Lee G.
Milier
Finds Mud Slows
Aussie Activity
On Tarakan
AnnAnn A CRUISER IN THE
CELEBES SEA (By Wireless)
My D-day landing on Tarakan
inland ho v in been woefully
short of dignity, since I hit sho.'e
out of breath and scrambling for
cover, I decided to try again on
D-ulus-one.
This lime I look a couple of
Mtr admiral and assorted
other office along to make it
more olficial.
During a pause on the way
rit.horc 1 was helow decks on a
Pt,boat reading a fistful of mail
which had just arrived by courier
plane from Manila. So I missed
seeing a Jap shell of maybe
' thrt-3-lnch caliber hit the water
a hundred-odd yards from it
That's what a batch of mail does
to you out here.
Well, the PT wih Admirals
Forrest Royal and Russell Ber
kcy and the icst of us headed for
tile southern pier where I'd had
trouble the day before. I mum
bled to Admiral Berkey that
maybe it might be more comfort
able to shift to a smaller boat
that could take us clear to the
inner end of tho pier, so that we
wouldn't have to do a tight-rope
.act, , 'maybe under fire, on the
pipelines sponning those three
breaches in the pier timbers,
The admirul thought the Aui;
sios would havo repaired the gaps
by now, so we clambered onto the
pier and set out.
The first two breaches on the
400-yard pier had been patched
somewhat all right. But when
we gt to the third one the big
one-Ht was still n gaping abyss,
With only the pipes to cross on.
The admirals looked, hesi
tated, pondered, and came to
.the judicious conclusion that
maybe the northern pier might
". be better. So our little column
did a rightabout. Admiral Roy
al commandeered a LCVP and
- w proceeded to the north pier,
. which was intact.
.' You don't go around saying to
admirals, "I .told you so," but a
certain smugness may have crept
iiitb my expression.
It was low tide, und the muddy
shore still bore deep tracks left
by the boots of tho Australian
assault infantry that plunged
ashore on D-day from small
boats. Small craft were fast in
the mud heio and there. A bull
dozer named Miss Vermont was
bogged in yard-deep muck. But
tiucks of many kinds were ply
ing the beach and toads, in some
places over steel airstrip matting
were laid on sheets of fiber to
thwart the oozy mul. Big LSTs
were unloading onto a causeway
prefabricated from huge melnl
tubes and floated in on D-day,
. Aucsle troops wore every
where. I saw one with two
fresh-klllod ducks and a look
of happy anticipation. Othors
Were sleeping on cots, protected
rllghtly from the broiling sun
by sheets of tin rooting placod
over mosquito-net braces,
A cluster of oil tanks was in
tiller ruin. Some fires still burn
ed. Shellholi-s gaped. Areas of
several acres were burned and
blasted till literally nothing re
mained. But despiti! five days oT
' bur shelling and bombing plus
Jap demolitions, a number of
fragile native houses looked in
tact, and several big Jap pillboxes
had an unscathed appearance,
Tho Japs apparently had derided
t(i abandon them unmanned and
make their stand at an airstrip,
which on D-plns-iine was still
being held.
We made our way to the tent
of the commander of the Aussie
troops. We learned that elec-
tlically controlled land mines
were slowing the Aussie advance
on the airstrip, and blown up
bridges were impeding the tanks.
The troops wer .- proceeding cau
tiously, with few causallies, and
. the commanders siemcd satisfied
with the progress.
Our little procession presently
returned to the pier, ,-nd as we
were boarding Adi'utch ojoyal's
barge we heard ? Swiss rivo'i'arl
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CHANDLER TAKES OVER LANDIS' CHAIR Sen. A. B. "Happy"
Chandler, baseball's new commissioner, occupies tho huge chair
left vacant by death of Judge Kenesaw Landis, for many years
the czar of organized basoball. Chandler came to Chicago to dis
cuss feasibility of moving commissioner's office to Cincinnati.
C0 Teams
For State Contest
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 7 (UP) More than 60 loam entries
will be enlerod in the 19th annual Oregon state high school track
meet at Oregon Stale collogo on May 11 ohd 12, it was indicated
today on Iho basis of week-end qualifying meets.
Jefferson high of Portland is
the defending champion and will
be hard to beat again this year,
after barely trailing Grunt for
district nine honors. Only six
:f the nine1 Portland schools will
be repiesonted in the slate meet.
Here is the lineup by districts,
with scores of the week-end quul
ifications: District I: La Grande won
the meet and 10 schools won
places, including a ono-man
spree by Lilly of Boardman,
whe gave- his team all its 15
points with victories in the
100-yard dash, 220 and broad
jump. Tho scores: La Grande,
4 5 ',2 ; Pendleton, 40; Mac Hi.
22'i; Hormislon, 18; Boardman,
IS; Vale, 14; Buker, 13; Adrian,
10; Helix, 8; Athena, 7; Nyssa,
7; Echo 5; Ontario, 4; and Im
blor, 1.
District 2: Seven schools rep
lesenled, lid by winning Bend
team with W'.i points. Redmond
was next with )()'!, Prineville
was third with 2;l and Hood
River fourth with 11 50. peorge
Hasnuissen ol Bend set a new
pole vault record at 12 feet. (The
B division was won by Moro with
I), Arlington second with 7 'j and
Rufus third with 3 '4.)
District 3: Klamath Falls
placed seven men and a relay
team in scoring 50 Mi points to
win the district meet at Med
ford. Mefltord was next with
II 'i, Ashland had 31, Grants
Pass, 14 and Rogue River 3.
District 4: Springfield won the
Eugene meet with 45 points and
Kugene was next with 2!);'i.
Others were Iiosclnirg, I (i ;1 1 ; Cot
tage Grove, IS, and Coquille with
1 H : i . Springfield, district winner
last year, placed nine competi
tors while Kugene will have five
at Coivallis and a relay team.
Coivallis Qualities IE
District 5: Coi vallis won . tho
district meet and qualified Iti
men, while second place Albany
onalilicd !1 and llarrisburg, i.
The three-school delegation was
the lowest from any district.
District (i: Seappoose won the
title Willi 45 points, followed by
lleaverlon, Seaside, 24; llills
horo, 2(); Astoria, 15; Vei'nonin,
13: Forest tiiov. , 12; Tigaid, SI;
SI. Helens, 7; Willamina. "; Til
lamnok. 4: t'kilskame. 4. and
McMinnville 1
District 7: Salem won the dis
trict meet win, 14 men anf ;,
lay, with Woodburn, M'ul.illa,
I'h.'inawa and Silverton follow
ing. District II: Milwaukie topped
the field Willi r!l points and quali
fied lour; Oregon City was sec
30.
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ond Willi 41 and Ullallhcd three
lumbia Prep ol Portland was
at,"
rrt with 3i. and oualified
35 Shi1'
I'arkrose had 2l;: West
.16 Sun " un" quahtied two; (' n
37 Men.- atliolie. Hi'..; Greshain, 13
of uualified two.
'38 Wife Jet II: Jefferson 'neat Grant
Orainidistrict Idle, point totals
Artliuria.ant, 3ii; Jefferson 31;
legond ,, Krankhn. ':
Tell, !l and Roosevelt, ll.
'iiaiified 10 Grant nun
'its and j I feison ,(s)l
ifiers in nine events
-.01011 nu uie .Male meet
;yvd on finishing fust oi
n a district n.eet. except
Pol Hand meet qualified
iisl thice men.
ilinnnaries will be held next
lay and finals Saturday.
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Qualify
Baseball Standings
By United Press
PACIFIC COAST
W. L. Pel.
Portland 25 11 .004
Oakland 20 10 .550
San Diego 20 17 .541
Seattle 10 17 .528
Sacramento 10 18 .514
Los Angeles 17 20 .450
San Francisco 15 22 .405
Hollywood 11 25 .300
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 0. 3 .750
New York 10 5 .fi(i7
Detroit 0 5 .043
Washington 0 8 .52(1
Philadelphia 7 9 .437
St. Louis 5 8 .3R4
Boston 0 10 .375
Cleveland 4 9 .308
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 12 4 .750
Brooklyn !) 6 .000
Chicago 8 0 .571
St. Louis 8 0 .571
Boston 7 8 .406
Cincinnati B 7 .401
Pittsburgh 0 0 .400
Philadelphia 3 13 .187
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
LEADING BATSMEN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player G AB R H PC
Olmo, Brooklyn.. 15 44 7 10 .400
Nieman, Boston .15 50 15 20 .4(10
O'Brien, Pitt. .14 53 0 20 .377
Oil, New York . 10 50 20 21 .375
Dinges, Phil Ill 05 !) 24 .300
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cliceinello, Chi. 11 38 8 15 .305
Stephens. St. I,. 11 3(i 10 14 .38!)
Mayo, Detroit .. 14 54 10 1!) .35'!
Case, Wash Hi (12 14 21 .330
Slemweiss, N. Y.15 54 15 18 .333
EGG TRAVELS FAR
WARREN, Me. (UP) Mrs.
Liudley Wiley was notified an
egg she packed a year ago turned
op in an army mess ill Belgium.
Packaging the eggs for a neigh
borhood store, she had written
her name and address on one.
- I G R K Y 11 O U N D W V S D E V O T t,
10 vQlC IVl I II. A. Decker, Agent
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! La Grande High Wins District Track and Field Meet
Pendleton Is
By Tigers
As Mac-Hi Finishes Third
The La Grande high school tigers won the annual Eastern
Oregon track and field meet on the local field Saturday after
noon by rolling up a total of 45ia points against stiff com
petition, the closest of which was from the Pendleton Hucli
aroos, who finished second, but 52 points behind the local
team. Mac-Hi was a poor third with 22'i points.
Other point winners were Ilermiston, 18; Baker, 15;
Vale, 14; Adrian, 10; Helix, 8; Nyssa, 7; Athena 7; Echo, 5;
Ontario, 2, and Imbler, 1.
La Grande placed at least one
man in every event except the
440-yard run.
One of the outstanding high
lights of the meet was the show
ing of Lilly of Boardman, who
made all his jsppol's points, by
winning" the? broad jump and 100
.nd 20 yard dashes.
La Grande's vicjory was some
thing of a surprise, as Ponelleton
had been given better than an
even chance to win, but the local
lads put on a burst of speed that
proved too much for the team
that beat thorn out in two meets
earlier this season.
The scores follow, with com
petitors finishing' in the order
named.
100-yard dash Lilly, (B); Kel
ly (P); Garrison LG); Mulligan
(P); Knapp (LG). Time 10.5 sec.
220-yiud dash Lilly (B); Kelly
(P); Garrison (LG); Olson (McL);
Bragiotli (If). Time 23. sec.
440 yard run Myiick (P);
Brinton (Bakor); Poppe (V); Burr
McL); Follett (H).
8110-yard run Culp (V); Han
kenrider (II); Lamb (Mc); Lee
Graham (LG); Wilson (LG). Time
2:00.
Mile run Nelson (A); Lemon
(Baker); Hendricks (P); Leal
Graham (LG); Porter (Mc). Time
4:51.
Half-mile relay Pendleton, La
Grande. Vale, Baker, Mac-Hi.
Time 1:37.2.
220-yard hurdles Ballantyn'e
(B); Smythe (LG); Raymond (H);
Rowell (He-); Moore (N). Time
25:2.
, .in J i i , ,
120-yard high hurdles Glass
(LG); Raymond (H); Mooro (N)
Smythe (LG); McEhath (Mc).
Time 10 sec.
Shot put Essclstine (E); Kil
gore (LG); Sektnan (Me); Sheard
(A); Rugg (He).
Pole vault Sheard (A); Rundy
(LG); Shoemaker (LG); Aichelo
(Mc) tic for third. Height 10 ft.
0 in.
High jump Elliott (A); Ho
shino (P); Mooro (N); Sektnan
(Mc); Knapp (LG). Height 5 ft.,
0 in.
Broad jump Lilly (B); Cox
(P); lianimack (V); Ileleman (P);
Garrison (LGJ, Distance 20 ft.,
11 in.
Discuss Smythe (LG); Sekt
non (Me); Kelly (P); Rugg (He);
Winstrom (Mc) and Byer (Imbler)
tied for 5th place. Distance, 120
ft., 5 in.
Javelin Myrick (He); Wells
(P); Schoono-.vr (He); Goode (O);
Ward (LG). Distance 153 ft., 5 in.
Note The designation of
school by letters in parenthesis
shows (II) for Helix and (He) for
Ilermiston.
Many Slavs Have
Roles in Movie
Many famous people of the en
tertainment world are in the cast
of "Hollywood Canteen." now
showing at the Liberty theater.
Among those who make ap
pearances are Eddie Canlor, Jack
Henney, the Andrews Sisters.
Joan Crawford, Ida Lupino, Joan
Leslie, John Garfield. Bette Di
vis. Joan MeCracken. ane Jane
Wyman, and many others.
The romantic interest is pro
vided by Bob llutlon and Miss
Leslie, and Dane Clark and Janis
Paige.
NURSES Wf-
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Nosed Out
by Close Marg
in
Beavers Stretch
Coast Loop Lead
By Twin Victory
By United Press
Portland's mighty Beavers had
a five-game lead in- the Pacific
Coast league today, largely at the
expense of the lowly Hollywood
Stars. ,
The two clubs have mot 14
times this season with 11 deci
sions going to the Beavers. They
maintained their mastery over
the basement-dwellers yesterday
hy annexing both ends of a dou
bleheader 7-6, and 10-0. This
gave Portland the series, six
games to one.
Oaks Take Pair
The Oakland Acorns, flashing
ono of the best pitching staffs in
the circuit, climbed into second
place by downing the Seattle
Rainiers twice, 12-2 and 5-1.
The Los Angeles Angels stop
ped the San Dii'go Padres, 2-1.
in tho first game of their twin
bill, but the Padres pleased 9,300
backers by taking the nightcap,
5-4. But the Angels had
adge in the. series.
a 4-3
Sacramento's Solons pasted the
slipping San Francisco Seals in
both games; 15-7 and 11-1.
Portland runs up against stiff
opposition this woek at San
Diego, while Oakland
visits Los
Angules and San Francisco gets
a whack at Hollywood. The
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Seattle.
Yesterday's stars: Roy Youn
kcr of Saeramonto pounded out
six hits in eight trips to the
plate, including a grand - slam
homer in the first game; "Streak"
shone of Portland collected six
for nine, including a homer, triple
and double; Tom Hafey hit his
second round-trippor in two days
for Oakland; Red Mann racked
up his fourth pitching win for
Oakland by limiting Seattle to
three hits; Ken Hicks of Los An
geles won his own. game in the
11 -inning nightcap with San
Diego by singling infield off Carl
Dumler, ace Padre moundsman.
OXYGEN FOR RAPID CLIMB
Aviators must take oxygen at
lower levels than mountain
climbers. The latter ascend more
slowly, and their bodies adjust j
themselves to the rare-f:od air.
Granatin
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fields every nuinth. Nurses are needed note.'
There is no higher service that American women
can give their country. Ask the Red Cross today.
Overland Greyhound's big war job is carrying
America's manpower until complete victory.
Then Overland Greyhound will take you in
new luxury to sec "This Amaiing America"
you worked to keep free.
Browns Drop Two
To Unpredictable
Detroit Tigers
NEW YORK, May 7 (UP) The
Detroit Tigers, sporting an odd
combination of tightwad twirling
and a "hit or miss" batting order,
where responsible 1oday for a
new wartime shortage score
board zeros,
It's either feast or famine for
Iho Bengals, who generally spend
their time shutting out the op
position or getting shut out. Yes
terday it -was tho. opposition that
got horse-collared twice. Lefty
Hal Newhouser blanked the
champion St. Louis Browns with
just one hit to win, 3 to 0, and
in the second game, Althon Ben
ton won his fourth straight game
and his second shutout, l to 0.
Rookie Blanks Yankees
Tight pitching highlighted
other games. At Boston, Rookie
Dave Ferris of the Red Sox
proved his sensational debut last
woek was no fluke by blanking
the Yankees, 5 to 0, for his sec
ond straight shutout. He scat
tered seven hits and made two
himself. Hank Morowy turned
ihe tables for New York, winning
the nightcap, 2 to 0, on a five
hit job that reduced his earned
run average to .50 per game for
four victories.
Sox Win Twico
The White Sox took a firmer
hold on first place at Chicago,
beating tho Indians twice, 3 to 2,
and 0 to 4. Pitcher Ed Lopat
gained the first 'victory when
Oris Hockett singled home the
doubling Wally Moses in the
eighth.
Emil (Dutch) Leonard, back
after being rejoeted from military
service, pitched a three-hitter at
Washington, beating the Athle
tics, 2 to 0, after Philadelphia
won the oponcr, 3 to 2, to break
a six-game losing trcak. Although
he gave up 12 hits, Russ Chris
topher went the route for his
lourth victory in the opener.
The Giants and Dodgers are
one-two in tho National lcaiuie
J to create a metropolitan mono
poly atop the standings. The
Giants beat the Braves, 4 to 3.
and tied them 1-all at New York
in a soven inning second game,
called because of rain. .
Dodgers Take Pair
The amazing Dodgers, tabbed
as certain second division limber,-
took two at Philadelphia,
7 to 5, and 10 'to- 7. Outfielder
Luis01mo got four hits in ooch
game, including two doubles and
a homer, batting in six runs and
scoring three.
The world champion St. Louis
Cards finally started disporting
themselves -in pennant winning
style, knocking the visiting Chi
cago Cubs out of second place
with a double win, 6 to 2, and
5 to 1. Their acos Lefty Max
Lanier and big Mort Cooper were
the winiK'is, each giving up
seven hits for their second vic-
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Complete Local Reports .
Monday, May 7, 19 15
L. A. Pro Is Winner
Of California Open
FRESNO, Cal, May 7 (UP)
George Fazio of Los Angeles, a
wiry little guy who was in the
navy up to a few months ago,
held the California open golf
championship today.
Fazio won the annual $3,500
classic on the tough Fort Wash
ington course yesterday with a 54
hole total of 210, six under par.
Army Sgt. Jim Ferrier of the
San Francisco Presidio, former
Australian open titlist, missed a
long putt on the last hole which
would have tied the southern Cal
ifornia professional. Bill Fritz,
San Francisco amateur, and Ray
Mangrum, Los Angeles pro, tied
for third with 215.
Son of War Admiral
Wins Tijuana 'Cap
TIJUANA, Mex., May 7 (UP)
Bric-A-Bac, son of War Admiral,
won a surprise victory and set a
new track record in the renewal
of the $20,000 Tijuana handicap
yesterday.
The game horse ran the mile
and a quarter in 2:02 2-5 yester
day, clipping a fifth of a second
off the mark set 12 years ago by
Gallant Sir.
Bric-A-Bac finished three
lengths ahead of the favorite, E.
B. Johnston's Jury Box, with Mrs.
J. B. Burnstcin's Okana third.
It was the second track record
to be posted at Tijuana this year
by Bric-A-Bac. In February he
won the mile and one-sixteenth
Santa Cruz handicap in 1:42 3-5.
tones.
Ed Heusser, who has allowed
only two runs in thre-3 winning
games, gave Cincinnati a 3 to 1
victory at Pittsburgh in the open
er. " Tructt (Rip) Sewell coun
tered by giving the Bucs a 5 to 1
victory in the second.
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Lead Over Cochran
SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 7 (UP)
Challenger Willie Hoppe today
held a 30 point lead over Titlist
Walker Cochran in their trans
continental match for the three
cushion billiard championship.
Hoppe won two games yester
day, taking the afternoon play,
60 to 55, and last night's game,
which went 20 innings, 00 to 56.
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