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CENTRAL POINT SOFTBALUERS WIN 7-0
IN PLAY-OFF OPENER; FRACAS TONIGHT
With Hurler Vern Oollins
scheduled to toss his fourth game
in five nights, the Central Point
Softball crew will gun for a vic
tory tonight that will earn it
the District No. 8 championship.
Last night the Pointers blasted
Grants Pass 7 to 0 at Grants Pass
in the first game of a two-out-of-
three series for the district dia
dem. Tonight's engagement will be
on the Rledford high stadium
turf. It will follow a 7:30 p.m.
girls' skirmish. The gals' tussle
between the Crater Babes and
Eagle Point will also be a cham
pionship affair. The Babes beat
Central Point 13 to 3 last night
and Eagle Point downed Butte
Falls to gain a deadlock for the
Medford Softball association
women's title.
One-Hiller
Collins, throwing his third con
flict in four nights last night,
turned in a one-hitter for his
shutout. Only four Grants Pass
men got on base. The CP ehuck
er appeared in great shape de-
spue his iron man duty and his
drop was functioning effectively
in the seven-inning mix.-
Central Point obtained two of
its runs in the third inning on
doubles by Ralph Pettit and Dar
rell Copeland and an error. Two
errors, a walk, a fielder's choice
and hits by Pettit and Homer
Sullivan brought four runs in
the fifth stanza. A bingle by
Jack Daugherty, stolen bases and
a flyout by Lee Flink scored
the final run in the sixth.
3rd Game Possible
Grants Pass still has big hopes
in the play-off series and could
send the contention into a third
game by winning tonight. The
third hassle, if required, will be
played at 8 p.m. on Saturday at
the Medford stadium.
The climate city nine took
steps to make an alVout effort
tonight. With the cause apparent
ly lost last night, Pitcher Bob
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Rookie Black Helps
Dodgers Hold Margin
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joe lilacs,, urooKlyns prize
candidate for rookie of the year
honors, shrugged a weary shoul
der and said Friday Giant Man
ager Leo Durocher gave him his
inspiration for winning the
game that could prove to be the
most vital the Dodgers will
chalk up all year.
The husky right hander, call
ed upon to relieve Ben Wade in
the fifth inning, went on to score
his seventh win against two de
feats, 7 to 5, in a victory that left
Brooklyn 5M games in front of
the Giants. New York had taken
the afternoon game of the
doubleheaden 8 to 2 and the
situation was growing acute as
far as the Brooks were con
cerned.
Three-Run Komer
"I wanted to beat those guys
real bad," he said. "When I went
in there I heard Durocher say
'Let's get this coke up guy, "he
won't be in there long'."
Black, whose specialty is what
he calls a "wiener curve too
big to be a slider and too small
to be a curve" got by nicely af
ter serving Whitey Lockman a
three-run home run ball.
The guy who has pitched in 34
games this year in relief roles,
said to his team mates: "We play
the Giants a doubleheader on
Sept. 8. That means Sept. 9 is
Joe Black day. I want all of you
guys to contribute."
Biggest Contribution
Manager Charley Dressen
agreed that Black's contribution
was the biggest of all,, despite
Roy Campanella's first inning
grandslam homer and second
inning homers by Billy Cox and
Jackie Robinson, which put
them ahead to stay.
The Giants cashed in on four
unearned runs in the first game
as Henry Thompson hit a two-
run homer and Alvin Dark and
Davey Williams got three hits
apiece. It looked as if the
Brooks might be on the run
again in the nightcap until
Black settled things. Dark hit
safely in the nighter, too, to pro
long his consecutive game streak
to 22,. two short of Stan Musial's
Smith was removed to save him
for tonight's affair.
Don Schneider, Medford, slat
ed to umpire behind the plate
tonight and Don Hedgepeth,
Grants Pass, on the bases.
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Collins and Flink: Smith.
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1 24, which is tops for the Nation
al League season.
Face Phillies
The Dodgers, who now must
play the hot Phillies six games
hi four days, derived no comfort
from the fact the no-longer
quaking Quakers topped the
Braves 2 to 1 and 10 to 2. The
Cards beat the Reds 7 to 4 in
the only other National League
game.
In the American League, the
Yankees stayed three games
ahead of idle Cleveland by split
ting with Washington, winning
7 to 1 after losing 4 to 2. The
third place Red Sox, five games
behind, and beginning a three
game series with the Yankees
tonight, also split, losing 7 to 5
at Philadelphia, then winning 8
to 4. The Browns beat the Tigers
5 to 4 in 12 innings.
Hardtop Cars
Roll Tonight
A slam bang evening of auto
racing is expected here tonight
when . the California Star Car
association holds its regular
weekly attraction of hardtop
competition at the posse grounds
on Sage road at the west edge
of Medford.
A field of 20 cars is billed
to compete in the collision-filled,
fence-busting program. There
will be a number of local driv
ers. Among them are expected
to be Lou Smith with his new
car and Dave Hines of the Sew
ing Machine center.
From Grants Pass will be
Donny Hood and Bernie Miller
and from Klamath Falls will
come Murrell Betsch.
Drivers from Yreka, Calif.,
will include Don Moore, seek
ing his third main event victory
of the season. Frank Danley,
Sacramento driver ' is entered.
Danley will promote at the new
track being opened Sunday at
Klamath Falls.
Semi-main, heat race, trophy
dash and special rivalry are on
tonight's card.
FLORISTS WIN
Albany U.R) Portland's Lind
Florists downed the World Cham
pion Phoenix, Ariz., Queens girls'
softball -team, 5-4, here Thursday
night as the squads continued a
trans-Oregon series.
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Ha If -Game
San Francisco U.F9 The
baseballs being used in the Pa
cific Coast league this season
may be deader than usual, but
the game itself certainly isn't.
There was nothing moribund,
for example, about the 23,497
fans who paid their ways into
Wrigley field Thursday night to
see Hollywood outscore the Los
Angeles Angels, 6-5.
Jamming the aisles with one
of the largest masses of human
ity in the history of the park,
the throng raised to more than
45,000 the number who have
seen the clubs play four games
this week. And that, in this era
of clickless turnstiles, isn't bad.
Record Near
Wrigley Field had seen larger
crowds for exhibition games but
the biggest previous attendance
for a regular league game there
was 23,088 in 1949.
The Angels and Stars will
have set a league series attend
ance mark, for this season at
least, when they conclude hostil
ities Sunday.
Happily, the big turnout was
treated to a thrilling game. The
Angels had homers by Ron
Northey, Max West his 22nd and
Les Peden, while catcher Man
gan clubbed one for the Stars.
Portland Wins
Peden's poke, in the ninth,
brought the Angels within one
run of victory and raised high
the pitch of excitement among
the compressed onlookers.
Hollywood, tied for second
place with San Diego, advanced
to within one-half game of Oak
land's league lead. The Acorns
were -stopped by Portland, 4-1,
on homers by Eddie Basinski
and Frankie Austin. I
The sizzling Padres of Lefty
O'Doul kept pace - by downing
San Francisco, 4-3. In other ac-j
tion, Seattle trimmed Sacramen
to, 4-1.
Trout Fishing
Fair to Good
In Rogue River
Portland (U.R) Week-end
sports fishing in Oregon will be
onlv fair in many sections of the
state, but according to the Ore
gon State Game commission
prospects in the central Oregon
area were picking up.
The report included:
SOUTHWEST: Trout angling
on coastal lakes and streams is
poor. Salmon fishing in the
lower Rogue river is fair to good.
Salmon fishing at Brookings is
good.
Steelhead Fair
Trout fishing is good in the
Rogue river from Prospect to
Muir creek and fair from Gold
will to McLeod. Steelhead
catches are fair and improving
from Gold Hill to Rogue Elk.
Some jack salmon are being
taken at Bybee bridge and Shady
Cove area. Salmon fishing at
Winchester bay is fair. Trout
fishing on coastal lakes is poor.
Good catches of trout, are re
ported in the North Umpqua
river from. Winchester to Eagle
Rock and South Umpqua irom
Milo to Camp Comfort.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at
noon Saturdays.
Friday. August , 1952
--.- MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Little Men
Lead at Tarn
Chicago U.R Golfs little
men were the ones to beat Fri
day as nearly every star of the
game opened the second round
of Tam O'Shanter's "world"
tournament, aiming for the gi
gantic $25,000 first prize.
Only one of the first four
leaders was listed among the
top 25 money winners oU 1952,
Roberto de "Vicenzo, ranked only
21st among the money -winners
with but $5,020.47 to his credit
this year, was merely tied for
third place in the rich event.
Front-runners were Lew Wor
sham, ittsburgh, and Pete Coop
er, White Plains, N. Y., each
aiming for his first 1952 tourna
ment victory.
Slap 65'
Worsham and Cooper slapped
out 7-under-par 65's Thursday,
each showing exceptional clip
ping and putting skill.
Worsham could have chal
lenged Lloyd Mangrum's course
record of 63, except that he
missed two putts of eight feet
and another of six which would
have given himtwo birdies and
an eagle, had they dropped.
Even in the group of five at
68, three strokes behind the
leaders, the luster of the stafs
was missing. Julius Boros, Na
tional Open champion from Mid
Pines, N. C, who was 11th
among the money winners with
$9,332.97 -was deadlocked here
with Dave Douglas, Newark,
Del.; Earl Stewart Jr., Dallas;
Jim Ferrier, Chicago, and Mario
Gonzales, Rio de Janeiro.
Auto Races
Here Sunday
Another program of hard top
car races, featuring drivers of
the Rogue valley, will be held
Sunday at the airport speedway.
Time trials are set for 12:30
p.m. Races will get underway at
1:30 p.m.
Hard top racing is well-known
by now for its spills and thrills
and the usual number can be
anticipated at the local one-half
mile oval on Sunday.
Sponsors of the race suggest
that race fans bring their fami
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