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Yanks Seeking
Young Players
Syl Johnson, Former Big Timer, Slated
- To Coach Moundsmen In Ball Camp Here
By HALE SCARBROUGH
IporU Editor, Ths Herald And News
oifr jiihrnon. lons-tlme maior league mound tr for several
National league teams and now Washington-Oregon scout lor the New
York Yankees, wil handle the young pitching aspirants at the Yanks'
diamond school and Uyout camp to be conducted at Recreation held
June SO, July 1-3-3.
Francis McCormack of Los Angeles, advance man for the school,
U now In town making arrangements for the four-day camp which will
be open to all persons Interested In playing baseball.
Along with Johnson, the camp wil also have for coaches Pat Cat
trell Santa Clara baseball coach, and Bob FatJo. diamond boss for
Bellermlne prep school, Ban Jose. In his several years in the majors,
W L Pel,
. 33 25 .569 1
. 32 26 .552
. 30 25 .545
. 31 27 .5341
30 29 .508
28 32 .467
. 26 34 .433
. 22 34 .393
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Yeateraavs awuiw
Chicago 6. New York 3.
6t. Louis 6. Boston 2.
Only games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L
New York
36 24
32 24
UnfitMl
Philadelphia 29
Cleveland 25
Detroit 27
Chicago 29
Washington 26
Rt iuis 22 i
Yesterday s Kesuiis
New York 8. Cleveland 5.
Boston 8, Detroit 2.
Chicago 10. Washington 6.
Only games.
LEAGUE LEADERS
Batting Boudreau. Cleveland,
J48: McQuinn, New YorK, m.
Runs batted In DiMaggio .and
Johnson, New York. 40.
Home runs Keller, new xora, ij.
TVItU&nu, oosiuu. .
l.vuv.
LEAGVE LEADERS
Battinz Walker. Philadelphia,
J43; Slaughter, New York. 341.
Runs Batted in Mize, new
49: Cooper, New York, 47.
Home runs Mize. New York,
18;
Kiner. Pittsburgh, 13.
Pitching Blackweu, Cincinnati,
.
Y Softball Slate
At Modoc Dractice field tonight at
o'clock, YMCA A league competi
tion will continue, with the First
Baptists meeting the Stewart Lenox
Baptists. Also at 0, tne reace
Memorial Presbyterians will face
the First Christian church squad in
B league play at Mills.
Weier Tte "Go"
on KFLW Tonighi
Welterweight champion Ray "Sugar"
Robinson (above) tonight for the first
time defends his title at Cleveland
Arena, Cleveland, Ohio. Hoping to
ascend the throne is Jimmy Doyle,
classy California!!.
Robinson won his orown by defeat
ing Tommy Bell in New York last
December. Since then the "Sugar"
has confined his ring activities to
overweight contests. Ray is as elusive
as a phantom and hits like chained
lightning.
Meeting Doyle, however, may
prove tough for the champ. Jimmy
possesses plenty of courage and a
good left jab. His extraordinary skill
at picking off punches in mid-air, his I
feinting, make it bard for an oppon
ent to sink a solid shot Also he boxes
right out of the book.
Enjoy the excitement, blow-by-blow,
on Gillette 's Cavalcade of Sports
over American Broadcasting Co. and
KFLW (1450 on your dial) at 6 p. m.
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KJonn&on piayru mr -uiuuints,
Phillies. Braves ana imcago i;uos.
The Yankee scouts arc conduct
ing a series of sehools over the
West this summer and will be at
Medford for two days before com
ing here. Recently at Tulare the
school proved so popular the scouts
had to get four special police to
handle the crowd.
The scouts will be particularly
interested in youngsters and ex
servicemen In the 17 to 22 age
bracket and McCormack says that
up will be offered a contract in the
Yankee farm chain.
Here in the West the Yanks have
farm agreements or own the Ven
tura (class C club in California
State league. Twin Falls (class C
in the Pioneer loop. Bisbee (class
Ci in the Arizona-Texas circuit.
Victoria (Class Bi in Western In
. ternalional league, and Denver
Pet- (class A of the Western assocla
600 Uon.
.571 in connection with his search for
.509 j young players. McCormack e.
.490 pressed chagrin that Irwin Whitt.
.482 former KUHS star infielder. had
.475 signed a contract with the St. Louis
.473 1 Cardinal farm chain before the
.393 Yankee scouts could look him over.
McCormack said that he had also
lenrned that Weed. Calif., was the
I hottest baseball team in Northern
California and that he was sending
back a report to the Yanks asking
;that a tryout camp be held down
there.
The school instruction and try
outs will be free of charge to all
comers, but players are asked to
bring their own gloves, shoes and
as f: r as possible their own uni
forms. The school will furnish base-
hH. h, h., .r
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day
from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m.
Prize Rookie
Batting .355
6AN FRANCISCO. June 24 i,P,
Ed Fitzgerald, star rookie catcher
of the Sacramento Solons. blud
geoned the ball at a hearty pace
last week to move Into the lead for
Pacific Coast league batting honors
with an average of .355.
Young Fitzgerald, a right handed
hitter who looks like the prize base
ball recruit of the 1947 season out
here, ha- caught in 62 games. Dario
Lodigiant. Oakland second sacker
and ex-major league veteran, also
jumped up into the standings to
hold down second spot with .353.
Seattle Manager Jojo White and
the Rainiers' Layne are third and
fourth, respectively with .349 and
.346. with Portland's top stickman,
Silvers, tied for 15th with .321.
Mullen To Bevos
PORTLAND. June 24 Pt Ford
Mullin, former Olympia and Uni
versity of Oregon athlete, returns to
Pacific Northwest baseball this week
as second baseman for the Portland
Beavers. Bill Mulligan. Beaver gen
eral manager, said Mullen had been
purchased from Kansas City of the
American association to replace Bill
Radulovich. The regular Portland
second sacker injured a knee against
Oakland last week.
CAL-
TAVERN
Reopening
July 1
Phone 7128
For Reservations
Sammy Herman Quintet
18 Ml. South of Klamath
GAL- ml
Fran Miller
Tops Hitters
Sons' Best Pitcher
Also Stars At Plate
In addition (o being the most de
pendable pitcher on the squad,
Frannte Miller has also compiled
the team's best batting average over
the Klamath Sons' five Northern
California league games.
Miller, who has won two of the
three Klamath ball games on the
hill and plays in the outfield the
rest of the time, now has a stick
average of .429. He's followed by
Left Fielder Mario Pl&an with .421
and Tug Tognoli with .409.
Bart Oolbars steady vtOO com
pletes that choice circle. The rest
of the Sons' lineup Is tar down In
the hitting department.
Thus far in the season the Sons
haven't done much fence busllng.
Ratline Averages
AB R H Pet.
Carlstrom 2 2 I .500
Miller 14 4 6 .429
Pisan . . 19 S 8 .421
Tognoll 22 5 9 .409
Oolbar 20 3 8 .400
Pope 11 2 4 .364
Derrah 3 2 1 .333
Brooks 24 4 7 .292
Pastega 14 4 .286
Hatfield - 24 1 I
LoScalzo 13 1-2 .154
Graham 9 2 1 .111
Shotwell 9 3 0 .000
Bocchl S 0 0 .000
Krohn 1 0 0 .000
Hi Hallield homered against Yreka
and Tognoli got a fluke four-bagger
against Dunsmuir for the top offen
sive efforts. Tognoli also has a
triple, as have Earl Brooks and
Clyde Carlstrom.
Pisan has hit three two-baggers,
Golbar and Miller a couple each.
In the pitching department it's
Miller all the way with two wins
and no losses. Floyd Shotwell, right
hander, has one win and a loss,
while Milbert Krohn. newly suited
out, got stuck with the loss to Weed
Sunday after Shotwell had pitched
six and a third frames.
The Medford Craters, still having
a disputed game with McCloud to
get settled, are in the Northern
California league lead with 3-1. Tied
at 3-3 are Klamath. Weed and
Yreka. Redduig and Dunsmuir
have 3-3. McCloud 2-3 and Mt.
Shasta 1-4.
Net Singles
Bracket Cut
Only four players all of them
hot-shots are left in the men's
singles bracket of the city tennis
tournament. The semi-final quartet
includes Jerry Olson. Eddie Dent,
George Proctor and George Mills.
In the quarter-finals, the sets
went like this:
Jerry Olson defeated Pat Moses,
6-1. 8-10, 6-4.
Eddie Dent defeated Martin
Stride. 6-0. 6-3.
Jim Finnigan defeated Bud Case,
6-3. 4-6. 8-7.
George Proctor defeated William
Perrln. 6-3, 6-3.
George Mills defeated George
Seymour. 6-1. 6-0.
George Proctor defeated Jim Fin
nigan. 4-3. 9-7.
Latest returns in the men's
doubles bracket shows:
Eddie Dent and Jerr Olson de
feated Bill Loomis and Bill Craw-'
ford. 7-5. 6-4.
Jim Finnigan and George Mills
defeated Bud Case and Hank Mur
phy. 6-1. 6-4. '
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
Los Angeles Joe Walcott. 192
Camden. N. J.. outpointed Joey
Maxim. 182'. Cleveland (10).
Pittsburgh Cecil Hudson, 159. Los
Angeles, outpointed Ossie Harris,
162. Pittsburgh (10.
Troy. N. Y. Willie Odom. 147.
Chicago, and Carmine Casale. 154.
drew (2i, both cut and unable to
continue.
ORE
Chef Harry Wagner
Falls on V. S. Highway 97
V By cfiaU SoafLo4fkt Spdrti Editor
DiMag Best Vote-Getter
As Fans Chose All-Stars
CHICAGO, June 34 (A"! Votes for
Joe DiMaggio, slugging New York
Yankee center fielder, continued to
pour in today, boosting his lead
over Enos Slaughter of the St.
Louis Cardinals as champion choice
of the fans in balloting for starting
lineups for the all-star baseball
game in Wrlgley field July 8.
DiMaggio has polled 429,184
nominations, as the total vote In
the poll, which ends at midnight
Thursday, soared to 1.019.998. Dl
Magglo led Slaughter bv 6580. Ted
Williams. Boston Red Sox left field
er, held third with 416.388. while
Lou Boudreau, manager-shortstop
Regatta Crewmen Claim
Officiating Was Careless
ENROUTE TO SEATTLE. June
24 !.) The "Lake Washington Re
gatta special'' carrying more than
j 100 college oarsmen, rolled wesl
I ward today, coaches and writers on
the train compared notes on the
I officiating at the postwar renewal
last Saturday of the Poughkeepsle
regatta.
A majority were of the opinion
that the Judges inaccurately placed
at least five boats In the Hudson
river classic. At the same time,
there were still words of praise
for the championship navy crew.
Nine of the crews .aboard the
special train competed at Pough
keepsie. They were Joined at Chl-
Buck Slings
Team Ahead
Everett Buck hurled his team, the
Four Star Merchants, to the top ol
the city Softball league on Modoc
field last night with a 7-5 victory
over VFW, placing the Vets Into a
two-way tie with The Oun Stqre for
second place. The Gun Store de
cisively whipped the Rickys squad.
11-4. and in the second set of games
the Knights of Columbus shellacked
the Bureau of Reclamation. 13 to 5.
while the Ashley team topped the
Eagles, 18-2.
Lon Evans. Gun Store chucker.
baffled the Rickys boys with his
fast-ball hurling and held them to
five hits. Jimmy West, rightfielder
for the Jewelers, smacked out a
right field homer in the fifth Inning
to give his team their only long
hit of the game. -
Louie Toucher held the Reclama
tion squad to five runs while his
teammates slammed in 13 runs for
their second win of the season.
Swede Anderson held the Eagles
outfit to three hits, while his team
went on their 18-run batting spree.
Last night's game brings Ashley's
total to two wins against two losses.
Walcoti;Nods
Over Maxim
LOS ANGELES. June 24
Dusky Joe Walcott protected his
standing as one of the -more promi
nent of a poor crop of heavyweights
by outpointing Joey Maxim of
Cleveland last night.
But Jersey Joe hardly enhanced
his hopes for a crack at Champion
Joe Louis in a bout something like
dynamite that never did explode
for the benefit of a slim turnout
of 9747 paid customers.
Walcott was handed a split de
cision. Referee Reggi Gilmore and
Judge Mushy Callahan gave him
the verdict by a slender three and
two-point margin, respectively, and
the other Judge. Benny Whitman,
gave it to Cleveland Joe by two
points.
Today Jack Kearns, Maxim's
manager, said he would ask the
California athletic commission to
reverse the decision, basing his
claim on repeated Walcott punches
that landed with almost embar
rassing regularity through the sixth,
seventh and eighth rounds on
Maxim's left hip.
SPANISH WAR VETS
CORVALLIS, June 24 (Pi Busi
ness sessions of the annual state
encampment of the United Spanish
War Veterans and their auxiliary
were scheduled here today.
Resolutions were to be discussed
and officers nominated.
Nearly 600 were- on hand yester
day for opening ceremonies, includ
ing a parade and a banquet. .
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of the Cleveland Indiana, current
American league balling lender,
moved from fifth to limit li place
with 410.327.
Earl Torgeson, the Boston Braves
first sacker from Snohomish. Wash.,
ranked fourth among the National
league lntltlal bagmen, led by
Johnny Mlse, Stan Muslnt and
Jackie Robinson In that outer.
Oilier Northwest vote getters in
cluded Joe Gordon and Bobby
Doerr, running one-two as second
base choices, and Jeff Heath,
fourth among the left field candi
dates. All are In the American
league.
cago by the varsity eights from
Yale and Harvard. A 12th bout
entered In the 2000 meters cham
pionship at Seattle next Suturduy
is from the University of California
at Los Angeles.
Several coaches, as they com
pared notes on Poughkecpsie. were
posltne the Judges had been "care
less" In rating the crews in the
second division. Pcnn's Hu.ity Oil-
low said he had eyewitnesses to
bear out his claim that the Quakers
finished sixth Instead of ninth.
Said a Wisconsin oarsman: "We
had open water between our boat
and Princeton, but they gave
Princeton seventh place ahead of
us. Then, some of the boys In our
varsity boat admitted that they
were hot entitled to the place given
them, so that makes It even."
Many of the coaches thought the
officials should fullow next year's
races In a dirigible a method used 1
by several radio observers.
Team Match
Is Main Go
Another tug team match has been
lined up for wrestling fans this
Thursday night, with a slight line
up shift from last week and slight
ly different terms.
Buck Davidson and Stocky Knell
son, the pair who got beat last
Thursday after an extremely rugged
battle with Pierre LaBelle and Jack
Klser. will be thrown In this fight
night with Klser and his new help
er, the very capable Buck Weaver.
The tag match will be a two-falls
of three scrap with no time limit
and. to suit the sporting blood of the
contestants, the winning team will
take the whole pot.
Last week Davidson and Kuellson
lost the decision to LaHelle and
Klser in one of the wildest frays
seen at the armory arena In many
months, and several times sjwctn
tors had to be dissuaded from climb
ing on one or another of lh grap
plers. Kramer Coasts
At Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, June 24 i, Top- .
seeded Jack Kramer of Los Angeles,
coasted Into the third round of the
Wimbledon tennis championships
with an easy 6-2, 6-2. 6-2 triumph i
today for Czeslaw Spychala of Po- 1
land In a second round men's sin-
gles match. :
Earlier in the men's singles. :
fourth-seeded Dinnv Palls turned 1
In a triumph over 26-vear-old Jan I
Staubo of Norway. 6-2. 6-1, 6-1. '
under a broiling sun.
Mrs. Patricia Canning Tood of
Hidden Valley. Calif., became the i
first American woman to advance,
routing Miss H. S. Morgan of Brit
ain: 6-3. 6-0, in a first round match.
Tom Brown of 8nn Francisco,
crashed through to the third round
by eliminating Frenchman C. H.
Grandet, 6-3. 6-4. 6-4.
Linfield To Get
New Buildings
McMINNVILLE, June 24 (Pi A
construction and ' remodeling pro
gram will add two new buildings to
the Linfield college campus by fall
term, President Harry Dlllln said
here.
The $175,000 program calls for
construction of a fine arts hall and
a combined chemistry-mathematics
building. A -new stadium dormitory
Is to be completed, and the old
chemistry and music halls are to be
remodeled Into apartments and
classrooms.
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Faltering Tigers Lose
10th Straight Contest
By the AssiK'laled Tress
Currently closer to the collar I hull
they are to I hit top, loyal Dolrult
followers couldn't help but ponder
whether their flawless rigors would
n't be In a higher position today If
they si III had last year's Amerlntii
league home run king, Hunk Uiccn
berg, Willi Put Mullin. Ilielr early sen
sou sensation, slumping to a beluw
.300 mark, no one on the Tigers can
match urecnbuig's figures.
A year ago today, thwiibrrg hud
clouted It home iMns for the Ti
gers, alnuul half Detroit's entire
total of 35 this season. That was
the big reason besides thu brilliant
pitching of Hal Nrwliuusrr why the
Tigers were 111 third pluce, four lull
game:: ahead of this year's fifth
place pace.
The Inhering Tigers con III put to
gether only two runs oir six hits
vrsterduy as they went down to
their lot ll straight ilefrul when the
Boston Ked Sox walloped them 8-2
at Fenway park behind Denny
Cialeliuse. their recent acquisition
from the St. Louis Browns.
The vlrtury enabled the second
place lied Sot to remain loo
games behind the from running
New York Yankees who defeated
(he Cleveland Indians 8-5 at Hie
Y'ankee stadium.
The White Sox continued to
plague the Washington Senators by
defeating them for the ninth time
In 10 meet Inns 10-8 In a night
game at Wasliluglou. Bob Kenne
dy's three-run homer highlighted
a seven-run ninth inning ngalu.it
Early Wynu and enabled Veteran
Thornton l.ee to walk off with the
decision. The win enabled the Hox
to replace the Nats In sixth place.
With Euoa Sliiugliter batting in
four runs and Terry Moore gel ling
two hits in his first two limes at
bat to extend his hitting streak to
nine straight, the red hot St. Umls
Cardinals trounced the National
league lending Boston Braves 6-2
in a night game at St. Umls
The win advanced the fifth
place Cardinals to within a game
and a half of the first division
'and three and a half tames from
lint plare. The Braves' first
place lead was reduced to one
game over the serund plare
Brooklyn Dodgers, who were idle.
The Chicago Cubs handed Murt
Cooper his second straight lacing
since the veteran righthander Joined
the Giants by shelling him from
the mound with a four-run sev
enth and defeated the Giants 6-3.
The win moved the Cubs to within a
half game of the third place Giants.
Illegal Mexicans
To Be Sent Home
SEATTLE. June 24 Three
charter-plane loads of Mexican
laborers In the Parlfic Northwest Il
legally will be returned to their
native land soon by air. Raphul P.
Bnnham. district immigration di
rector suit! today.
The first will leave Wednesday,
flvlng to Los Angeles and El Paso,
Tex. The 0 Mexicans were ar
rested recently In Malheur county
In Eastern Oregon, with 35 brought
here and the rest taken to Spokune.
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Confidence Before Fight
Doth Jack Himpii anil Lincoln
Siaiilcv have expressed personal
oplnloiis Hint they are as ready as
they'll ever lie for their muln event
scrap at the armory lonlght, but
neither has any prediction to mnko
over the outcome olhrr lliun "I hope
1 lag hl'ii."
Hianley did about six riitmda of
shadow boxing and bag punching
last night at I he Bulviitlou Army
gvm and has been doing some long
rondwoik. He seems conscientious
about his training and has a world
TwinksCome
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II y The Associated Press
The Sacramento Solons will be
the next to step right up and lest
fents of fence-buillug with the U
Angeles Angels sometimes referred
to as Bill Kelly's musrleiuen.
The Sacs Invade Wrlglrv field,
where the Coast league lenders are
working on a seven straight victory
streak. Oilier I'd, series getting
under way today nre Hollywood at
Portland, and Nun Frnnclsco at Oak
lund. Sent tie and Hnn Diego will
start tomorrow, mnklng up for the
dclnv with a dmihtrhradrr Thursday.
All ryes will be on the battle for
second plnce between the Heals and
Onks. uhlrii could give the Angels
an opportunity to Increase Ihrir
present lead of two games over the
Oaks. The Sruls are three behind.
Java dors not touch the equator,
but lira south of II.
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(linger has been doing mostly road
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find tf sparring partner to scrap
Their bout Is slated for 10 middle
weight rounds at the lop of tonights
flve-flght riinl
Phil Sniiiison, Kriui finnllsl In
Golden Gloves boxing lust year, and
Jlrl Burton of Alturnn, navy veteran,
are paired In the welterweight seml
wlndup. Both are Indiana and the
fight Is a five-rimndrr.
Dick Wolfe of Alturus goes . up
against Dune! Ilnrrlngton In Ihe
other five-rounder, middleweight
class. Ilnrrlngton Is one ol the most
improved young flghlrrn to show
here, having three wins, a draw and
a loss in five tangles.
Georgle Price, aiupthrr Merrill
favorite, and Herb Hnell of Hprngue
Itlver are paired In a lightweight
four-round affair, and the curtain
raiser will lie in the feather division
between Cull! Mitchell and Pete
Thornton.
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