Fanfare
By DICK JIWITT
Mail TribwM Spartt Editor
What's the status of the. Far
West Baseball league which sus
pended operations for the 1952
season? Will it operate in 1953?
Seeking the answer to those
questions last week, we 'queried
Jerry Donovan, San Francisco,
president of the circuit. ' He re
plied as well as apparently can
be done at this time.
MEETING PROBABLE
Donovan said, "In my opin
ion a matting will bo hold
shortly mflor tho prosont. (pro
fessional baioball) toason .it
orsr. . It is difficult to hold a
mooting . with rtprssontstircs
of major lsaguo club during
the playing ssason."
Tho president reported that
thor has been a great deal of
talk In regard to tho reorgani
sation of tho league. He said
that tho talk hat boon not par-
' licularly from directors or
owners but from major loop
clubs interested In league for
young players.
"We are sincerely hoping
for strong major and possibly
Pacific Coast support, not
alone in players but also fi
nancially to insure a sound
league," Donovan stated. It it
hoped, he added to hold the
; meeting in conjunction with
the California league session
in late September or early Oc
tober. FINANCING IMPORTANT
Financing, of course, will be a
big matter of discussion. Last
January, when league directors
decided against . 1952 activity,
"economic conditions and draft
ing of players" were given as
reasons for suspension. Almost
all clubs were having financial
troubles. Directors of the Med-
ford club reported a substantial
loss but voted, themselves, to
field a team for another season.
When directors made their
' decision last January, the ex
pressed hop was that the
league would resume in 1993
with- eight teams. Only five,
Medford, Klamath Falls, Eu
gene, Reno and Redding, it '
will be recalled, finished out
the 1951 campaign. Pittsburg.
. Calif., probably won't be con
sidered for 1953 because of its
withdrawal in the middle of
the 1951 race.
Marysville and Willows,
Calif., which laid out in 1951.
remain possibilities for a re
vived circuit and Albany and
Roseburg, Ore., were among
proposed entries back ' when
iho league was still pondering
1952 participation. . ..
j Ben Cheney and his. Medford
Cheney Studs organization now
have the Medford FWL franchise
and there are some hints -that
Cheney soon may be in a posi
tion to field a club in this Class
D circuit. .. , .
MILLERS SEEK GAME
The Central Point Miller
baseball nine is eager beaver
In its desire to get a game with
the Medford Cheney. Studs.
Following is an open letter to
the Studs that has ben pre
sented to this department by
Ben Fagone, Miller skipper:
"To the Medford Cheney
Studs:'
"We, the members of the CP
Millers Baseball nine hereby
challenge you, the Medford Che
ney Studs, to a ball game. We
are willing to play any time and
any place in the local .vicinity.
If you are agreeable to a game
on your field, the fairgrounds
ball park, we will ask no share
of the proceeds. You can keep
the entire gate. It should be an
excellent opportunity to add to
your gate receipts as we have
quite a crowd backing. Money is
no object. We just want to play
a ball game.
"When you were in the" SOL
(Southern Oregon league) you al
ways wanted to play the so-called
big teams such as the Rogues
and the Craters of Medford.
Now, we would like the same op
portunity for the sake of sports
manship. "We believe that it is to the
best' interest of the sport in the
valley for you to accept our chal
lenge. We feel that we can give
you a good game despite our
showing in the smaller RVL
(Rogue Valley league). We think
the public wants- to see such a
game. Sort of traditional, isn't it?
What do you say, Studs? Shall
we have a game? .
We now have a limited number of
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available for immediate delivery. :
Riverside at Sth
Layne Given
Dempsey Dec
Ogden.Utah --U.R)-r Jack
Dempsey, - referee - and lone
judge, Saturday defended his de
cision that gave Utah's husky
Rex Layne a disputed 10-round
decision here Friday night over
former "Champion Fzzard
Charles.
The more than 23,000 fans
greeted the decision with mixed
feelings as a flood of rain from
sodden skies and tears from
Jake Mintz, Charles' manager,
drenched the Ogden Stadium
ring.
Promoter Ken Mayne estimat
ed the gate at between $150,000
and $200,000 the largest in
Utah's sports history. Mayne
said 15.000 fans were turned
away because of lack of seats.
Two to Layne
Dempsey said he gave Layne
two rounds, the third' and sev
enth, and Charles one round, the
ninth, and scored the other sev
en even. The majority of the
press ruled in favor of Charles,
most giving Charles four, Layne
three and three even.
Dempsey said that he didn't
take anything away , from
Charles because of low punch
ing, although he warned the. Ne
gro ngnter to "Keep tnem up
Statistics Show
Group of Hitters
Needed by Leader
new York (U.R) The one
big slugger is grand for the box
office but not so good for the
standings. . -
You need a group of hitters
to lead the league. -
The Athletics, for example,
have Ferris Fain at the top of
the American league batting list
with a .344 average. Yet they
are seventh in the standings.
The Red Sox have three men
among the first five batters
George Kell at .321; Billy Good
man at .315 and Dom DiMaggio
at .309 yet they are no better
than third. , .
Yanks Hits Timely
The Yankees,-with only one
man in the first five, and only
two-in the first 10, lead the
league and also are tops -in club
batting with .270. Furthermore,
the Yanks, because t of timely
hitting, have been shut out only
four times this year. Second
place Boston has been shut out
twice that number "of times.
Stan Musial held the National
league lead in games through
Thursday afternoon with a .333
mark: Ted Kuszewski of Cin
cinnati was second to him at .314
while Gene Woodling of :. the
Yanks was second to Fain with
.329. . .
Yost Takes Lead
In OGA Tourney
Portland -(U.R) Dick Yost,
the defending champion, was on
top Saturday in the second an
nual Oregon " Golf 'Association
medal play championship.
. Yost fired a four-under-par 68
at Portland Golf Club Friday
and took a two-stroke lead over
the field.
The 22-year-old Yost carded a
pair of 34s against the course
par of 35-37.
Close behind Yost, and ' alone
at ' 34-36 70, was Portland's
Tom Denhart.
Knotted three strokes back at
71 were a trio of Portland divdt-
eers.-Ken Dougherty, Bill Lang-
ley and Bob Bronson. Dougherty
opened with a sizzling 33 on the
front nine but-ran up against a
double-bogey five on the par
three 12th hole and required 38
on the back nine. Both Bronson
and Langley fired nines of 35
and 36. - -.
Respectfully,
Ben Fagone, Mgr.
CP Millers." ;
- Latest talk-Is that the Studs
irill make . a trip to Taeema,
Wash., toon. "
HUMPHIIEY HOTOIIO
Nod Oyer Ez;
ision Disputed
twice during the fight.
. . Following the decision a sur
prised hush fell over the crowd
momentarily, broken only by
the wails of Charles' manager,
Mintz, who shouted "this stinks
to high heaven it's a case of
highway robbery."
Polities Charged ,
As a heavy downpour drench
ed the shouting throng, Mintz
continued to hurl protests.
charging Dempsey .was "playing
politics."
Lfyne, trim at 195 pounds and
in better shape than in. his pre
vious local fights, had a five
pound advantage over Charles
Charles took the decision
quietly and told reporters, "I'll
fight him again tomorrow if he
wants. I know I beat him the
kid simply can't hit."
Ogden, Utah Xlf.R) Utah's
f a r m b o y heavyweight, Rex
Layne, Saturday boasted of de
cision wins over former cham
pion Ezzard Charles and present
title holder Jersey Joe Walcott
and demanded a shot at the
crown.
Layne decisioned Walcott on
Nov. 24, 1950, in New York City
to gain his first recognition as a
heavyweight contender. He was
T-kayoed by Charles in;. Pitts
burgh last Oct. 10 but wiped
that defeat off the books here
Friday night with a 10-round
decision in a pier-six brawl.
Marv Jenson, Layne's mana
ger, chipped in "we'll fight Wal
cott anywhere here or in the
east. But we want that fight
bad."
Women's Golf
Activities
Ashland women golfers were
guests of the Rogue Valley Wo
men s . Golfers . association on
ladies' day, Thursday, August 7
at the Rogue Valley Country
club: There were nine women
from the Ashland club and 29
Medford women played. ;
Winners from the Ashland
club were Mrs. Arch Work who
had 13 putts on nine holes to
win a prize for the fewest putts
and -.Mrs. Arthur Nelson- and
Mrs. Work, who " tied on nine
holes in medal play with a 39
net and on 18 holes with a net
80.
For Medford in medal play,
Mrs. Allyn Monroe had a net 75
for 18 holes- to win in the A
group. In the B group Mrs. Tom
Emmens had a net 81 and Mrs.
Keith Bates and Mrs. Ken Cur
ry-tied in thf C group oh nine
holes with a net 40.
Consecutive Clubs
A consecutive club ; tourna
ment will be the play for next
Thursday, August 14. Players
will use one tee wood, one fair
way wood, one iron and a putt
er. These clubs must be used in
this order regardless of where
one lies. A player may end up
putting with a tee wood.
Club Manager George Har
rington was guest speaker at the
monthly business luncheon Au
gust 7. He explained the South
ern Oregon Amateur Champion
ship tournament slated Labor
day weekend. All women's
matches except for the 'finals
will be played on the Ashland
solf course. Finals will be play
ed at the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Qualifying matches are sche
duled for Friday, August 29. As
there will be no handicaps, pair
ings and flights will be made ac
rordine to Qualifying scores.
Match play will start Saturday
morning and all women goners
are asked to enter the tourna
ment. - '
Women who do not want to
compete for the Southern Ore
con Championship bracket or
medalist trophy will be able to
qualify August 26, 27 and z
for other flights. All matches
will be 18 holes and flight prizes
will be awarded Monday night,
September 1, at Rogue vauey
Ph. 2-5203
National Junior Chamber Meet
Opens Monday at
Justin Smith Jr., Medford, is
a member of the' Oregon contin
gent which will vie In the Na
tional Junior Chamber of Com
merce' golf tournament starting
Monday at Eugene. . -
Smith with a card of 155 was
two strokes behind Dick Twiss,
The Dalles, top Oregon quali
fier in June eliminations. Other
members of the Oregon crew are
Bob Prall, Salem and Mike Star
ling, Eugene,, with Layton Tut
tle, Eugene, as alternate.
Eugene (U.R) Some 150
'teenage golfers were . engaged
in , practice rounds here Satur
day -preparatory : to seeking . the
championship in the 7th annual
National Junior Chamber of
Commerce tournament starting
Monday. " ,
Youngsters for the six-day
medal event represent 43 states,
USWinsZone
Tennis Title
Montreal (U.R) The Unit
ed States won the North Ameri
can - zone Davis . Cup tennis
championship Saturday when
Vic Seixas and Herb Flam de
feated the Canadian doubles
team of Brendan Macken and
Lome Main 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The Americans thus swept the
first three matches of the best of
five series, reducing today's two
singles matches to the status of
exhibitions. Seixas and Flam
defeated Main and Henri Roch
on in singles matches Friday.
The Yanks now meet Italy
for the right to challenge cup-
holder Australia. ;
An . under-rated, Canadian
twosome surprised the Ameri
cans .with an .astonishingly
strong net game that gave Can
ada its first set victory, over the
Americans since Marcel Rain-
ville beat Sidney B. Wood in
1931. "
With Main's powerful two-
handed slices and Macken s
cagy angle shots at the net keep
ing the Yanks off - balance, they
broke Flam's service in the
fourth game and went on to win
it 6-3. - - i . -
As the crowd of about : 3,000
spectators began to come to life,
sensmB a possible upsei, nam
anH Sivas regained 'control, it
was Seixas' booming service,
and fine allcourt game that put
the U.S. back in the driver t
seat. -
Doris Hart Tops
'Little Mo' for
Eastern Crown V
South Orange. N.J. (U.R)
Doris Hart got the revenge after
which she has hankered for a
year when she upset National
Champion Maureen Connolly
Saturday in the semifinals ot
the Eastern Grass courts ten
nis .championships. I -
Miss Hart was bounced out
of the national semifinals Dy
Little Mo from San Diego,- Calif.
last year at Forest Hills. Miss
Connolly went on to the champ
ionship and the Wimbleton
crown.
But Saturday La Hart'fought
off Miss Connolly's comeback
surge and scored a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
victory for the right to.' me'et
Shirley Fry . of Akron, ;0., in
today's final. Miss Fry beat Lou
ise Brough of Beverly Hills,
Calif., 6-3, 6-4. -
Two Americans and two Aus
tralians gained the men's quar?
terfinals. They are Defending
Champion Billy Talbert of New
York, Dick Savitt of Orange,
N. J., Frank Sedgman and Ken
McGregor. - '.... . '
during a special dinner. -
Club Championship ' 1 - J
Harrington also announced a
women s club championship
tournament which will be han
dled by the pro shop. This tour
nament, also will be match play
and played without - handicaps.
Qualifying play will begin
Thursday, September 4 and end
September 14 The tournament,
itself, will start September -16
and 18 hole matches will be
scheduled once a week for those
competing. :
This year for the first time
there will be a nine hole -tour
nament, in conjunction with the
club championship. Entrants for
this will compete -for a. special
trophy offered , by . Al- Littrell.
Players will use their full handi
caps., ; . ..V
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USGA Champ y..-'
: The field includes the recent
winner of the USGA Junior title
at New Haven, Conn.,' Donald
Bisplinghbff, Orlando, Fla., plus
the New Haven runritrup, Eddie
Meyersoh, Los : Angles. Among
the colorful players will be Ken
go Kaneshina, Maui, T. H., 100
pounder who plays barefoot and
cut 26 strokes off his score since
last 'season;'
The Oregon: favorite is Dick
Twiss of The Dalles. ' -
US Trackmen
Smash Two
World Marks
London (U.R) Two world
track records tumbled Saturday
when U.S. Olympic . Champion
Charley Moore streaked through
a drizzle on a soggy track to win
the 440-yard low hurdles in 51.6
seconds and the U.S. mile relay
team beat Jamaica's famed quar
tet in 3 minutes 8.8 seconds.
On the outside lane, Moore
soared to an eight-year triumph
over Dave Gracie of Britain,
breaking the 51.9 seconds world
record set by Armando Filiput
of Italy in 1950. "Moore, the
Olympic hurdles champion from
Ithaca, N.Y., had tied that rec
ord Monday In this same stad
ium. . - -.- '
Then the mile relay team -
Gene Cole of Columbus, O.; J.
W. - Mashburn , of Oklahoma,
Reggie Pearman of .New York
and Mai Whitefield of Colum
bus zoomed to its record by
beating Jamaica's. Art Wint, Les
Laing, George Rhoden and Herb
McKenley. The Jamaicans were
timed' in 3:09.2, also bettering
the world mark of 3:09.4 set by
the .University of California at
Los Angeles in 1951.
The Yanks had a good day
all around. With Olympic play
ers from nine nations compet
ing, Americans entered 18 : ev
ents and won all but three.
Infield Single
Gives Stars Win
Los Angeles (U.R) A weak
infield single -caught Los ; An
geles off guard in the twelfth
inning of;van overtitne Pacific
Coast league game here Satur
day and brought in two Holly
wood runs as 'the Stars edged
the Angels 7 to 5.
: ' Dick Cole connected with the
winning single after the Twinks
had loaded the sacks 'with two
away. He rolled 'the ball down
the third base line where short
stop Leon Brankopf . snapped it
up and overthrew to first, al
lowing Carlos Bernier and Tom
Saffell to score' andVend the
contest. -:
Hollywood made it three
straight over the Seraphs with
the triumph after dropping the
first three. Both .teams will be
figuring for the current series
win today when they meet in a
double header.
GO TO BOISE
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wooton
and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Derald
Wooton, are in Boise, Ida., this
week-end for the Great Falls,
Mont.,;series in the Pioneer Base
ball league with. Boise. Derald
joined the Great Falls club in
June as a bonus boy pitcher. Re
ports from the family indicate
that Wooton has been in a few.
games lately and "has done some
good." He has yet to win his first
game. - ; : . :
QUICK second round knockout
of Harry Matthews, Seattle, by
Rocky ; Marciano In ' New York
causes champion Joe Walcott . to
swab his brow. - (International)
Weather!
38 SOUTH IARTLETT
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Sunday. August 10.. 1951
To Outweigh
East Squad
Pendleton The Western
All-Stars wil hold a 5-pouhd per
man weight advantage over
their Eastern opponents 'wh e'n
these two teams clash August 30
in a Shrine Hospital benefit
game at Pendleton's. Round-Up
park. - '
Boasting an average team of
180 pounds, Head Coach Bill
Patterson of Gervais plans ' to
avenge the beating he received
las t year in the Class B finals
when he lost to Wallowa and
Eastern Coach Dan Rollins
Charles Moore, Creswell will be
his assistant cofch and Walter
Fallon .of Pendleton will serve
as both manager and trainer for
the Western team.
Laughed Off
When informed of his ' weight.
handicap, Dan Rollins laughed it
off with "Anytime I can field a
team of 175 p6unders, I'm more
interested in what the boy has
inside of him than any extra
poundage and I've got some of
the finest Vys on my squad that
ever trotted : onto any gridiron.
I beat Patterson last fall and
with Tom's help I'll do it again.
(Tom Johnson, John Day, will
be his assistant coach.)
Roy Tatum of the Eastern
Oregon college at La Grande
will handle the training chores
for the East team.
A glance at the roster will
verify his statement that he does
have a lot of good material, but
he will also have some real com
petition. Every- boy on both
squads has been a star on his
own team, .somes of -them for
three years of high school com
petition, and. kickoff . time will
see what is probably the most
talented group of high school
footbail players ever assembled
on any eastern Oregon field.
Sutter Fails in
Attempt To Swim
Catalina Channel
San Pedro, Calif. . (U.R)
Long distance swimmer Roy
Sutter failed for the third time
to conquer the treacherous Cat
alina channel Saturday as sev
ere chest pains and a pulled arm
muscle forced him to give - up
the' grueling swim only four
miles from success.
The World War II, Purple
Heart winner's stocky arms had.
kept up a steady 58-strokes-a
minute beat that carried him to
within sight of land before the
choppy seas and swirling cur?
rents proved too much for his
tired muscles.
Sutter swam 16 miles , during
and until shortly before he was
and until shortly before he was
pulled into one of . the accomp
anying boats, it looked like he
might accomplish the tedious
crossing.
I'm feeling great and I'm go
ing to break the record," the
barrel-chested Sutter said just
before he was forced to give up.
He was shooting at the mark
of 15 hours, 45 minutes set in
1927 by 19-year-old George
Young.
TYEES WIN
Victoria, B. C. (U.R) Vic
toria Tyees boosted their West
ern international aaseoan
league lead to a full 12 games
Saturday afternoon as veteran
southpaw Carl Gunnarson tossed
an eight-hit shutout for a 3 to 0
win over Wenatchee at Victoria.
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SUCCEEDING John D. Home,
Hollywood, William A. White, 53,
San Francisco, is new commander
of American Legion's California
department. - (International)
Seals Pound Out
Win Over Padres
San Francisco U.R) The
San Francisco Seals unleashed a
15 hit barrage against San Diego
Saturday to down the Padres 6
to 4. It was the Seals second
win of the series and moved the
Pads back two full games out of
first place.
Joe Grace's long poke into the
right field bleachers scoring Jim
Moran and Gene Klingler ahead
of him was the Seal's big blcV.
It put them in front 5 to 2 in the
third and the Padres couldn't
catch up.
San Diego bunched three
singles in sthe second to produce
one run,"' but the' Seals, got two
in their half of the' inning when
McCawley singled, Sal Taormina
slapped a terrific double off the
center field screen, and Reno
Cheso followed with a double.
In the fourth, Moran and
Klingler singled before Grace's
homer, then McCawley singled I
in Ray Orteig who was on- second
with a double his second of the
game. . -
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the American Derby at Wash
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Mark-Ye-Well defeated Dix
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lengths before a crowd of -26,-892
to cop his second prize of
more than $100,000 this season.
The Calumet horse, favorite of
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