1
rOTJH MECFORD (OREGON)
Central Point Gets
Regional Play - off
Central Point nipped the
Grants Pass Elks 3 to 2 here
Saturday night to claim the Dis
trict No. 8 softball champion
ship and on Tuesday will open
' a two-out-of-three series with
i Bill's of Klamath Falls for a
berth in the state tournament.
Bill's won the District No. 9
pennant. The first play-off game
will be at Klamath Falls at 8:30
p.m. daylight time. On Wednes
day the clubs will tangle at Med
ford at 8 p.m. standard time.
Site of a Thursday conflict, if
required will be determined by
a coin flip.
State tourney play opens this
coming week-end at Mill City.
Protests Reported
Saturday's district titular
scramble here was the third last
week in a two-of-three series.
Central Point won the first game
7 to 0 and the Elks the second
1 to 0.
There were reports today that
Grants Pass had protested the
Saturday tangle first on an il
legal pitch ruling tnat was maae
:- against Elk's Twirler Bob Smith
and later on a charge that Med-
ford Heaver Vern Collins had
thrown with tape on his finger,
Report from Marc Dempster,
district commissioner, was, now
" ever, that Ken Kerr, Oregon
City, state director, had received
no formal protest from Bill Kre-
nek, Grants Pass ,manager.
Dempster said Kerr informed
him that he would allow no pro
test over an illegal pitch. A
team member other than the
manager apparently was doing
the beefing.
The Grants Pass rhubarb ov
er the illegal pitch was in the
sixth frame when a Central
Point batter would have been
out on a third strike. The pitch
was ruled a ball by Ump Dick
Phillips because of the deliv
ery. A couple of pitches later the
CP batter was, nevertheless, out
on strikes.
The hassle Saturday went into
an extra eighth inning. Smith
walked in, the winning Central
Point run.
Roger Wilcox started things
off in the pay - off eighth in
ning for Central Point by blast
ing a single. Ira Zirkle follow
ed him with a hit. Darrell Lea
vens drew a free pass to load the
bases with still no outs in the
inning.
Then, Lee Flink, who had ar
rived on the- scene in time to go
into .the tussle in the seventh
inning, also "was walked. That
sent Roger Wilcox across the
plate with the tally that meant
victory and the district mantle.
Grants Pass tabulated both its
runs in the third chukker when
Bill Krenek was hit by a pitch
ed ball and advanced on a pass
ed ball, Wes Smith got a safe
ty, Pitcher Vern Collins muffed
a roller through the box and
Jim Roulo got on on a fielder's
choice.
Score Tied
Central Point tied up the
count with two scores in the fifth
inning. Harvey Tonn and Jack
Dougherty "walked. Joe Fenton
hit and Ralph Pettit singled in
two runners.
The Elks threatened both in
the seventh and the eighth, get
ting runners as far around as
third base. .
Collins, an iron - man hurler
for the Pointers, tossed his third
one-hitter in three nights. It was
the fifth game in six nights for
him. He went the full route each
night. Collins on Saturday struck
out 11, hit two batters and walk
ed four.
Central Point got six hits off
Thrower . Bob Smith, who fan
ned 10 and walked nine..
LINESCORE:
Grants Pass ..002 000 00 2 11
Central Point ..000 020 013 6 3
B. Smith and Krenek: Collins and
Sullivan. Tenton (3), ink (7).
'BASEBALL
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
American League
St. Louis 6. Cleveland 3
Washington 4, Philadelphia 2
Chicago 3-5. Detroit 1-4
Boston at New York, postponed
rain.
National League
Chicago 9-4. Pittsburgh 5-3
Cincinnati 4-2. St. Louis 2-3
Brooklyn at Philadelphia and
New York , at Boston, postponed.
rain. .
Coast League
San Diego 5-5. San Francisco 0-4
Hollywood 12-5. Los Angeles 8-1,
(1st game. 10 innings)
Oakland 4-3, Portland 1-4 (1st game,
10 innings)
Seattle 9-6. Sacramento 3-4
Western International
Tri-City 6. Spokane 3
Lewiston 5-3. Salem 4-4
Yakima at Wenatchee. postponed,
rain.
(Only games scheduled.
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Indians Miss Boat;
Yankees Needed One
By UNITED PRESS
Once more the Indians missed
the boat.
They have had few better op
portunities to close in on the
Yankees than Sunday when they
blew a 6 to 3 decision to the sad
sack Browns while the New
Yorkers could have used the
boat that Cleveland missed in
their infield.
A cloudburst which all but in
undated Yankee Stadium caus
ed postponement of the Yankee-
Middlecoff,
Boros Knot
In Tarn Tiff
By ED SAINSBURY
Chicago (U.R) Golf's rich
est prize in history, $25,000 cash,
will go on Monday to one of the
game's standout young players
National Open Champion Ju
lius Boros, or leading money
winner Cary Middlecoff.
Each displayed flashing finish
ing ability Sunday, Middlecoff
an eight-under-par 64 and Boros
a 67, to deadlock for the top
purse of Tam O'Shanter's 'world'
tournament with a 72-hole total
tally of 276, 12 under par for the
distance.
It took terrific games for them
to qualify for Monday's 18-hole
playoff, scheduled to begin at-1
p.m., CST, but it also required
a collapse on the last nine holes
by Lew Worsham, former Na
tional Open titleholder who be
gan his final round with a four
stroke lead on the field.
Worsham clung to a two-stroke
margin until only five holes re
mained, when he tallied a bogie
and Boros pulled one stroke be
hind. But with four holes left
Worsham went two over par and
Boros went in front by . one
stroke, and Middlecoff trailed
by only two.
Then the boom descended, and
Worsham took an eight, three
over par, and Boros was four
strokes ahead and Middlecoff
three. Middlecoff birdied the
18, or 72nd, hole to tie Boros.
Jim Ferrier, who had paced
the field after 36 holes, had a
chance to step into the tie on
the final green, but he missed a
5-foot putt and tallied a 70 for
a 277 mark, tying Argentine
Roberto de Vincenzo for third
place and each earning a $4,000
prize.
Zone Net Toga
Clinched by U.S.
Montreal XU.R) The United
States vs. Canada American
Zone Davis Cup tennis play con
cludes today with a pair of sin
gles matches, which originally
were scheduled Sunday but were
postponed by rain.
In the first match, young Bob
Perry of Los Angeles meets
Brendan Macken of Montreal. In
the finale, Vic Seixas of Phila
delphia, ranked No. 1 in the U.
S., faces Henri Rochon of Mon
treal. - !
The matches are anti-climactic
since the United States already
had clinched victory in the series
by winning the opening pair of
singles matches Friday and the
doubles match Saturday for a 3
to 0 lead. .
First Victory of Year,
But Eleventh Straight
Chicago (U.R) Luis Aloma,
much-overlooked Chicago White
Sox relief pitcher, is riding an
amazing 11 - game winning
streak.
When the Cuban right-hander
beat the Detroit Tigers 5 to 4 in
relief in the second game of Sun
day's twin bill, it was only his
first win of this season. But he
hasn't been beaten since August
5, 1950 more than two years
ago.
Monday, August 11. 1952
District
Starts on
Red Sox game and a victory for
Cleveland would have put the
Indians within a game of the top
or closer than they have been
since June 14. v
Streak End
Instead, Bob Cain pitched a
steady nine-hitter while the
Browns tagged Bob Lemon of
the Indians for 11, including a
three-run homer by rookie Fred
Marsh his first1 this year. The
defeat ended a five-game win
ning streak for Lemon. Al Rosen
hit his 19th homer for Cleveland
to no avail.
The Senators proved bitsy
Bobby Shantz was human by
blasting him ior 10 hits and a 4
to 2 victory that ended his six
game winning streak and put a
fourth defeat instead of a 21st
win on his record. But the 'A's
rebounded to win the second
game, 4 to 2, behind Harry
Byrd's scatter-hit pitching.
Chicago Fifth
Chicago moved past Philadel
phia to fifth place by topping
the tattered Tigers 3 to 1 and
5 to 4, although being outhit in
both games.
In the National League the
pace-setting Dodgers were rain
ed out at Philadelphia and the
Giants were washed out of two
games in Boston, leaving Brook
lyn eight games in front. The
Cubs twice trimmed the horren
dous Pirates, 9 to 5 and 4 to 3,
while the Reds edged the Cardi
nals, 4 to 2, after St. Louis took
the opener, 3 to 2, with three
runs in the ninth.
Dick Yost
OGA Victor
Portland (U.R) Dick Yost,
Portland, held his second consec
utive Oregon Golf association
medal play championship Mon
day after he scored a pair of 70s
for a 72-hole score of 274.
Yost's rounds Sunday each
clipped two strokes from par,
and added to his 68 and 66 in
the first two rounds gave him
a 14-stroke advantage on par and
on the remainder of the OGA
field. -
Harold Salvador, Portland
veteran, took second place with
tallies of 73 and 72 Sunday for
an even par 288.
Ken Dougherty, another Port
lander, carried off third place
honors with a total 293, and
Bob Donnelly, Portland's 17-year-old
state junior champion,
tied for fourth place with John
Frey and John Boyd, both of
Portland, with 296.
Thorpe Released
From Hospital
Pittman, Nev. '(U.R) Big
Jim Thorpe, 64, was back at his
home here Monday after show
ing doctors at a Henderson hos
pital some of the ruggedness he
exhibited 40 years ago at the
Stockholm Olympic games..
The great American Indian
athlete who swept both the pen
tathlon and decathlon at the
1912 Olympics, climbed out of
his Rose Dilima Hospital bed
Sunday night and walked from
the building on his own power;
He had been confined since Frk
day when he suffered a hea
attack and was taken to the ho?
pital unconscious. -
SEMI-FINALS TODAY
South Orange, N.J. (U.R)
Billy Talbert of New York fac
ed Frank Sedgman of Australia
and local boy Dick- Savitt met
Ken McGregor of Australia Mon
day in the rain - delayed semi
finals of the Eastern grass courts
tennis championship. The win
ners were scheduled to' meet la
ter in the day for the men's title,
while Doris Hart, Coral Gables,
Fla and Shirley Fry, Akron,
O., were slated to face each oth
er in the women's final.
Pennant;
Tuesday
Shrine Grid
Tiff Squads
Start Work
Portland U.R) Oregon high
school football players,, headed
for the fifth annual Shrine hos
pital football game, were gath
ered in Portland Monday to be
gin practice.
The boys from Portland will
work out at Roosevelt high, and
those from upstate will use the
field at Portland university.
Offense Stressed
Coaches Mel Ingram of Grants
Pass and Frank O'Neil of Roose
velt, said they will stress offen
sive play during the first week
of practice.
The game will be played Sat
urday night, August 23, at Mult
nomah stadium. In the past four
years the games have given $87,
000 to the Portland unit of the
Shriner's hospital for crippled
children. Game officials estimate
that the figure may exceed $100,
000 after this year's game.
Dennis Conner, Medford, is on
the state squad for the Shrine
all-star football fracas.
Studs Second
In League
SOUTHERN OREGON
LEAGUE STANDINGS
W.
Drain 15
Coos Bay 13
Medford 13
Bandon 14
Roseburg 9
Coquille 7
Brookings ............. . 1
L.
5
7
7
8
11
15
19
Pet.
.730
.650
,650
.636
.450
.318
.050
League leading Drain split
with Bandon during the week
end but retained its two game
lead in the Southwestern Ore
gon Baseball circuit because
Coos Bay split with Coquille.
Drain lost to the Millers 15
to 12 and then won the second
fray 8 to 2. Coquille tipped Coos
Bay 4 to 3 and, the Lumberjacks
won' the other fray 5 to 3. Rose
burg swept a series with Brook
ings 10 to 3 and 5 to 3.
As the result of the week-end
activity, the idle Medford Chen
ey Studs rose into a second-place
knot with Coos Bay. Bandon was
shoved alone into fourth spot.
Bandon beat Drain for the
first time. It is the only team
that has beaten the Black Sox
in the loop other than Coos Bay
which turned the trick four
times.
Dinga Darkhorse
In Eugene Meet
Eugene (U.R) Eddie Dinga,
a darkhorse contender for the
seventh annual national junior
Chamber of Commerce golf
championship went into Mori
day's opening qualifying test as
one of the favorites.
The Endicott, N.Y., youth won
the second annual Jimmy Thom
son trophy here Sunday when
he . blasted out a 278-yard, 2-foot
drive in the long drive competi
tion. 69 Fired
He outdistanced by two feet
the only local entry among the
141 who will try for the tourney
title Leighton Tuttle of Eu
gene who hit one 276 yards, 2
feet.
The. teen-age divoteers com
pleted practice . rounds Sunday
and the. hottest score was a 69
by Win Howe Jr., of San Fran
cisco. Justin Smith Jr.; Medford, is
one of the Oregon entries in the
jaycee junior golf, toumey at
Eugene.
The Dales Takes
Title
omen s
. Portland (U.R) The Dalles
Monday had the 1952 Oregon
Women's Softball championship
neatly tucked away after split
ting a pair of games with Oswe
go in the doubleelimination
tournament."
The Oswego Lakers fell before
the pitching of Donna Lee, 7-6,
in the final contest Sunday. It
was Oswego's third game of the
day and while the weary Lakers
touched' miss Liee ior iu nus,
they all were well scattered.
Oswego trimmed The Dalles,
3-0, in the first, game of a finals
double-header after the Lakers
had defeated Canby, 6-3, in the
day's opening game.
Standings
Coast League
W. L.
Hollywood ... 77 56
Oakland 77 57 .
San Diego 75 58
Seattle P7 62
Portland t." 68
Pet. G.
.579
.575
64 2
519 8
.500 10
.489 12
.418 21
.358 29
Los Angeles 66 69
San Francisco
Sacramento
.56 78
.48 86
Western International
W. L.
Pet. G.B.
.671
.560 12
527 16
.482 21
.473 22
.450 24 ,i
.441 25 Vx
.396 30 Vx
Victoria r,...
Spokane ....
Vancouver
Salem
Lewiston
Yakima
..65 37
,.65 51
-.56 50
-.54 58
,.54 60
..52 53
..49 62
-.45 68
Tr-City
Wenatchee
Dead line Suncay Classifieds is at
5:30 p.m for following day; 10 a.n'
Monday for Monday; noon Saturday
for Sunday aJn.
5 Af-'eSyT&j!
INJURED BY CAR, pet fox is brought to San Francisco's Central
Emergency Hospital for first aid by Kathy Lundborg, 5. Dr. J. A.
Abendroth is a bit puzzled by unusual problem but managed to
patch up Reynard, sent both away happy. (International)
Row Marks Twinks-Angels
Series; Stars Grab Two
San Francisco (U.R) Let
no man assert big things don't
happen in Los Angeles. That
progressive, sunshine - kissed
community is loaded with base
ball news.
In a twin bill Sunday:
1. Hollywood won two games,
12-8 in 10 innings and 5-1, to
regain command of the. Pacific
Coast league lead;
2. Fans numbering 17,517
watched the proceedings, jack
ing up the week's attendance to
tal to 85,131, high for the league
Car Hits Guard Chain
At Hawthorne Park
The front of a car driven by
Paul Everett Shaffer Jr., 828
Pennsylvania avenue, was dam
aged when he ran into a chain
placed across the exit to Haw
thorne' park Sunday, according
to the city police.
Ed Knapp, manager of the
park swimming pool, reported
the accident. The board ordinar
ily used as a warning was not on
the chain, police said. Shaffer's
car was damaged and the poles
holding the chain were ripped
out of the ground.
. Paul Albert Lozden, Toketee
Falls, was cited into police court
for driving without an operator's
license following an accident
Sunday at Sixth and Front
streets. His car was sideswiped
by one driven by Jean Rammus
Watkins, 122V4 Mistletoe street,
police said. Little damage re
sulted.. Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair with
little temperature change through
Tuesday. Low tonight 60. High Tues
day 92-95.
Western Oregon: Fair tonight and
Tuesday except coastal and morning
-cloudiness. Cooler over interior Tues
day. Lows tonight 50-60. Highs 78-88
except 65 on coast.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 80: Lowest 55.
Total monthly precipitation .47 inch.
Excess for the month .42 inch.
Total precipitation since September
1, 1951, 21.94 inches.
Excess for the season 5.23 inches.
Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester
day 29; 4:30 a.m. today 81.
Observations Taken At 4:30, A.M.,
120 Meridian Time
High Low Prec.
Boise ai 60
Boston .'. 73 70 1.87
Chicago .... 82 63 T
Denver 83 55 .16
Eureka 58 54
Havre 68 40
Klamath Falls .. . 85 55
Los Angeles 68 61
Medford ... 94 61
New York . 83 71 .85
Omaha 79 67 .01
Phoenix ........ 107 80
Portland 85 58
Reno .: 87 48
Eugene 87 51
Salt Lake 85 56 .02
San Francisco ........... 65 55
Seattle 79 51
Spokane : 77 57
Washington, D C 88 68 .13
Yakima 90 53 .16
Tomorrow
Sunrise 5:16 a.m. Sunset 7:16 p.m.
BERKELEY
Deep Well Shallow Well
Irrigation .
ARD -
25 South Riverside
HUBB
this year and an all-time high at
Wrigley field;
3. A bottle - throwing demon
stration, aimed, naturally, at an
umpire, was staged by the parti
san crowd. Police were called
to bring back a measure of com
posure and tranquility. The ar
rest of seven men helped accom
plish just that.
, The- "debate" started in the
10th frame of the opener, when
Ump Ed Runge, one of the
league's best, decided Hollywood
Catcher Jim Mangan was safe
on a play at the plate. The run
broke the tie. And the decision
broke, the peace. Boos, cat-calls,
cushions, bottles and paper cups
were showered at the man' in
blue.
Man Flattened
One fan, who was to be flat
tened by Hollywood third sacker
Gene Handley, attacked Runge
with flailing fists.
Eventually, a semblance of or
der was achieved. But the police
still had to escort Runge to the
dugout, as fans jeered and flip
ped paper cups. (
Erstwhile leader Oakland
slipped - a half - game behind
Hollywood by dividing a double
header with Portland. The Oaks
won, 4-1, in 10 frames, but lost,
4-3 in the second engagement.
San Diego won two from San
Francisco, 5-0, and 5-4, and
Seattle biffed Sacramento, 9-3,
and 6-4, to sweep the seven-game
series.
Loop To Decide
Kentucky Future
Birmingham, Ala. (U.R)
The University of Kentucky's
future in the Southeastern Ath
letic Conference was expected to
be decided Monday at a meeting
of the conference executive com
mittee. "
It was reported in some cir
cles that the university will be
suspended by the SAC in bask
etball and probably football.
Suspension Favored
An earlier hearing ended last
month with the committee said
to be in favor of suspending Ken
tucky on charges of over-emphasizing
its athletic program.
Most of the charges against
the school grew out of the recent
college basketballcandals which
involved several Kentucky play
ers. It was reported the confer
ence asked Kentucky to fire
basketball Ccfech Adolph Rupp
but the university refused. .
BERTH, IN TOURNEY
Oswego (U.R) Pitcher
Johnny Pearson hurled a no hit
no run game here Sunday night
to lead his Oswego teammates
to a 4-0 victory over The Dalles
in an interdistrict softball play
off. The win puts Oswego into
the Oregon State Men's Softball
tournament..
WRAY CO
Medford, Ore.
Medforclite
Winner of
Midget Main
Medford's own Bill.Vielbig in
his No. 3 auto sped across the
finish line first last night in the
spin-out filled 20-lap main
event of the Southern Oregon
Midget Racing association at the
Jackson County Posse erounds.
There were seven or eight
spin-outs during the race with
Fred Tracy's No. 0 looping out
of action three times. Of the 11
cars starting the race, only five
finished and one of those had
lost a lap. George Brickel was
second, L. M. Bowers third, Cliff
Woodley fourth and Bob Jack
son fifth.
Sid Sanders in No. 211 was
forced out of the race after a
jostling on the east turn. Others
not finishing went to the pits" be
cause of mechanical troubles.
Joe Gibson in No. 44 was hold
ing the lead when he smin out
on the 12th lap and had to-take
last position. He had pulled well
up in the field when forced to
the pits.
Bob Parkins, driving fo. 22,
went out of action for the re
mainder of the evenine when
his car slammed into the fence
on the back stretch and wrecked
a wheel. Sid Sanders lost a
wheel in the B semi-main.
In the opening romp of the
night Sanders won a match race
from Dave Chambers.
Bob Jackson in No. 16 won
the trophy dash. Cliff Woodley
was second and Donnv Hood
third. Brickel in No. 27 won the
B semi-main. Vielbig took sec
ond and Chambers third. Bow
ers spun out twice in the race.
Hoods Time Best .
Hood in No. 36 copped the A
semi-main. He gained the lead
on the third lap. was pressed by
Cliff Woodley m No. 00 then
pulled to a good lead on the 10th
time around of the 15-lapper.
Hood with a 19.38 seconds
run had the best time in the
trials.
No. "98, owned by Tuny Bul
lis, was out of action because
of mechanical troubles. Only 12
cars were on hand for the races.
Next mideet racine nrosram
at the posse grounds will be on
August 24.
Grants Pass
Hears Flag
The Grants Pass Merchants
are only a game away from the
regular season title in the Rogue
Valley Baseball league.
The once-defeated Merchants
pounded Ashland 17 to 5 Sun
day and have only Butte Falls
to play, to complete their sche
dule. Grants Pass is assured of at
least a co-crown for the regular
season. Nearest to Merchants is
Cave Junction with two losses
and its late completed.
Result of the Glendale-Butte
Falls game on Sunday was not
learned this morning.
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A Crescent City driver, Verle
G. Coalson, was. winner of the
main event Sunday in stock car
races at the airport speedway.
Bob Kennedy, Medford, was
second, Dale Bradley, Medford,
third and Lew Kurz, Medford,
fourth.
Coalson was also first in the
semi-man, followed by Kurz and
Gene Swain, Roseburg.
Kennedy Wins
. Kennedy, trophy dash winner
last week, took that event again
and he was winner in the spe
cial race. John Boone, Crescent
City, Swain and Kurz trailed
Kennedy in the special in that
order.
Bradley was first heat victor
with David Hines, Medford, sec
ond and Mickey Baird, Crescent
City, third. Elvin Nelson, Med
ford, rolled in first in the second
heat with Don Newman, Grants
Pass, next and Carl Beckes, Ash
land, third.
Ray Reid won a match race
from Eddie Claussen.
White Dage, Roseburg, was
fastest in the time trials with
28.2 ' seconds.
Coalson suffered burns when
a radiator boiled over on him.
HIT BY STORM
By United Press
Baseball took a back seat to
the weather in the Western In
ternational League Sunday
night. Yakima and Wenatchee
were scheduled to play a twin
bill at Wenatchee but a freak
midsummer rain storm dropped
an inch and a half of rain on
the city within an hour. Trees
toppled, debris drifted, and peo
ple downtown found themselves
wading in water up to their
ankles. Needless to say, the
game was postponed.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at
noon Saturdays.
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