FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, August 18, 1932
Cheney Studs Nab Bandon Series
To Assure Berth in Play-offs
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
LEAGUE STANDINGS
W. L.
Drain 17 5
Medford 15 7
Coos Bay 14 8
Eandon 14 10
Roseburg , ,, , 10 13
Coquille 7 15
Brookings 1 21
Medford's Cheney Studs gain
ed lone grasp on second spot in
the Southwestern Oregon Base
ball loop and assured themselves
of a post season play-off berth
by licking the Bandon Millers
in both tilts of their two-game
week-end series at the fair
grounds ball park here.
The Studs nudged the Millers
3 to 4 Sunday after winning 6
to 4 Saturday.
Coos Bay-North Bend, previ
ously knotted with Medford in
second position, split with Rose
burg to slip into third place. The
Lumberjacks won 6 to 3 Satur
day and lost 5 to 1 Sunday. Rose
burgh was eliminated in the
battle for a play-off berth.
Drain Wins
Drain maintained its loop lead
by tripping Brookings 7 to 0
and 8 to 2 on Sunday.
In the Sunday hassle, in which
Terry Maddox chucked eight-hit
ball and got three hits in three
times up, Medford hopped ahead
1 to 0 in the first inning when
Moose Blevins hit, went to sec
ond on Centerfielder Chuck De
Autremont's error and tallied on
Frank Roelandt's single..
Bandon tied up the game in
the second canto on a double
by Al Brown and a smash by
Bob Signor.
Studs Score Twice
Medford pushed in front with
two markers in its second bat
ting turn. George Sanders and
Maddox walked, Blevins sacri
ficed and Alex McDonald sin
gled. The Studs added another
score in the third. Smith tripled,
Clarence Mellbye walked and
Smith scored on a fielder's op
tion on a grounder by Don Faw
cett. Bandon narrowed the gap to 4
to 2 in the fourth inning on sin
gles by Al Brown and Lamascus,
an error and a passed ball. The
Millers sliced the deficit to 4 to 3
in the fifth with a walk, stolen
base and error.
In their part of the .fifth the
Studs pushed over what was to
be the victory margin run on a
triple by Pete Bianchi and sin
gle by Fawcett.
Millers Threaten
The Millers tallied again in
the ninth. Jim Sinovic started
the chukker by fouling out but
DeAutremont and Rsy. Stratton
singled. Bill Burgher skied out
to shortstop. Lee Sninn popped
an infield fly which Second
Baseman Sanders failed to snag
nnH TJpAutremont . scored. Al
Brown flied out to First Base
man Mellbye to end the ruckus.
Medford came up with a dou
ble play in the seventh when
Burgher's line fly hung preca
riously then settled in Right-
fielder Blevm's glove, -levins
threw to first base to toss out
runner Stratton, who thinking
the wallop a sure hit, had taken
off from first and rounded
second.
Ghrmana Wallops
Pitcher Paul Gehrman won
his own ball game with a double
on Saturday night. Medford
went into the seventh frame
trailing 3 to 4. Snuffy Smith got
nn base on an error ana tsiancni
singled. Maddox walked and
Smith scored on Mellbye's fly-
out. Gehrman then socked his
two-bagger to send home two
runners.
DeAutremont and Stratton
each tripled in the Saturday
encounter.
SUNDAY BOX SCORE:
Bandon AB
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Will City Defeats
Central Point 1-0
In Softball Hassle
Mill City nicked Central Point
1 to 0 Sunday in the second
round of the double elimination
tournament at Mill City, for the
Oregon Softball championship.
Bob Carey pitched no-hit, no
run ball for the victors. Mill
City's run was not earned. It
came on an error. The winners
got six hits off CP Pitcher Bob
Smith.
First Less
It was the first tourney loss
for Central Point.
On Saturday night Central
Point tipped Tillamook 1 to 0
in a 12-inning fray in which
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Sinovic, 2b . 5
DeAutremont, cf
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Stratton, If 4
Burgher, c 4
Shinn. 3b 5
Brown, lb 5
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Lamascus, ss 3
Signor. p 1
Brem. p . 3
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Golfers Tie,
Dog Spoils
Short Putt
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R)
Jack Burke Jr. hoped no dogs
would come near Milburn Coun
try club during his 18-hole play
off with Cary Middlecoff Mon
day.
Burke, Houston, Tex., and
Middlecoff, Memphis, Tenn.,
were all even with 276's at the
end of 72 holes- Sunday in the
$15,000 Kansas City Open Golf
tournament.
The gallery of 8,000 which
saw the finish was hushed at
the final green as Burke, was
stroking a 30-inch putt which
would give him the title. Just
then a black and white pointer
yelped.
Bogey Five
Burke missed the putt, took a
bogey five, and Middlecoff, fin
ishing his round just a few min
utes later, carded a closing par
four that permitted him to match
Burke's 72-hole total of 278, al
ready , on the boards.
Finisrtftg one stroke back of
the two leaders at 277, each win
ning $1,200, were Ed Porky Ol
iver, Lemont, 111., who shot a
final 73, Dave Douglas, Newark,
Del., with a 72, Jerry Barber,
Pasadena, Calif., who finished
gamely with a 68.
Sports Pay
At Oregon
Eugene (U.R) The University
of Oregon athletic department
has announced that it is operat
ing well withm the bookkeeping
black this year.
In its financial statement pub
lished in the summer issue of
Old Oregon, the Webfoot alumni
magazine, the department indi
cated its athletic activities for
the 1951-1952, fiscal year result
ed in a cross operatine rjrofit of
$42,114.80 and a net profit ; of
$23,146.80.
FLORISTS WIN
Portland (U.R) Erv Lind's
Florists scored twice in the sec
ond inning to shut out the Phoe
nix Queens 2-0 here Sunday
night in the eighth game of the
current women's softball series
between the two teams. The win
for the Portlander's last night
cut the Queens lead to five
games to three.
31 5 11 27 12
Bandon
Medford
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Runs batted in Roelandt. McDon
ald 2. Fawcet 2, Signor. Two base hits and Roelandt.
Maddox. Brown, Burgher. Three
base hits Smith, Bianchi. Sacrifices
Blevins 2. Stolen base Burgher.
Double Dlay Blevins to Mellbue. Left
on base Bandon 12, Medford i. Bases'
on balls Off Maddox 5. off Signor 3.
off Brem 2. Strikeouts By Maddox
3. by Brem 2. Five hits and 4 runs off
Signor in 3 innings; 6 hits and 1 run
off Brem in 5 innings. Earned runs
Bandon 1, Medford 5. Passed ball
Roelandt. Losing pitcher Signor.
SATURDAY LJNESCORES:
Bandon 120 010 000 4 9 5
Medford Oil 100 30x 6 8 3
Hanauska and Burgher; Gehrman
Pitcher Vern Collins of CP gave
up only two hits and fanned 24
batters.
Mill City (U.R) Corvallis,
Tillamook and Eugene won their
games here Sunday and advanc
ed another round in the Oregon
state softball tournament.
Corvallis shut out Oswego, 3
0; Tillamook blanked Nyssa, 6
0; and Eugene downed Salem,
10-6.
Corvallis touched Oswego pit
cher Johnny Pierson for only
three hits but took advantage of
three Oswego errors and Pier
son's wildness to score once in
the second inning and twice in
the seventh.
Three-Run Homer
Bob Berkey sparked Tilla
mook with a three-run homer in
the fifth; He got three hits and
batted in four runs for the day.
The loss dropped Nyssa from
the tournament.
Bill Hutchinson and Cece Berg
each hit home runs to pace the
Eugene victory.
SATURDAY LINESCORES: '
Tillamook ..000 000 000 000 0 2 1
Central Pt. . 000 000 000 0000 7 1
Collins and Flink; Marshal and Jaegr.
Milt n9n nm n a 9
Nyssa ....000 000 0 0 2 3
Davidson and Carev: Holman and
Pobler.
Eugene 001 000 01 5 2
uswego 000 000 0 0 5 2
Wills and Walker: Pearson and Ja-
cobson.
Corvallis 000 100 001 8 3
Salem 001 000 012 6 2
J. Sprick and Stagg; Rawlins and
Weaver.
Cheney Buys
Tacoma Park
Ben Cheney of the Cheney
Lumber company at Central
Point has purchased the base
ball park at Tocoma, Wash.,
and his semi-pro baseball nine,
the Medford Cheney Studs will
participate in the dedication.
Cheney bought the perk
from the San Diego Padres
of the Coast league. It will be
used for city semi-pro and pee
wee baseball and other Ta
coma sports programs. The
city of Tacoma will buy the
park from Cheney under a
long term arrangement
DEDICATION AUGUST 28
It is understood that a pro
fessional baseball nine, if it
desires, will have the oppor
tunity to lease the field. Ta
coma previously had a club in
th e Western International
lague ' but dropped out this
year. San Diego held the Ta
coma franchise. '
The park will be dedicated
as Cheney field on Tuesday,
August 26, and the Studs will
play the city league champs
or a city all-star team.
Grants Pass
First in RVL
Grants Pass wound ud in reg
ular season first place in the
Rogue Valley Baseball league
Sunday by defeating Butte Falls
11 to 7 and Ashland took third
spot by nipping Glendale 7 to
6.
In the first round next Sunday
of the season - end . play-off
Grants Pass will entertain Ash
land and .- second-place Cave
Junction will mix with fourth
place Glendale at Central Point.
COPS BERTH
The Dalles (U.R)-The Clack
amas Eagles nosed out The Dal
les, 12-11, here Sunday to win a
Berth m the state Veterans of
Foreign Wars baseball tourna
ment at Bend. The Bend tourna
ment opens Monday.
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Coast League Chase
Two Team Scramble
San Francisco (U.R) Doubts
that the Pacific Coast league
flag chase was anything but a
two-team affair diminished Mon
day as the clubs entered the fin
al five weeks of the season.
Oakland and Hollywood, with
only a half-a-game separating
them seemed ready to stage a
stretch fight for the pennant.
Several teams, of course, yet
hold a chance to win. But tab
bing even San Diego, in third
place and the closest of the pur
suers, is a long-shot bet.
Oaks Nab Two
Oakland climaxed a success
ful 6-1 series against Los Ange
les Sunday, winning two games,
8-4 and 10-1, to stay half-a-game
in front of Hollywood.
The Stars copped five of seven
from San Francisco, taking two
Sunday, 15-5 and 7-6. Hollywood
once led by four runs in the sec
ond game but had to score twice
in the last frame to get the de
cision. San Diego, which lost a 4-3
series to Sacramento, got some
Babes Out
Of Tourney
Portland U.R) Oregon City
blanked the Chiefs of. Portland,
3-0, and Molalla defeated Heales'
Babes of Portland, 5-1, Sunday,
in the state American Baseball
Congress baseball tournament at
Westmoreland park.
Dr. Frank Dierickx struck out
13 Chief batters and allowed
only three scattered hits in lead
ing Oregon City to its shutout
victory.
The Babes' loss to Molalla was
their second of the tournament
and eliminated them from competition.
consolation by dumping the
Solons twice, 7-0 and 4-1. And
f ired-up Portland jumped back
into the first division with 4-2
and 6-0 wins over Seattle. Ex
bonus, ace Fred Sanford pitched
a one-hitter in the short second
game for his 16th victory.
Silverton Sox
Regional Champs
Silverton U.R) The Silver
ton Red Sox reign Monday as
the Northwest regional semi-pro
National Baseball Congress
champions after winning two
straight front the Washington
champion Bellngham Bells.
The Oregon champions bank
ed on the strong right arm of
big Norb Wellman Sunday, and
the husky hurler, who toiled for
Oregon State College's Pacific
Coast Conference champions
last spring, came through with a
three hit, 3-0 shutout.
Saturday night Chuck Sau
vain stopped the Bells, 5-2.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Coast League
Oakland 8-10. Los Angeles 4-1
Hollywod 15-7, San Francisco 8-6
San Diego 7-4, Sacramento 0-1
Portland 4-6, Seattle 2-0
.
National League
Boston 7. New York 3 fist)
New York 4, Boston 2 (2nd, 7', 4 in
nings, darkness)
Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 2 (1st)
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 2 (2nd)
Philadelphia . Brooklyn . 1
St Louis 2, Cincinnati 1
American League
Cleveland 6, Chicago 2 (1st)
Cleveland 2, Chicago 1 (2nd)
Washington 7; Philadelphia 2 (1st)
Philadelphia 12. Washington 3 (2nd)
St. Louis 4. Detroit 2 (1st)
Detroit 4, St. Louis 2 (2nd)
New York 3, Boston 2
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Spokane 4-1, Salem 3-2
Lewiston 3-1. Tri-City 0-4
National Amateur
Links Tourney
Opens at Seattle
Seattle-OI.R) All the dreams
and hopes built up after a year's
studious practice went on the
firing line Monday as ' match
play began is the 52nd annual
U.S. National Amateur Golf
tournament.
With Champion Billy Max
well, Odessa, Tex., and such
former titleholders as Charley
Coe, Sam Urzetta and the in
comparable Chick Evans In the
field, it was regarded as a wide
open race.
Feature Matches
In the feature matches Mon
day, Maxwell opened his cam
paign to become a two-time win
ner by taking on Ira Gruber,
Pottstown, Pa.
Urzetta, who has been shoot
ing some of the best warm-up
golf, takes on Marion Bud His
key, a sharp-shooting youngster
from Twin Falls, Idaho, while
Coe and Frank Stranahan, To
ledo, Ohio, drew, byes, along
with 54 others.
ed on the night of October 4 and i county 4-H club fat Steele haw
will help raise funds for a tri-'and livestock sale.
Represent Oregon
Seattle U.PJ The state of
Oregon will be represented . in
the U.S. men's amateur golf
tournament which opens here
Monday with' eight of the state's
leading link stars entered in the
event. Those from Oregon in
clude Dick Hanen, Coos Bay;
Ralph Dichter, Astoria; George
Beechler, Medford; Roy Wig
gins, Oswego, and Dick Yost,
Dick Estey, Verne Perry Jr. and
Harold Weston, all of Portland.
FOOTBALL BILLED
' Bend (U.R) Central Ore
gon football fans are going to see
a college football game in their
home territory again this fall.
The Bend Rotary club has ar
ranged to sponsor a game be
tween Whitman of Walla Walla,
Wash., and Lewis and Clark of
Portland. The game will be play
IT STARTS WEDNESDAY
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