EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Pointers Win Softball Play-Off
Opener 1 0-6 from Bill's Place;
Game At Central Point Tonight
Central Point and' Bill's
Place In Klamath Falls will
continue their play-off for the
regional sofiball title and a
state tourney jaunt with a
scuffle at 8:30 o'clock to
night on the high school turf
at Central Point.
An inadvertent eTror in a
Tuesday story left confusion
concerning tonight's game
site. Two sentences from the
copy were run together and
parts of each left out. The fra
cas is definitely set for Cen
tral Point. '
FLINK OR SMITH
Either Lee Flink or Bob
Smith is scheduled to go to
the mound tonight for Central
Point, which won the Medf ord
Softball association and Dist
rict No. 8 trophies. Bill's
Place is District No. 9 champ.
If - a third fray is needed
Thursday to decide the re
gional mantle, the site will be
determined by a coin flip.
Central Point has grandstand
facilities at its lighted field.
Central Point Monday took a
one-game lead over Bill's Place
of Klamath Falls in the quest
for the southern Oregon region
al softball championship.
The Pointers, with a big rally
in the final sanza of the scram
ble at Klamath Falls, knocked
over the Klamath aggregation
10 to 6.
Going into the final frame
trailing 6 to 3, Central Point
found the range on the offerings
cf Pitcher Cal Bonney and drove
in seven runs. It collected six
singles and was aided by two
errors.
Highlight of the evening was
a three-run homer by CP Chuck
er Vern Collins. The round
tripper in the sixth frame tied
out the score at 3 to 3 and got
Central Point temporarily out
of the hole.
Klamath's champ had taken
a 3 to 0 lead in the second in
ning and Bill's made it 6 to 3 in
the bottom part of the sixth with
another splurge. Bili;s got no
hits in the sixth but capitalized
on four passed balls and one
miscue.
Collins threw one-hit ball aft
er the second inning.
LIXESCORES:
Central Point ..OCO 003 710 8 3
Klamath Falls ..030 003 0 6 5 5
Collins and Flink; Bonney and
Derrah.
Uniform Salmon
Rule On Columbia
Portland Oregon and Wash
ington salmon bag limits for
sports fishermen on the Colum
bia river are uniform for the
first time this year, the Oregon
state game commission said in
a reminder.
The uniform ruling allowing
six salmon per day, of which not
more than two may be over 24
inches, was effective July 1 and
ends October 12 when Oregon
returns to its usual daily bag
of two fish over 20 inches.
Dates selected by the Oregon
game commission" for the period
of uniform regulations on the
Columbia include the peak fall
Chinook fishing in September.
In past years Oregon anglers
felt they were penalized by dual
fishing rules on the Columbia
river that allowed Washington
anglers six salmon and Oregon
anglers only two fish.
WEATHER
By United Press
North California: Fair through
Thursday except coastal fog; a
few scattered thunderstorms in
high mountains; little tempera
ture change; gentle variable
winds off coast becoming west
erly 10-20 mph in afternoons.
70 0. . L.n
f Change to an old-time brew . j
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Mrs. Davies
Mark at Rogue Valley Club
Mrs. W. W. Davies indicated
she will set a hot pace in the
forthcoming Southern Oregon
Golf tournament when she set
a new course record for women
last week-end at Rogue Valley
Country club.
Playing in a foursome, Mrs.
Davies toured the 18 holes in 71
strokes, to equal men's par. Wo
men's par is 76. Mrs.. Davies held
the pervious women's mark of
72.
She equalled men's par on
both the front and back nines
with a 36 and 35, respectively,
and was three under women's
par cn the front and two under
on the back stretch. Mrs. Davies
was playing with her husband,
Mrs. Mahr Reymers and Mrs.
Maxine Hammond.
Woman Pro Coming
Pro AI Williams of the local
club has announced that Helen
Dettweiler will ' play n exhibi-
All-Star Defense
Line-Ups To Be
Small But Fast
Chicago (U.R) The College
All Stars' defensive units won't
be too big, Northwestern Coach
Bob Voigts said Wednesday, but
over all they could be the fastest
ever to don the spangled jersey
in the annual game with the
National Football League
champions.
Voigts has specialized in tu
toring the linemen on defense
for the 19th annual College" All
Star squad under the direction
of Head Coach Bobby Dodd of
Georgia Tech. Red Sanders of
UCLA has handled the defensive
backs, and both Voigts and San
ders will direct the defense dur
ing Friday night's battle with
the Los Angeles Rams.
Malson Defender
"We're not going to be too
big," Voigts said. "Not nearly as
big as the defensive unit was in
1950. But the kids are all pretty
fast. Maybe we've got the fast
est linemen we've ever had."
Only one thing was known
definitely about the - All-Star
plans. That was that Ollie Mat
son, the San Francisco fullback
who joined the squad late be
cause he had to run in the
Olympics at Helsinki, will be as
signed to the secondary on de
fense and probably won't play
on offense at all.
State Gridsters
Hold Scrimmage
Pnrtland . U.R) . Coach Mel
Ingram moved up M?is practice
plans ' and scrimmaged his state
all-star football team briefly
Tuesday as they prepared for
August 23 s Shrine game against
Portland all-stars here.
Ingram praised the passing of
Quarterbacks Jerry Crimmins of
Milton-Freewater and Jerry Gus
tafson of Astoria. He also liked
the work of Ends Dick Brown
of Astoria, Dean Benson of Bend
and Hank Hudspeth of Eugene
Another light scrimmage was
scheduled Wednesday morning.
The Portland team worked on
passing Tuesday and set its first
scrimmage for Wednesday.
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Lowers Golf
tion and conduct a clinic here
on Tuesday, August 19. A rep
resentaitve of the McGregor
Golf company, she is regarded
as the best teaching pro among
women golfers. The nine-hole
exhibition will commence at 10
a.m., and the clinic is set for 1
p.m. The public is invited free
of charge.
Jack Lewis recently won the
second flight title in the men's
club championship by defeating
Jack Walker 1 up.
Grants Pass,
Talent Cop
Cub Tussles
Grants Pass and Talent will
settle Thursday evening at Cen
tral Point for the Southern Ore
gon Junior Baseball league sec
ond half laurels in the cub
division.
Talent bounced Eagle Point 8
to 0 and Grants Pass tripped
Medf ord 11 to 5,Monday in open
ers of a play-off to break a four
way knot for the second half
honors.
Two Big Innings
Grants Pass got only four hits
in its game but the Medford
fielding fell apart for a total of
10 errors. Richard Konner hit
three for Medford, two triples
and a single, and Charles Deg
man poked two for three, a
triple and a single. Two big in:
nings paid off for Grants Pass.
It got three runs, in one and six
in another.
The first half crown was nab
bed by Grants Pass and it can
take the overall season crown by
winning Thursday. If Talent
wins Thursday and gets the sec
ond half title, a play-off at Med
ford will be held next Monday
for the overall pennant.
SHORT SCORES:
Grants Pass 11 4 3
Medford .. 5 7 10
Kerr and McDowell; Piland, Mc
Laughlin (S) and Meunier.
Baseball Films
To Be Shown at
'Y'On Thursday
The second in a series of base
ball instructional films will be
shown at the YMCA 'Thursday
at 11:15 a.m., it was announced
today by Robert Jones, 'Y' sec
retary. Anyone interested is in
vited to view the picture.
The films are entitled "First
and Third Base Play" and
"Double Play , Kings." Several
major league standouts are
shown in slow motion so that
the observer may grasp the tech
niques of playing the various
positions.
The pictures have been obtain
ed through the cooperation of
the local YMCA and the Brook
lyn Dodger baseball team of
the National league.
Standings
COAST LEAGUE
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Hollywood 78 56
Oakland ... 78 57
San Diego ..75 59
Seattle 68 63
Portland 67 67
San Francisco 56 70
Sacramento 49 86
Pet.
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.578
.560
.519
.500
.415
.363
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
Brooklyn 71 33
Pet
.683
.596
.571
.528
.505
.434
.423
.281
G.B.
New York 62 42
St. Louis 64 48
Philadelphia 57 51
Chicago ,...55 54
Boston 46 60
Cincinnati 47 64
Pittsburgh : 32 82
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
Pet
.586
.564
.538
.527
.519
.513
.425
333
G.B.
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New York 65 46
Cleveland .62 48
Boston .57 49
Washington .58 52
Philadelphia. .55 51
Chicago 58 55
St. Louis 48 65
Detroit 37 74
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
W. L. Pet G.B.
Victoria . 76 38 .666
Spokane .66 51 .564 11 u
Vancouver .." 57 51 .528 16
Salem 54 59 .478 21 ,4
Lewiston. 54 81 4fia 221;.
Yakima - .53 63 . .456 24
Tri-City 59 63 .437 26
Wenatchee 46 68 .403 30
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Browns Will
Hold Tryout
Camp Here
The fairgrounds baseball park
just south of Medford will be
the site of a two-day -baseball
tryout camp Friday and Satur
day, September 5 and 6, accord
ing to an announcement from
the St. Louis Browns, who will
sponsor the session.
Tony Robello, scout and west
ern representative of the Brown
minor league system, will con
duct the camp. He will be assist
ed by Bill Brown of the Ashland
Elks lodge.
Tryouts will be open free to
all players 17 to 23 years of
age. All they have to do is re
port to Robello at 9:30 a.m. Sep
tember 5, with their own base
ball shoes and gloves. The
Browns will furnish all other
necessary equipment. Out - of
town boys must attend at their
own expense, but the -Browns
will reimburse those who are
signed to .contracts.
. The -St. Louis organization has
conducted many tryouts this sea
son, and record attendance was
reported at several of them. The
caliber of boys reporting was ex
ceptionally high, and many of
them were signed to contracts
and are now playing ball with
teams in the Browns' minor
league organization. - With hun
dreds of players now in military
service, baseball offers except
ional opportunities to boys who
are seeking a career in the great
national pastime, Brown's of
ficials said.
With twelve clubs in their
farm system, "the Browns are
able to place players in any
classification from class D to
AAA clubs. Boys with no pre
vious professional experience,
but possessing exceptional natur
al ability, have been known to
skip the lower grades and start
as high as Class A or B.
And, strange as it may seem,
some players have reached the
majors after only two or three
seasons of minor league prep
ping. Perhaps there are some
such phenoms in the Medford
area. If there are, Robello hopes
to see them at Fairgrounds Park
on September 5.
Auto Races
Set Friday
Hard top auto races will be
held at the sheriff's posse
grounds Friday evening under
promotion of those who have
been conducting races at the air
port track, it was announced to
day. Most drivers who have been
racing at the airport speedway
are expected to vie Friday night
at the posse grounds along with
a number of others who have
been racing regularly on the
posse oval. The field will include
a number of favorites, it was
said.
A new special price for high
school students will go into ef
fect for Friday's card.
Bear Grid Crew
Downs Steelers
Pittsburgh (U.R) The' Chica
go Bears spoiled Pittsburgh
Steeler Coach Joe Bach's unveil
ing of his T formation Tuesday
night by turning two pass inter
ceptions . into touchdowns for a
14 to- 9 win.
The Steelers, with Bach back
at the helm for the second time
in 16 years, outplayed the Halas
team for the first half and car
ried a 2 to 0 lead into the dress
ing room. '
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New York (U.R) The base
ball season still has a way to run
but Erwin (Bob Porterfield of
the Washington Senators already
has the 1952 "hard luck" cham
pionship wrapped up Wednes
day. s
In each of his previous four
seasons in the major leagues,
slender Bob was a front running
candidate for the black and blue
Studs Slate
Final Home
Appearances
Medford fans probably will
have their last chance this week
end to see the Cheney Studs in
action.
When the Studs take on Ban
don Saturday and Sunday in a
Southwestern Oregon . Baseball
league series at the fairgrounds,
it will be their last appearance
in leep play on the home dia
mond. No more non-league hassles
have been slated here and it is
probable that none will be, the
Studs' management indicated to
day. It seems unlikely, also, that
no shaughnessy play-off brushes
of the circuit will take place
here because of the distance to
Medford for other teams.
Crucial Hassle
The week-end series will be a
crucial one with a tough team
for the Studs. Bandon in fourth
spot is only a game behind Med
ford and Coos Bay which are
tied for second and third. League
leading Drain is only two games
in front of Medford and Coos
Bay. And, Bandon tripped Drain
last' week-end, gaining a split
with the Black Sox.
The Millers of Bandon have
five out of the nine top hitters
of the loop. They are led by
Catcher Bill Burgher who boasts
a .406 percentage and Outfield
er Chuck DeAutremont with a
.356 mark.
League statistics show Don
Fawcett among the leaders in in
dividual records after only six
games in action. His .391 hitting
ranks him seventh in percentage.
He's tops in fielding with 12
putouts, 14 assists and no errors.
The Studs, it is reported, will
be at full strength for the series.
Rain Piles Up
Douhleheaders
In Major Loopt
By UNITED PRESS
The big wigs of big league
baseball had a severe case of
water on the brain Wednesday,
trying to figure out what to do
with the rain that is piling up
double-headers on the pennant
contenders.
You couldn't convince the boss
men of the Yankee?, Indians,
Dodgers or Giants that the gov
ernment has allocated huge
funds for relief of drought con
ditions. They're about to apply
for help . as flood sufferers'.
Once again Tuesday all of the
contenders were strandpd in
heavy seas as rain washed out
night games between the Dodg
ers and Giants, the Yankees and
Senators, and an afternoon game
between the Indians and the Tig
ers. The Phillies, who still con
sider themselves contenders ev
en though they're 16 games be
hind, also were rained out of:
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OSCAR FRALEY
United Prtss
Sports Writer
mantle. This time, he's home
free.
No Support
To date he has lost 11 games
with the Senators this season
and in six of them the Nats
didn't score a run.
The 27-year-old Porterfield's
baseball career has been nothing
but tough luck ever since he
jumped from the, dusty sandlots
of Virginia to the glitter of Yan
kee stadium. Previously- it was
injuries. But ntfw that he feels
fine physically, he can't win for
Washington's losing.
Back in 1945 when He came
marching home from Europe, 21-year-old
Bob thought his troubles
were over. A paratrooper, he
had leaped out into nothing over
Holland, France and Germany.
He came safely through Nor
mandy and the Battle of the
Bulge and he was happy to get
back to his dad's plumbing busi
ness in Radford, Va.
y
Played for Fun
Then, in his spare time, Bob
began catching for the Radford
semi-pro team. He did it "for
fun" and relaxation, and might
still have happily been fixing
sinks and what-nots if the Rad
ford pitcher hadn't hurt his arm
in the sixth inning of a game at
Norfolk. . . .
Bob was drafted and all he did
was fan the nine batters he faced.
That's when his baseball
troubles started. A Yankee scout
was in the stands on a busman's
holiday and signed the slender
six-footer with the blazing fast
ball. ' ,
Tjvo seasons at Newark and
Bob had convinced the Yankees
that he was one of their brightest
minor league prospects. They
rushed him to the Stadium in
July of 1948 but before Porter
field could get his balance he
stopped a line drive at the cost of
a finger fracture
Had No-Hitter
The next spring he was the
golden find again, hurling a no
hitter during spring training.
But in the final exhibition game
he pulled an arm muscle and was
virtually useless all season.
Yet, again in 1950, Porterfield
had his old promising brilliance
through the spring. But misfor
tune struck again before he could
prove himself. He was struck in
the face by a pitched ball, frac
turing three cheek bones.
Last year it was the same old
sad story. Bob just couldn't get
going because of head pains
caused by "that injury. And in
June he was traded to the Sena
tors. Before the year was up he
had posted a respectable 9-8
total.
This season he has been fine
physically. The Washington hit
ters haven't. .
BASEBALL
TUESDAY' RESULTS:
Coast League
Oakland 3, Los Angeles 2
Hollywood 3, San Francisco 2
Portland 3. Seattle 2
Sacramento 6, San Diego 4
American League
St. Louis 3, Chicago 2 (11 innings)
Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 (13 innings)
Washington at New York (night,
postponed, rain.)
Detroit at Cleveland (postponed,
rain.)
National League
St Louis 1. Chicago 0
Boston at Philadelphia (night, post
poned, rain)
(Only games scheduled)
Western International
Vancouver 2, Victoria 0
Spokane 3, Lewiston 1
Yakima 6, Salem 5 .
Wenatchee 10, Tri-City" 6
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TWIN-KILL Washington' third baseman Eddie Yost crashes into
the Yanks' Billy Martin at second as the latter fires the ball to
first for a twin-kill in the second Senators-Yanks game in Wash- .
ington. Yanks lost the first game, 4-2, won the second, 7-L
Charles-Layne
Reversal Asked
Pittsburgh (U.R) Jake Mintz,
co-manager of former heavy
weight champion Ezzard Charles,
said here Tuesday that he has
asked the National Boxing Asso
ciation to reverse a verdict in
which Rex Layne was declared
the winner over Charles in an
Ogden, Utah, bout last week.
Mintz said that, he had asked
NBA President Abe Green to re
verse the decision "in view of
the atrocious decision handed
down by JackDempsey against
Charles in his fiout with Layne."
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received outside financial help
was appealed Wednesday by the
University of Kentucky. Donald
son was declared ineligible for
further competition by the exec
utive committee of the South
eastern Conference at the same
time the committee handed out
the' same punishment to guard
Chet Lukawski and also sus
pended the Kentucky basket
ball team from league play for
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