SIXHERALD AND MEWS
futuday, Jan S. ISO
HAINES
Attention: Junior Baseball Players
Your American Legion Junior baseball program is progressing
well At present members of the committee are busy spotting
suitable fields for practice and lining up equipment, etc.
Enough boys turned out to form six ball clubs Instead of four
as was originally planned. Six sponsors nave
been procured including The Herald and News,
Balsiger Motor company, Lombard Motor com
pany Coca-Cola. Fluhrer's bakery and Dick
Reeders. Matt Finnigan will donate a cup to
the winning team and gold baseballs to mem
bers of an All-Star nine to be selected after the
season is completed
Almost certainly another meeting will be
called this week at which time teams will be
formed and sponsors and coaches will be drawn.
This program promises to work out in a style
beyond our fondest expectations, so watch the
snort page of The Herald and News for notifica
tion of the next meeting. It will be soon, we
promise you. ,
Slnmmin' Sammv Solits With Lord Byron
Samuel Jackson Snead, the guy who belts a golf ball so hard
it looks like a pea, ended up in a tie with Lord Byron Nelson
the precisionist of the fairways, in their match May 26-27, for
the golf championship of the world.
It was typical of Nelson's luck that the rain came down in
sheets during their final 36 holes of match play. The Toledo
umbrella salesman is very aenrmciy mu. V 7 ,, i,
playing his best game when water descends, in bucketsfull from
the,oznf- i, r.i ho riiciwwl of Slammln' Samuel,
4 up and 3 to play, after Snead had won the initial 36 holes of
medal play by the narrow margin oi one iut. ..... ,
So the old poser is still a poser. Just which man is the finest
goHer is an argument that may be discussed into the wee, small
hours of the morning. We felt sure enough of Samuel's ability
to wager a couple of lettuce leaves that the West Virginian
would succeed in defeating Nelson, and brother, when we wager
two whole clams, that's really confidence. ,
We weren't positivs that Sammy would win 'em both, but
we were as sure as we are that today is Tuesday, that he would
win at least one of the matches. We figured the worst we could
get would be a draw, and that's Just what we got.
Sammy just doesn't figure to lose two straight matches in two
successive days to Nelson, Bobby Jones, or anybody else, for that
matter We freely admit that we are probably biased on the sub
ject of Snead against the field. We have seen him play and he
shoots the kind of a game that it's not only fun to watch, but
that pays off large dividends when he is successful.
He's the Walter Hagen type of golfer. When the chips are
j m. mn't ostrh Sammv nlavin' 'em safe. If he needs a
four to win, he'll still go for a three, taking a chance on making
it and refusing to play it the easy way. There are some that
claim that this is pure foolishness, but it is the thing that has
made Snead the most colorful golfer of all time and the one that
the galleries follow most. ..." . ....
On the other hand. Nelson is deliberate and painstaking. He
is a very fine golf player, no doubt about that, but he never
takes a chance, never tries a daring shot, and that quality of
being willing to gamble is, for the most part, what has made
American athletes better than any others in the world.
No, we'll give you Nelson, McSpaden, Ben Hogan, or anybody
else you want as -your choice, but we'll string along with our
favorite, Slammjn' Sammy, and he'll beat your man three times
out of four! ;
New York Leads Both Leagues
Once again it's New York setting the pace in both the Na
tional and the American major league circuits. Mel Ott's boys
have maintained a steady gait after jumping off to a flying start
in the National loop, while the Yankees hold down first place in
the junior circuit albeit the Detroit Tigers are breathing hot on
their heels. - -- - -- - - .
We still think the Bengals will manage to cop the American
league bunting, but about our choice in the National league the
Chicago Cubs we're not so sure.
"Jolly Cholly" Grimm's lads are a great ball team on paper,
but that seems to be about as far as they go. Since no team has
ever been known to win a pennant by merely looking good we
are a mite dubious about the Bruins. Still, the Cubs did come
from way, way behind at least twice in our recollection and they
may possibly do it again.
In fact, the Chicago boys have sunk to such a level that we
think "Cholly" might do well to bring Lou Novikoff, the "Mad
Bussian," back up from Los Angeles. Now you can say what you
will, but we still think that Novikoff is a potentially great hitter.
His fielding efforts DO sort of resemble a giraffe at a square
dance, but when he tees off on the old apple at the plate it seems
to sail a long ways.
The Bruins could use a power hitter at the plate as their bat
ting efforts have been notably feeble of late. In the field the Cubs
are leading the league in proficiency so it's their hitting and hurl
ing that are causing the trouble.
We can't drop any pearls of wisdom into the Cub pilot's ears
when it somes to pitchers, but we do think he could do much
worse than to give Larrupin' Lou another shot at the big time.
The Detroit Tigers are shaping up well and the discovery; by
Manager Steve O'Neill that he has another starting pitcher in
Les Mueller to supplant the injured Al Benton boosts the
Bengals' stock no end.
However, we may be worrying about it a trifle early. If the
rain doesn't stop back there we won't have a world series until
at least by Christmas of next year!
2 Service Nines
Here In Southern
Oregon Ball Loop
MEDFORD. June S ffl
Six teams will play in a new
ly organised Southern Ore
gon Baseball league which
will open Sunday.
The loop will include KUm.
th Falls naval station, Klam
ath Falls Marine Barracks.
Ashland, Central Point, Butt
Falls and Medford.
The schedule calls for home-nd-home
series with
Shaughneity play-off to de
termine the champion.
I
Wily Bill
Picks Up
Discards
Off, Cuccinefo Set Pace
In Major League Hitting
NEW YORK, June 5 OF) A
pair of 36-year-oldsters who
started their recognized baseball
careers back in 1926 are leading
the majors in hitting today with
Manager Mel Ott of the New
York Giants topping the Nation
al at .379 and Tony Cuccinello
of the Chicago White Sox first
in the American at .355. :.
Ott took the honors away
from Tommy Holmes of Boston
and Whitey Kurowski of St.
Louis in a blanket finish that in
cluded games played Sunday.
Holmes and Kurowski are tied
for second at .378 21 points high
er than fourth-place Luis Olmo
of Brooklyn at .357. Nap Reyes
is the second Giant in the lead
ing five with .353.
. Cuccinello picked up 22 points
during the week, boosting his
Slarki to -355 for a comfortable
Z4-point edge over runnerup
George Case of Washington. One
perfect 4-for-4 day against Bos
ton helped Tony increase his
margin.
Nick Etten of New York con
tinued in third spot with a con
sistent .321 followed by team
mate George Stirnweiss' .318.
Vern Stephen&.of St. Louis, out
of action for a:day and - then
shifted over to third base, fell to
.317, dropping from second to
fifth.
Only newcomer In the Nation
al top 10 is Gee Walker of Cin
cinnati who took over the tenth
position as Carden Gillenwater
of Boston dropped out. Bob
Johnson .303, and Ben Steiner
.300, both of Boston and Jimmy
Outlaw of Detroit .296, displaced
the Tigers' Don Ross and Eddie
Mayo and Chicago's Mike Tresh
in the American.
WILLIAMS MEETS JOYCE
NEW YORK, June 5 (P)
Ike Williams, NBA lightweight
champion, and Willie Joyce wind
up heavy training today for their
10-round non-title bout at Mad
ison Square Garden Friday night.
It is their fourth meeting with
Joyce having won two of the
three previous scraps.
Whan In Medford
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Cincinnati Pilot Finds
"Washed Up" Hurlers Are
Paying Large Dividends
By JACK HAND
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
Deacon BUI McKechnie s
weakness for "washed uu dis
cards of the major league stock
pile is paying big dividends in
the Cincinnati Reds' current
eight-game win streak, longest
acuve siring in me big snow.
Give Wily Bill a veteran nitch
er who has been around and it's
2 to 1 he'll pop up as a winner
in a Kedlcg uniform.
Bowman Picked Uo
Joe Bowman is the latest ex
ample of the McKechnie touch.
The 35-year-old righthander was
tossed on the bone Dile bv the
Ainieucs, uiants, mimes. Pir
ates and Red Sox before Cm-
ctnnati picked him up by the
waiver route a week ago.
In his first start for MeKech-
nie, Bowman whipped Brooklyn,
in the first game of Sunday's
citruu sweep.
accx wins Two
Walter (Boom Boom) Beck al.
so qualifies for the class with
two recent victories over the
Phillies. As much as Detroit
needed help for Hal Newhouser
and Dizzy Trout the Tigers de
cided Beck wouldn't do. The
Phils and Dodgers cut him loose
years ago but Cincy signed him
and he's helping out in their
hour of need. So is 44-year-old
Lisenbee who starred two de
cades ago.
Fans Remain Cold
The Cincinnati fans, who have
been so allergic to turnstiles
that hardly 100,000 have paid,
including 31.000 opening day,
have been slow to accept the
1945 McKechnie version. They
haven't warmed up yet but the
win streak is bound to rekindle
the spark, even if the pennant
bug is absent.
With the majors resuming op
erations today after a day of in
activity, the Reds' victory string
is endangered by the onrushing
Pittsburgh Pirates who boast the
best intersectional record in
baseball.
Bucs Going Strong
Counting the two east vs west
series, including a home series
in each town, the Buccos have
won 16 and lost 7, tops in the
National and better than the St.
Louis Browns' American high of
13-9 against the Red Sox, A's.
Yanks and Senators at home and
abroad.
All four eastern clubs failed
to break even in the west of the
National league and only Pitts
burgh had been able to do the
job when thev toured the At
lantic seaboard.
Both Detroit (7-6) and Cleve
land (7-5) enloyed success in the
east but the Yanks, Red Sox, A's
and Senators all were below .500
when they toured the mid-west.
Three Florida Golf
Tournaments Slated -
ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla.,
June 5 IP) The first of Florl
idas three summer open golf
tournaments, me norma west
Coast Open, will be held here
June 9-11. The Lakeland Open
will be held there June 14-16,
ana me rioriaa upen is sched
uled for Tampa July 13-15.
Sixteen May Don Silks
For 71st Kentucky Derby
Plenty Of Jamming At Start Expected
As Horses Battle For Racing Room
By ORLO ROBERTSON
LOUISVILLE, June 5 (VI Its a good thing the Kentucky
dcrbv is going to be run Saturday, considering tho rate owners
and trainers are getting ideas about starting their horses In the
$75,000 race. As it Is, there figures to be quite a inimc jinn
around 5:30 p. m. (central war timo) at the head of Churchill
Downs' home stretch. Until a few days ago tho mllo and one
quarter jaunt for 3-year-olds shaped up as a merry littlo party
with a dozen or less horses parading to the post as tho bund
plavs "My Old Kentucky Home" and some 50,000 fans thrill to
the sight of America s most impressive racing scene.
Now, howovcr, there is a possibility that as many as 16 may
don silks although it is likely that several of tho owners will
think twice before laying the S500 starting fee on the line. The
rush started last Saturday wnen me nigniy rcKurnca cons quar
tered at the Downs bowed to a pair of outsiders, Bardy Dieppe
and Fighting Step, In the Blue Grass stakes.
Word was not long in coming from CBnada that H. C. Hatch,
Tnrnntn distiller. wa shinning Fair Jester in the same car with
the Kenilworth farm's Kcnllworth Lad and Bert. G. Fair Jester
has some excuse for making the trip since he finished fourth to
his stablcmatc. Uttermost, in the King s Plato but neither of the
other two has ever been in the winner s circle.
Ed O'Donnell, trainer of Mldswcct owned by Arthur Rose
from Mt. Clemens, Mich., is seriously considering starling the
daughter of Bel Aethel, pointing out that she hung it on both
Darby Dieppe and Fighting Step as 2-year-olds.
With the possibility of such a large field and chances there
will be plenty of jamming at the stnrt as the horses battle for
racing room in the five-sixteenths of a mile run to tho first turn,
we lean toward a pair of eastern colts to tnkn down first oml
second money. They are Col. C. V. Whitney's Jeep and Alexis
from Henry Lunger's Christiana farm.
Probable field for the 71st Kentucky derby at Churchill
Downs Saturday with owners and Jockeys:
Horse
Jeep
Alexis
Hoop Jr.
Pot O'Luck
Burning Dream
Darby Dieppe
Fighting Step
Sea Swallow
Foreign Agent
Bymeabond
-Misweet
Fair Jester
Air Sailor
-Bert G.
-Kenilworth Lad
-Joe's Choice
-Doubtful Starters..
Owner
Col. C. V. Whitney
Henry Lunger
F. W. Hooper
Warren Wright
E. R. Bradley
Mrs. W. G. Lewis
Murlogg Stable
C. S. Howard
J. T. Brink
J. K. Housscls
Arthur Rose
H. G. Hatch
Lt. Com. T. D. Buhl
Kenilworth Farm
Kenilworth Farm
Leo Cailloucttc
Jockey
Arnold Klrkland
Ken Scawthorn
No Boy
Doug Dodson
Billy Thompson
Mclvin Calvert
George South
George Woolf
Kempton Knolt
Freddie Smith
No Boy
Ray Watson
Buddy Haas
No Boy
No Boy
No Boy
Summer Trail Beckons
Nation's Top Golfers
CHICAGO, June 5 (-Amer
ica's leading golfers start down
a summer trail Thursday studded
with an aggregate of $250,000 in
war bonds.
First stoo is at Montreal's Isle-
mere Golf and Country club in
'Red' Grange
Resigns Job
As Grid Head
NEW YORK, June 5 fP)
Club owners of the National
Football league held a secret
meeting last week to complete
business matters that were left
unfinished at their spring session.
While spokesmen refused to
comment, they intimated that
nothing definite had been set
tled, and the meeting would be
continued today.
Matters known to nave been
left unfinished last spring in
cluded the wrangle between the
New York Giants and Brooklyn
Dodgers concerning the lattcr's
proposed move into the Yankee
stadium, ana . the extension of
President Elmer Layden s con
tract, which expires next spring
. There was plenty ol news,
however, from the other pro
football leagues. Red Grange,
Illinois' immortal " "Galloping
Ghost," disclosed yesterday that
he had resigned as president of
the proposed U. S. Football lea
gue. While insisting he resigned
because "my insurance business
prevents me from giving it the
necessary time the office re
quires," Grange' declared he
would not advise anybody to
start in pro football now.
Canada, where $13,333 awaits
the top shotmakcrs. After that
the lour taxes tnem lo iu more
clubs, with tho most lucrutlvc
stop at Chicago's Tarn O'Shantcr
course for tho all-Amerlcan tour
ney and golfdom's most lucrative
plum $60,000.
Fred Corcoran, tournament
bureau manager of the Profes
sional Golfers' association, said
at least five of the nation's top
pros will enter the Montreal
Open, starting Thursday and
ending Sunday. These arc By
ron Nelson, leading money win
ner of the winter tour, Sammy
Snead, Harold (Jug) McSpaden,
Jlmmio Hincs and Ky Laffoon.
Summer competition In the
United States begins with the
$17,500 Philadelphia Inquirer
invitational at Llarncck Country
club June 14-17.
A Pacific Northwest tour will
follow the summer season, open
ing at Spokane, Wash., Sept. 20
23. Play will follow on succes
sive weekends at Tacoma, Se
attle and Vancouver, B. C. An
aggregate of $50,000 in war
bonds will be offered.
Also scheduled this month Is
a continuation of the winter feud
between Nelson and Snead, with
McSpaden and Sammy Byrd
joining them in a 72-hole medal
showdown at Detroit's Plum Hol
low course, June 22-24.
Playoff Game
Between Sailors,
Marines Slated
A playoff game will be
iteged between the Marine
Barracks nine and th naval
air station at (he station Wed.
nesday at 3 p. m. .Service
men and their guests are In
vited, but the game will be
closed to the general public.
In the first two skirmishes
played last Baturday and Sun
day, the marines copped the
llrst tilt and the sailors an
nexed the second game.
Chandler Expects To $fl.
Baseball Ciar For Uft
CONCESSION
BIDS will be received June
7, 8:00 P. M.. at th Legion
Hall, for th concession at
th .Fair Grounds for th
July 1-2-3-4 Rodeo, Alio a
bid for the Queen's tryout
June 17.
Klamath Buckaroo Days
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For Complore Roihuffling
Of 3rd To 7th Place Teams
By The Associated Press
With tho 'heat" temporarily
off Portland, rlcllnu at the (oi)
of tho Pacific Coast biiM-biill
lenguo, this week's play offers
the opportunity fur a complete
reshuffling of tho third to sev
enth place tenuis, separated by
iwo aim a hint gnmcs.
Oakland's hold on third was
weakened Inst week by tho Sun
Francisco Seals, who bounced In
to fourth throuiih their 3-3 series
win over their trans-buy neigh-
oors.
The Acorns are two games
ahead of tho Seals, who have n
percentiiKo rnlliiK of Mi. A half
guino behind Is Sun Dleco with
.485, virtually tied with Sacra
mento and Los Angeles, both of
whom have ,-tS4.
Seattle, trailing the Beavers
by two and a half Ramos, opens
tnnluht uuiitnst Suit Francisco.
Tho Pirates entertain Hollywood
and Sncrnmcntn plays host to
Oakland. Tho Portland-Los 'An
geles series will slnrt with an
afternoon doublohoader tomor
row. All agmcs have a California
setting.
Wagner To Meet
Dusette In Top
RasslingTiff
Promoter Mack Llllnrd an
nounced today that tho top
rassling bout on Friday's card
would pit George Wagner against
ueorges uuscllo.
Both these boys hnvo showed
plenty of stuff in previous
matches hero and a capacity
crowd Is anticipated Friday
night.
In the scml-wlndup a new
comer, Baby-Faco Klingmun,
will tanglo with Anlone Leone
who hus enjoyed considerable
success with tils rough tactics In
northwest arenas.
It has been reported that more
than 10,000 American fighter
planes were delivered to Russia
through Lcnd-Lcasc.
By TED MEIER
NEW YORK, Juno 8 (t')
Soniilui- A. 11. "lluppy" Chuncllur
iius squcicnua suu rosa roports
mat no wuuin resign as commll
Blotter of baseball.
"1 expect to bo commissioner
for life," ho told New York base
ball writers nt a dinner In his
nouor lam nigiu. "itini will set
a', rest talk of any successor for
me."
"This la an occuslon not In
tended to bo serious," ho suld to
a distinguished uudlouca that In
cluded the prcaldcnts of both the
Nutlonnl and American leagues,
Ford Frlck and Will lliirridgo,
as well as the presidents of the
three local clubs, Larry Mac
1'hull, Horace Stoucham and
Brunch Rickey,
"But I want you to know that
when tho time comes for me to
make a decision you will find
thut I know tho meaning of the
word 'no' as well as 'yos.' lt I
descrvo criticism, glvo It to mn,
but I am suro everyone will
agree thut I should have a fuir
chunce mid will not tmposo on
my good disposition."
"1 need tho help of everyone
who loves baseball. As 1 under
stand It I represent tho people
and mean lo render decisions
fairly and Justly on tho busts of
the facts presented to mo. The
club owners represent thorn
selves." ,'1'ho senator said he had not
singled out racing when ho "ad
vised" players recently to avoid
gambling.
"1 merely said then and I say
It again," he explained. "That
I advised players to stay away
from all form. of gambling. I
Grid Game
To Be Main
Topic At Meet
TULLMAN. June 8 (!) With
nluo of 10 member schools plan
ning to resume footbull this full,
that sport will bo the major topic
al tho Pacific Const Conference
spring meeting at Spokane June
11 and 12, uruduulo Manager
Earl Foster of Waalilnctoti Slate
college said today,
Phil Horboe. new Washington
State college football coach, will
attend and Nnvy Lt. A. B.
'Uuck- Bailey, rootbau lino
coach and head baseball coach,
now stationed at Whlrihy Isluiul,
also is expocted, Foster said.
Unllcy will return to tho ath
letic staff here when released
from tho navy, Foster said,
ft Ml I. Nottlemun of the Uni
versity of Washington will bo In
charge of sessions as conference
president. Orlando John Mollis,
University of Oregon, is secre
tary. Also nttendlng will be Vic
tor O, Schmidt, league commis
sioner, whose offices are in Los
Angeles. -
Postwar conference policies,
eligibility rules for returned ser
vice men and a review of war
time regulations affecting sports
are to bo considered.
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