La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 19, 1945, Image 8

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Complete
Thursday, April 1!), 19-13
Heussen Shut-Out
Of Pirates is Big
League Feature
NEW YORK, April 19 (UP)
Ed Heusscr's first pitching Job of
il)45, n 0 too shutout for Cincin
nati over Pittsburgh, may cause
fellow inoundsmcn to raise the
qucs:ian when it comes time to
leave for spring training next
season "Is this trip necessary?"
Hcusscr isn't trying to help thv
office of defense transportation
He just didn't can- for spring
training and reported late, get
ting only nine days of condition
lug. But he was in mid-season
form yesterday, holding the Pi
rates to seven scattered single.
and a double at Cincinnati, lie
walked only two men. The lead
ing National league pitcher in the
carivd run department last year
with an average of 2.311, he g::
off to a flying start in defending
the mark. Only one man reach
ed third and only two got as fa;
as second.
Tigers Swamp Browns
Other pitchers were "on the
beam" too, yesterday. Paul
(Dizzy) Trout, backed by some
Jusly hitting from the supposed
ly anemic Detroit Tigers, shut
cut the Browns at St. Louis, II
to 0. The Tig .-rs made 21 hits,
scoring three runs in the first
inning off Urownie ace, Jack
Kramer, to make Trout's work
easy.
Huss Christopher of the Athlet
ics had to go 12 innings at Phila
delphia before winning a duel
from Washington's 'IU-year -old
John Niggeling, 1 to 0. Niggel
ing had a shade the better of it
until the 11th when he went out
for a pinch hitler, giving up only
five hits to ;cven ier Christopher.
Yankees Win .'.gain
The Yankees for the second
straight day used a big inning
to beat the Boston Red Sox at
New York, scoring five in the
third to make it eaiy for Hank
Borowy, in a (1 to 2 triumph. Uor
owy would have had a shutout
but for an error in the eighth
which set up two tallies.
At Brooklyn, the Philadelphia
Phillies also used a live-run inn
ing to beat the Dodgers, (I to 2.
The rally in the fourth inning
gave Dick (Kawpie) Barrel I a
good working margin and he had
iittle difficulty thereafter, no
Dodger player getting more than
one hit.
Manager Mel Ott's single in the
ninth started the New York Gi
ants off to a game winning four
run rally against the Braves at
Boston. The little pilot got three
hits in all in the II to 5 triumph.
Ace Adams, doing a relief stint
for the second day in a row, got
ci edit for the victory after Van
tangle Mungo faltered in the
eighth.
Chicago at Cleveland was rain
id out in the American. St.
1 .-tins nod Chicago were not
scheduled in the National.
7 Reich Generals
Captured in Ruhr
LONDON. April 1!) IT)-Tlic
JinliMi I'iulio disclosed todny the
lollies of m ven more CJei man
fi-mials raptured in the 'Iwind
hntl Kuin pne!;et. The 1:1dm
ported al.so the seizure of A.
j.ans lludt nn, un of Cnl. Cin
J wins (.indt inn, ton of l'ol. (ieit.
front commander.
The hioadra t, iliii eleil to Her
many and reeorded by KV, hM
i d t lust; nipt r, e f.enera k;
Mii.t. i: i, ,!u:-'ph H;ij te, com
mandi r of the fifth armot r.i
in my ; 1 1 c n . Hen rich I an I win,
tommandt r of the 7th aniriie l
ctHp.s; l.t. Cen. 1'rnst lliiirtnei.
i emmandt i of the PMUh VolK -(in
nadiei division; U. O o n
Wolfram: l.anp-; Ma.i. lo ll, llern
iud Kinder km mper; M.ij. (leu.
llelmith I'fulilenknpf, and Maj.
(o n. Uoohtimes'.
me l.nilt il M;ili s iir W:
half of tlic tut.. I woild t op
cotton, eaipl.n 11114 7,000.01111 N
guvs at tne height t the s
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l.alr.- M.udi of Titiu
SPORTS
Local Repoi'ts
I'liKC 8
Baseball Standings
American League
W. L.
Pel.
1.000
1.000
.500
.500
.500
.000
.000
New York 2
Chicago 1
St. Louis 1
Washington 1
Philadelphia 1
Cleveland 0
Boston 0
National League
W. L. Pet.
New York 2 0 1.000
Cincinnati 2 0 1.000
Brooklyn 1 1 .500
Chicago 1 ' 0 1.000
Philadelphia 1 1 .500
St. Louis 0 1 .000
Boston 0 2 .000
Piltsiibrgh 0 2 .000
Pacific Coar.t Loaguo
W. L. Pet.
Seattle 12 H .700
Portland ... II ' V .(ill
Oakland !l 8 .52!)
San Diego 10 10 .500
Sacramento II tl .500
San Francisco 8 10 .444
Los Angeles 8 12 .400
Hollywood 5 II .353
Rainiers, Beavers
Are Beaten By
One-Run Margins
By United Pross
The Seattle Rainicrs and the
Portland lienvers belied the
promise they had given earlier
lliis season against other coast
league teams as each dropped a
name before disappointed fans in
their home town openers last
night.
The Beavers dropped a 2-1 de
cision to the Hollywood Stars, the
last place club in the standings,
while the league-leading Rai
niers lost to the Oakland Oaks
by 3-2.
At Wrigloy field, Lou Novi-
koff's 'lOO-foot homer won the
Los Angeles nightcap g a in c
against the San Diego f'.idres.
The San Diego club won the
opener !-!. In San Francisco,
the Seals scored their second
straight victory over the Sacra
mento Solons 1(1-9.
Oakland drew first blood when
Hal I'atehel singled to center, fol
lowed by Cliet Rosenlund's single
to right. Tom Hafey walked to
fill the sacks. Frank Hawkins'
single scored Patchel and Rosen
hind. In the fifth, Seattle picked
up when Joe Demoran single.!
and scrambled to third on a sin
gle by Dill Katz and a walk by
Roy Johnson. Chuck Aleno's fly
ball scored Demoran.
Portland led by a lone second
inning run until the ninth when
Ad Liska gave up two winning
runs. Manager line Kaui-rll
stalled Hollywood off by singling
to renter! ie Id and moving to sec
ond on Stewart's infield out. Mo
ran singled lo scire Kaucclt and
then scored on O'Nril's low throw
to Willinghain'.s grounder.
HOPPE EXTENDS LEAD
DALLAS, Tex., April 1!) (UP)
Challenger Willie lloppe en-
j joyed a 133-poinl lead over title
i holder Welker Cochran today af
ter completion of the 4llth block
of play in their cross-country
' 1 hi Iti Hi.-hvI f-h:initiiili-
'lli inali-h.
Tola! si-ores lloppe 2,(ll(i;
Cochnm, 11,-173.
I .AST TI.MK TONK.'IIT
SIMMS FRIDAY
V U'klWiL miRNETTE
"Best defensive fighter I've ever
a glove
Cooper Ordered To
Report for Induction
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., April
19 (UP) Walker Coooor, St.
Louis Cardinals catcher, has
been ordered lo report for in
duction April 30, his seloclivc
service board announced today.
Coopers Return
To Cardinal Fold
CHICAGO, April 19 (UP)
Pitcher Mort and Catcher Walk
er Cooper of the St. Louis Cardi
nals went back to work today af
ter presenting their arguments
for $3,000 raises to baseball's
front office. ,
Their requests for $15,000 sal
aries were taken under advise
ment by Leslie O'Connor, chair
man of the basehal' advisory
council, after he ':eiif-:riod with
them for 90 minutes.
When asked what they would
do if their salary demands wer"
not met, Mort said, "We will
abidj by whatever Mr. O'Connor
decides to do. We have submit
ted our case to him. That's
enough."
In 1902,' nn nnibilioiia younp man stnrlod n dry poods More' in a
Wyoming mining town. He wan confident tlinl hard work mid fair
drilling would make his -lore n success and lie wa6 right.
The little More attracted people from inilcR'around, an they'
learned that Mr. Penney sold dependable merchandise at price
as low as he could make them.
So the store "icw.
jiilo two
1 1 1 1 1 four
into ..
into SlX TKKiN III NDKKI),
AM) MOM-....,
all in -1,1 short vears!
B tht more ha the stirrrss ttry tf an rnrrjir-tic, awbilioui
Amrrtran. Mr. IVnncy biiiurU ha A hal bmtimtM wrc(i
"'. i?-trtiurt rAf print-ipl . . . th drtmniiwtion to
ervt honestly and lo share Kith fr How -worker mid tustomir r thi
reward of hard work and loally.,
Thronftb nil thee yenrs . . . rat ew and lonii . ' . Var o( wae
nnd yer of peucf . . . the IVnncy Coinpany lias progressed nn..
ceasingly: by Fair Dealing! ()
: j ' :
had. Practically dares 'em to lay
on him."
Indefinite Ban On
Racing is; Prospect
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UP)
Col. J. Monirie Johnson, direc
tor of the office of defense
transportation, .said the horse rac
ing ban apparently will continue
in effect indefinitely.
Asked for a statement about
President Truman's Tuesday
press conference remark that the
ban had done a lot of good and
should be continued, Johnson
said "That's the last ward."
"It looks liko it won't be lifted
even after V-E day," he said.
Harrow Turns Down
High Baseball Post
LARCHMONT, N. Y., April 19
(UP) Edward Grant Barrow, 76-year-old
former president of the
Hew York Yankees, said today
he had been asked to become
cemmissioner of baseball but had
refused because of illness.
Barrow said he had been ap
proached yesterday by President
Will Harridge of the American
league, but had told Harridge he
definitely was out of the running.
Major league owners are to
r&. Penney cmtany, fnc.
4JJEARS
and
store.1
stores. . . .i
BTS da 513 OT
16'.., 12...
Falk's, Farnam's
Are Winners Of
Bowling Matches
The Falk team made a bid to
get out of the women's bowling
league cellar last night by tak
ing two games and series points
from the Country Club five,
while the Farnnm five chalked
up a similar point total over the
Odorkss Cleaners.
High game of 101 was rolled
by Lena Winburn of the Clean
ers, while high scries honors
went to Lillian Karthcr of the
Falk five, who turned in a total
of 490 pins for the three games.
The scores:
Farnam Supply
Players 1st 2nd 3rd Til.
R. Breshcars .125 121 106 352
C. Jones 14!) 114 142 405
C. Spaeth 121 14G 142 40!)
1. Renick 152 170 172 4!l4
M. Spaeth 155 148 142 445
Handicap .... 18 18 18 54
Totals 720 717 722 2159
Odorless Cleaners
Max Smith 147 119 123 311!)
N. fWsse 114 128 113 355
J. Chadwick ...137 106 181 424
M. Sperling ... 77 121 0!) 21)7
'L. Winburn ....191 132 111 434
Handicap .... 67 67 67 201
Totals 733 673 694 2100
Country Club
E. Donnelly ....143 134 155 432
G. Blake 134 145 143 422
B. Hall 148 168 148 404
M. Loveless ...160 120 137 42!)
M. Graham ...151 143 145 43!)
Handicap .... 26 26 26 78
Totals 708 742 754 2204 I
Falk's I
P. Reid 144 121 149 414 '
E. Burress 126 167 98 391
M. Brackett....l02 127 129 358 .
L. Karthcr ......165 157 177 499
O. Powell 124 162 134 420
Handicap .... 88 88 88 264
Totals 749 822 775 2346
meet at Cleveland Tuesday lo
name a commissioner to succeed
he late Judge Kenesaw Moun
tain Landis who died Nov. 25.
rcw. , ,
Seattle Favored To
Take Hockey Title
VANCOUVER, B. C, April 19
(UP) The Seattle Ironmen are
strong favorites to annex the
United States senior hockey
championship following their sec
end straight overwhelming defeat
f the Boston Olympics, 10-4, to
square the best-of-sevon game
series at two contests each.
Boston won the first two games
at Seattle and the Ironmen re
plied with two wins here. The
remainder of the series will be
played in Seattle.
Williams Annexes
Lightweight Title
. MEXICO CITY, April 19 (UP)
Ike Williams, Trenton, N. J.,
held the national boxing associa
tion's lightweight title today af
ter knocking out champion Juan
Zurita in the second round of a
scheduled 15-round bout last
night.
The match was accepted' with
1902 -1945
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SeelyisllighMan
In Rifle Match
V. E. Sceiyscorod 3112 of a pos
sible 400 last night fa fop the La
Grande Rifla club marksmen in
their sixth postal match with the
Pendleton team. The scores:
Pr. Sit. Knl. Sid. Til.
V E Soely .100 99 95 88 382
R. J. Green 97 95 70 61 323
O. F Howell 90 91 80 01 32H
W. Gerards 95 03 91 511 340
V. Shoemaker .. 98 90 89 74 357
C. F. El be 100 92 89 80 361
L. H. Larson .... 98 96 91 65 350
Chas. Smutz 99 98 in 84 373
Geo. Rather 98 93 89 74 354
bad grace by the 28,000 fans who
jammed the bullfight ring for the
first championship bout In Mex
ico's history, and William's man
ager, Connie McCarthy, was in
jured slightly by a f.ying stone
as he walked from tl i ::r.u.
A guard of 25 polictir.cn pilot
ed Williams to the clubhouse af
ter the fight.
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can8 and stellar Detroit .Li'0
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unifnn.
of Uncle Sam for thj
today.
thii-d time
Public relations officers an.
nounceu sinKwieh's induction
yesterday after his acceptance w
army duty.
Sinkwich was given a mcdim
uisiuuific Hum nn.- marine cons
in 1943 because of flat feet, li
er, he joined the merchant ma.
line, from which he also wasdit
coargeu.
thrv in itir siu.r rl H hnrl ycjn!
tlui one null tinrr-homrr. Irifndly anil
lnl lul - (jiijnl nun iiwirt ilun imhi
I') jrji in - jnd )c4r - out I ah Dealing!
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