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Today We Pay Tribute to Pk M m r.. i'h A Ensign Grant Klwin Millw inir, USNIt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. JO. Millerini? of 1904 AdiiniH avenue, Lu Grande, who was stationed at Ven tura, Calif., before being as signed to overseas duty. He is pilot of a carrier based tor pedo bomber plane. He was born in La Grande November 4, 1922, attended p u I) I i c school in Lit Grande and was graduated from La Grande high school, and at tended Eastern Oregon col lege, lie enlisted in the Navy V-!i aviation program in June, 1045, reporting for active training in March 194.1, He was commissioned an ensign on .September 27, 1941. Ensign Millering's sister, Mrs. LaVeda Zecha, also re sides in Im Grande. TODAY'S ORTvPARADE SI By JACK CUDDY UP Slaff Correspondent " NEW YORK, June 23 (UP) A whirl on the sports-go-round: President Ford Filck of the National learjuc is pleasantly flabborraslcd by his circuit's at tondaneo this season. Ho says, "By next weekend, our clubs will have drawn mora than '2,000,000 fans. This, is much better than last year; and it's downright sur prising because bad weather lim ited attendance to a minimum during the first six weeks of th-' current season." Editor Nat Fleischer of the TtinK magazine has been invited to officiate at the big European zone boxing finals of the Amer ican expeditionary forces at Par is in lute July the eighth air force 'alieady has selected its contenders in a tournament at Paris. Incidentally, hcav weight chal lenger Billy Conn has been ap pointed a boxing instructor at tlo U. S. army university school in Paris, where special service of ficers and enlisted men are in sliucled in the technique of stag ing and officiating at regimental boxing tourneys. Maybe the answer to what hap pened to Dave Fcrriss, when the Yankees pummelled the Hed Sox ace in the lU-run inning at Bos ton, was that the first time Fcr riss didn't have Bob Ciarbark as his catcher. Garbark, laid up with a split finger, had handled the Bosox marvel in all or his nine victories and the one game he lost previously to the Yanks 11-2. Possibilities of n U. S. track and fkld team competing in Switzerland in July will be con sidered at Friday night's moeting of the AAU executive and for i ign relations committee. This inu'ting also will consider send ing an invitation to Arn Anders eo, Sweden's world clrunpion miler, to compete in the United Slates dining the next indoor track season. Although Anders son was unable to come here lor I he national outdoor champion ships at Hanclalls island, Friday and Saturday, be has indicated he can make the indoor season if an invitation is extended. Cleveland and Washington pro motors are bidding for an outdoor light between Artulo Godoy. the Chilean heavyweight who met Joe Louis twice, and formidable Jimmy Bivins of Cleveland. Go doy has won five straight bouts sine.1 returning to the United Stati s, four by kayoes. Both sets of entrepreneurs would like to stage the scrap in late July. Incidentally. William J. Prince of Bridgeport, Conn., newly ap pointed boxing commissioner foi Connecticut, was Jormctly a lightweight leather tosscr and later u manager of fighters. Filly Is Favored To Take $50,000 Santa Anita Race ARCADIA, Calif., June 23 (UP) A filly, for the firs', time in the history of the Santa Anita darby, is favored to win today's seventh running of the $50,000 classic for three-year-olds from a crack field of 10, smallest of all time. An expected crowd of 50,000 will likely back movie magnate Louis B. Mayer's sensational Busher down to 0 to 5 at post. The chestnut daughi' of the famous. War Admiral renews a family feud with Charles S. How ard's spe'edy Sea Sovereign, whose daddy, the great Seabis cuit, conquered War Admiral in a famous match race No. 1, HMD. Sea Sovereign Is Contender Sea Sovereign, second choice at 2 to 1, with Bismarck Sea, an-, other son of Seabiscuil, got olf to a disappointing start this sea son. But he pressed Busher in the San Vicente handicap, their only previous moeting, and then romped off with the Santa Cata lina handicap for California bred horses last Saturday. Busher is undefeated at Santa Anita in three starts, including two $15, 000 stakes. Johnny Long den, tho track's leading jockey, will be up, carrying 121 pounds. If Busher wins, she will be the second filly to win the 1 and 'n mile event, the long shot Cienr.ia having won by five lengths In 1030. Woolf Swaps Mounts Georgic "Iceman" Woolf, who rode Howard's Sea Swallow in the Kentucky Derby and Preak ness, was ticketed for Sea Sov erign, but will ride J. K. Hous sel's Bymeabond, sixth in the derby, inr'ead. Jockey Ferrill Zufelt win no on the Sovereign, who carries 120 pounds. Bymea bond wili have 1 10. Mayor's last minute elecision to pair his Patrimony with Bu.ih er brought the starting field up to 10. It had dropped to nine with the sudden withdrawal of War Allies and Careful Agent. Rounding out the field arc J;iy Paley's Best Effort. Checkerhall, Highly-Regarded Mexican money winner, Man o'Glory, Proclama tion and Valdina Streak. FORFEIT RULE WAIVED NEW YORK, June 23 (UP) Because the wartime transporta tion crisis is growing more acute, National league president Ford Frick said today that the league has waived its forfeit rule giv ing victory to the home team if the visitors do not appear. The National league president said he believed Will llarridge, president of the Aine'rican league, will announce a similar policy. - v L,...:,;j , f , -,y r ,f. f 5 f i Jj I Pi r'f 'zJ a & i i 111 k-u Kt w i ' ; ' Via 111 ? A I r isi ' GOT HIS GOAT Deadlock, thoroughbred ot Jne Myers and Levey stable at Santa Anita track, has picked Bullous, a piebald goat, or a stable companion. Politics has nothing on racing when il comes to making strange bedfellows. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Nelson Leads Field Padres Make It In Detroit Match iTwo in Row From Leading Beavers DETROI'9, Jurte 23 (UP) I', was a new kind of golf tourna ment that the same old leader, Byron Nelson, paced the fk'ld to day, ahead after the first round of the Big-Fore golf tournament with a four-under par 08. His meual was low among the eight participants and he paired with Frank Walsh of Detroit to take a one stroke lead over Sam my Byrd and Claude Harmon in the best ball match competition. The players will lake new part ners toelay for the second 18-holc-rnund in the tournament which offers prize's for low medal and low best hull combinations. Bell Costs Zivic Knockout Victory NEW YORK, June 23 (UP) The bell ending the sixth round saved Harold Grcon, young Brooklyn welterweight, from a certain knockout and pcrmillod him to continue on to a unani mous 10-round elecision victory over Cpl. Frilzie Zivic, 32-ye'ar-old ex-champion, before 11,5:' 1 fans. Green was flat on his back in a neutral corner and the count had reached "four" when the bell rang. Green's hanellers hauled him to bis corner and worked frantically and effectively to re vive him. LAST TIME TONIGT TO THE SHORES OF IWO .1IM.V and "DOUGIKilULS" I DAYS STARTING SUNDAY THE GREAT SEQUEL TO LASSIE COME HOME ! Meet "Laddie," son of a champion! He had his mother's beauty . . . but he had to prove that he had her fighting heart! Drama, ' romance, adventure .. . amid scenic wonderlands! In TECHNICOLOR Will 1 InJEOHNICOLOR By United Pross . San Diego pitcher Vallie Eaves last night humbled the Portland Beavers, Pacific coast league leaders, with a 2 to 0 shutout, al lowing the northerners only two hits. It was Portland's second straight defeat at the hands ,of the Padres. In other league games the Se attle Rainiers had little trouble defeating Sacramento 8 to 5, and fifth and Seventh inning rallies brought the Hollywood Star.) from behind to score a 14 to 0 victory over the San Francisco Seals. Lead is Whittled Portland, which opened the week's series with what looked like a comfortable leiad, today was down to a 2K, game margin over Seattle. Vezilich of the Padres knocked in both his team's runs, which came in the third and fifth. The Seals opened up with a barrage of hits and were leading the Twinks G to 3 at the end of the first half of the fifth frame. Then the Padres broke loose with five singles, which with two walks gave them a 7 to G lead at the end of the inning. The Stars also gave Seal twirler Bob Bar thelson a bad time in the sev enth with two deuibk's, two sin gles and a total of five runs, pait ly elue to a walk and an error. Star Fielder Injured Ben Canlroll, Hollywood out fielder, crashed into Uk? left t'ie!:l wall and knocked himself out in the second while trying to catch Ken Richardson's double. He was kepi overnight at the Santa l-'e hospital for observation of a lump on hi: forehead. Joe Demoran of Iho up and coming Rainiers was credited with his seventh victory of the season in the remaining game. Sparkplugging the Seattle attack were Hal I'atchetl with two sin gle's and a double and Ted Nor bert. who drove in two runs with as many singles. DenviM', Colo., had too many sepiirrels; Montrose, Colo., want-e-tl more, so Denver exported her excess. . s PORTS Complete Local Reports Saturday, June 23, 1945 Page 8 Rookie Leads Cards To Win Over Cubs NEW YORK, June 23 (UP) For the fifth straight season, the St. Louis Cardinals are pin ling their pennant hopes on a prise rookie pitcher "harvested" off one of their various "victory farms." This lime it is 29-year-old Kenneth Burkhardi, slender six-foot, one-inch right hander from the Columbus Red Birds, who has come to the rescue at a time when the staff was riddled aid reeling. Burkhardt, who won 15 games at Columbus last year, got his chance when Max Lanier went into the service. Promoted to starling duty, he has. won sev:n games and lost three for the best record of any hurler on the staff. Burkhardt gave the Cards their fifth victory in six starts yes terday, pitching a five-hit, 5 to 3 game against the Cubs at Chi cago. He held them hitlcss for five innings, then relaxed after leing given a comfortable lead. Elvin (Buster) Adams paced the attack wi'n throo hits.. Harry Lowrey hit a Cub homer. Dodgers Stretch Lead Brooklyn's redoubtable Dodg ers stretched their )ead to three and a half games with a ninth inning, 8 to 7 victory over the Braves, achieved on Howie Schultz' screeching single which scored Augie Galan. The Pirates finally beat Ed Heusser of the Reds, 3 to 1, but it took a homer by Bob Elliott, four double plays and a steal of home by Johnny Barrett to get the job done. Van Lingle Munro pitched n two-hit shutout to give the jaded Giants a 3 to 0 victory at Phila delphia, but the Phillies coun tered to win the second game, A lo 4, for rookie Charley Sproull. Browns Trim Tigers The Browns eame out of a slump to beat the Tigers at St. Louis, 8 to 4, cutting Detroit's lead over the Yankees to a game and a half. Sig Jakucki, helped by an 11-hit attack, won his filth game, beating Paul (Dizzy) Trout, who suffered his seventh loss and went below the .500 mark in per centage. He has six wins. Floyd Bevens turned in a four hit pitching job to give the Yan kees a 2 to 0 decision over Iho Athletics at New York. A homer by George Stainback and extra base blows by George Stirnweiss and Hershell Martin produced the runs. ' The Red Sox clubbed two Sen ator pitchers for 14 hits to win an easy 10 to 5 game for Emmet O'Neill and beat Johnny Niggel ing, who usual'y knuckle-balls them into submission. Eddie Take's homer and Bob Johnson's three singles paced the attack. Chicago and Cleveland divid ed, the Indians winning the open er, 2 lo 1, behind Allie Reynolds' three-hit pitching, and the White Sox taking the second, 3 to 0, as Orval Grove pitched a six-hit shutout. IOCKEY IS INJURED ARCADIA, Calif., June 23 (UP) Jockey Willie Couture to day learned he will be out of ac tion for about eight weeks lo mend a hip bone broken when hj was thrown by Water Tower yes terday in the fifth race at Sanla Anita. Granada Sunday Monday - Tuesday Pavot Is Winner Of Belmont Stakes, By Five Lengths NEW YORK. June 23 (UP) Walter M. Jefford's Pavot, the disappointing twice - beaten juv enile champion of 1044, finally lived up to his advance billing today by driving to a five length victory in the 77th running of the famed Belmont stakes. The chunky little son of Case Ace, beaten in both his starts over a distance this year after winning all eight of his trips to the short barrier as a two-year-old, came home breezing with Eddie Arcaro just silting there in the saddle. Joseph M. Roeb ling's Wildlife was second with Col. C. V. Whitney's Jeep third. A crowd of 42,832 fans saw the chunky brown colt hold well up all the way and then take the lead as they rounded the final turn for home and finish the mile and a half jaunt in 2:30 1-5. He returned $0.20, 4.50 and $2.00 to the faithful backers who had re fused to be thrown off ;by his defeats in the Withers mile and the Preakr.oss and sent him from the gate the second choice in the field of eight. Wildlife paid $0.30 and S3.10 while Jeep re turned but $2.40. Baseball Standings By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Brooklyn 35 21 St. Louis Pittsburah 3' " Chicago 28 23 New York ' Boston 27 26 Cincinnati 23 2!) Philadelphia 15 40 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 32 22 New York 30 23 Boston 2-1 25 Chicago 30 27 St. Louis 25 2ti Washington 25 27 Cleveland 22 30 Philadelphia :.20 33 PACIFIC COAST Portland 48 Seattle 45 Oakland 42 San Francisco Sacramento .... San Diego Los Angeles .... Hollywood ..41 ...41 ..41 ...38 ...35 Pet. .G25 .564 .554 .540 .534 .509 .442 .240 .503 .506 .537 .526 .4110 .481 .423 .377 .503 .503 .512 .500 .500 .488 .400 .390 Zaharias, Germain In Golf Finals INDIANAPOLIS, June 23 (UP) " Babe Didrikson Zaharias chok ed back her grief today to ful fill her mother's last wish thai she keep her championship golf engagement and win. The golfer's mother. 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