win a Sunday double-header from the Browns, took a seemingly endless train ride to Washington and got Grants Pass Nabs Pee Wee League 1st Half Pennant Grants Pass captured the first half toga of the Southern Ore gon Junior Baseball league pee wee division last night by nip ping Ashland 6 to 4 in an eight inning scramble at the Medford senior high diamond. The Climate city boys now will face Central Point, second half winner, for the season championship. Final arrange ments were not learned but it is possible the scuffle may be Wednesday evening at the Med ford high field. Last night's brush required three extra innings. A regula tion hassle is five frames but the score was deadlocked 4 to 4 with that many played. Crow singled home Conners for Grants Pass tie breaking run in the eighth and Mendenhall drove in Condrey with another hit for a clincher. Both scorer had walk ed. LINESCORE: Grants Pass ........000 400 02 6 3 1 Ashland 010 030 00 4 3 2 Smith. Cochell (6) and Theis; M Fitch, and Watrus. G. P. Gridders Announce Plans To Enter College Grants Pass (U.R) At least 11 members of the 1951 Grants Pass high school state champion football team will enter Oregon colleges this fall, according to word from the boys or their parents.. Oregon state college will draw six. of the gridders with Ron ald Knight, halfback; John Har bour, fullback; Ron Swisher, guard; Pete Stearns, guard; Don Herron, tackle, and Jim Little, end. . .Five boys, Dick James, half back; Larry Schweinfurth, end; Dick Barker, tackle; Gary Mc- Farland, quarterback and Dave Talbot, halfback, are slated to enter the University of Oregon. Dick Williams, : halfback; is headed for the University of Cal ifornia, and Bill Harbin plans to enter Arizona State at Tempe. INTERCITY TIFFS SET Portland The second an nual Intercity Match Sapling championship between grey-' hounds of Multnomah Kennel club and those from Mile High Kennel club in Denver will be held here Wednesday night, August 27. Dead line on Classified Ads: V30 p.m. for following day: 10 a.m. Mon day: noon Saturday for Sunday a.m AS LOW AS $42 there just in time to go out and score an outstanding 1 to 0 vic tory over the Senators Monday night. 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