La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 16, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMm) John H. Plorion, 20, cU'C'li'iciiiii'B miili'. third flJiss, whose wife, nt'tly. lives ill On- Ill! to, Ore, has seen action ill Okinnwo aboard n cruiser In the Pacific. During tlie battle fur the Jap bland 111" ship destroyed iniiiiy tin gel and shot clown five planes, (luce of thorn ns they closed in for suicide dives. I'lerson won the Dron.o Slur durinn the battle for l.?yto gulf when he volunteered to help lilht flics on the USS Princeton, which hnd been hit by a Jiip bomber. He nttended La Grande high school nnd, before entering the niivy in Miirch, 11143, whs em ployed by the Worley I'ainl and Sign compnny here. Sgt. Veryl Smith n native of Ln Griinde, Oregon, whose in i on I s live nl 1104 O uvenne, wns recently trnnsferrcd to Ulythevllle nrmy iiir field, Ark., n comhiit crew triilnini! station of the first troop carrier . command. At present he is assigned to Squadron B-l as a radio mcch nil If, Jane Wlllinnu, seamnn first class, WAVES, ar rived in Ln Grande yesterday from Washington, I). C, where she has been stationed, for a week leave til the home of her pnrenls, Mr. nnd Mrs. Hny O. Wlllinms. Shortly ufter her return she will be transferred to Bnlnbridge island, Seattle. Cadet Fred Burgess, nOTC, USN, slutloned nl Seat tle where he attends the Univer sity of Washington, wits called to Ln Grnmle by the ilcalli of his itrnndfnlher, Fred Smith. He ar rived hen- yesterday nnd w ill re turn to Seattle Tuesday.. Warrant Officer James G. Ereaon of Ui Grande, son of Mr. C. II. EVenoii of Raymond, Alberta, Can., Iini been nwnrded the tironr.c slur nirdul for conspicu ous nrroniplishmcnls In battle in time Philippines. . ; The decoration was licslowod upon the assistant-adjutant of the 103d regiment by Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe, commander of the renowned 4 1 si infantry division, nth the conclusion ,of the Jap shattering Zamboimga campaign. Kveson graduated from Ray mond high school In 1934 nnd ma triculated to the Draper School of Commerce in Ln Grande. . There he mnorcd In public nc-1 counting nnd played basketball ami was graduated in UKIH. , lie enlisted in the army of the V. S. In April, 1941, mid went Oversells will the "NiiihwJ.'s',',s Own" 41st division SI) months Alto, Since, he fought through two bloody jungle enmpaigns In (i'i'iv Guluen, prior lo limiting two assault invasions in the Philip pines. , Two of the bemcdaled 4lster's brothers are in Canadian svrv (ees, Stanley Kveson with the liC'AK and Harold Eveson with the navy. Sgt, Vern Gillaspey flew heiv from Scuttle yesterday and spent the day visiting his pnrenls, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gil laspey. and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wiles Uithint. He is In the Washington city for a six-weeks course in airplane mechanics. Mrs. Gillaspey. Ihe former Wmni frcd Scott, remained at Drew field. Florida, where Sergeant Gillaspey will return upon the conclusion of his stay in Seattle T i Lester R. Swareni, infantry, has returned from Hi mouths overseas in the European theater of war, on the V. S. hos pital ship. John F. Meany, and is being treated tcmpoi.uily nl Stark general hospital prior to tving transferred lo unothei army hospital. His home address is mute 1. I..i I ninde. He is Ihe son of ,l,v Swaivns Before entering the service he was engaged in fann ing. He has bovn awarded two ttroim' still's and the good con duct modal and is eligible to wtsir Ihe European theater rib bon. Tirtl Lt. William O. Wagner. fighter pilot in Stuttgart, Ger many, son of Mr. and Mrs. G'.cmi Wagner of Ui Giande. has tven tninW the ditingmsiel HyiiK eiw-Js and the ninth cluster lo In.. ur medal. He enlisted in February, 'M. end has been overseas since Inst September. He was graduated Ironi the U Grande high school with the class of 1!2. Lieutenant Wagner is pilot ot a Thunderbolt. MONEY TO BURN. BOSTON. Ce4. July ! tl'P' -Police iv-pottod today Smen Ostroiki. St so "burned up" I over his arrest on charges of In- , toxirution and birarh of the rcaee he set afire SJ00 he had cn his eison in the M!ice look- IHON MEN TALK IT OVER Hick Forroll (left) 38-year-old catcher of Washington Senators, playing his 16th year in major leagutit, being congratulated by Hay Schalk, formor Whito Sox backstop, for breaking record for games caught in lifetime. For mer record of 1721 was established by Schalk durilg his 17 years In the majors. Rick equalled this mark July 5, and is now set ting a now mark evory time he catches. Nelson Hailed as One Of Greatest in Golf By WALTER BYERS DAYTON, O., July 10 (UP) For Ihe first tune in his ean-.'r, I'yrnn Nelson or Toledo, O.. was acclaimed by most of his fellow journeymen today as the grealesl golfer Ihe name has ever known. Such golfing veterans as Den ny Shute, former British open champion; Craig Wood, duration national open tillisl: and Mod Corcoran, tournament manager of the. Professioal Golfers' nssoein lion to monlion a few all were strong In their stand Hint regiudli'ss of Bobby Jones, Waller llagen and even the imni'.irlal Harry Vardon Nelson Is the all-lime tops. Eight Straight Nelson, now 33 and a veteran of 13 years of professional tour nament golf, won thai acclaim yesterday. For he climaxed the greatest winning streak in the history of the sport by beating Sammy Byrd of IX'troit, 4 and to win Ihe 27th national PG A. tournament. In winning Ihe P.O. A. a sec ond lime, Nelson kept alive his record ot eight straight major individual tournament victories. NoNlson also has won II cham pionships so far this year as well as $31,5110, counting Hi.' $R,lllli he gained yesterday. Beit Puller Nelson beat a lough man in Byrd, for the 3ll-yiii' old Detroit pro was trying for a goal the one he set eight years ago when he ipiit baseball to become a pro fessional goiter. Hut Ityrd gave way as most of them do I,; Nelson's niagnfieent finish. Byrd's roundhouse swing out drove N.-lson consistently by 50 yards and he evi n matched Ihe celebrated Nelson iron game, lint en Ihe greens, !!yrd bowed lo tlvj wizardry of a man who had always been considered a medio- Pitchers Heroes Of Weekend Play In Coast League By JACK DAILEY Pitchers dominated P a e i f i c coast bast ball league play for Hie successive second week-tlui in all but two of the 12 names play rd Salmti.iy and Sunday. In sup port of their efl'oils was one three-hilter, one font -hit game, a five-hitter and two si-liil per formances. Po'.ll.oid swept both ends of its doubiehead.-rs with Hie slip ping Seals, ti-4 and 5-4. Seattle slaved right on the heels of the IVavers wilb a twin killing over Hollywood. 5-3 and 4 0. U mark ed Ihe s,vond Imu- in th: v weck nd com. sis the Suds shutout the stats. Oakland d.-fcatid S.uiani. ele m the t;it game. 1 0. but Bud Fasley came Kick m U- night tap ith a Mvlv.lt, ; t,' gie the Selens an een h:c.,k. a 0 t'li-ei g. Columellas ga c the Padvcs only thiec wWii-i in tlv Mvend gam, and Los Aug.:,.. wen I n Tl'.c Seraphs ciptuied the first game. 31. In only thi.v games Sunday wore manage: s .';-,. lo call in relief pitchers Beth s.m Fian cisoi and ot;.iri,l i.;ed an cxti.i hull, r III t!u-;t l::.l g.cnc lull' Vic Ti.lh.l relieved Ke.gu s.-n m the t::st game f. r S.,n P'lego .l.,ke M t c.mc to C.'hcn's m the P,,it;..nd fin ale. In the only charge in the standing.. I.e. Angel s ,:.piac.-,i S..n Dug,, m siv.h pl.uv The S. a!s stiii cling to teu'th 'iee In i. scam h..!f cavn Cemiv.cllas. recent ictuin.c ! em the Chicago Cubs, tinned in Sundays top pit. lung pc: toi ir, aeie uh-.'.c t gi.tt i ;ng !ns Mt!i t. east 'e.lgue t: lumplv r i ere puller. For the 33 holes of their sched uled .'Ill-hole match, Nelson one pultL'd 18 greens which tells the sloiy. Byrd one-putted eight. Byrd shut n five-under-par 07 on the morning round for n two up lend nnd for a moment it looked like NoNlson was to be dened. He long before hnd drop ped the nerveless, expressionless type of play which bus earned him Ihe monicker of Ihe "mech anical man." 37 Under Par . Byrd, who had the crowd of (.Olltl behind him, went three-up on Ihe 21st bole. Nelson came back lo make it two-up and then Byrd missed a four-foot putt on Ihe 25th to diop to n or.-?-holc lead. He came down with the jitters after that, niissfng an other fuur-footer on the nexl hole as Nelson evened the match. That actually was the i nd, although the official score lists it 4 and 3 on the 33rd hole. Nelson was eight under par for He day to By id's two-under par snooting. For the complete seven- 'day tournament. Nelson was 37 strokes under par for 204 holes compared lo Byrd's 15-under-par lor 107 holes. All-Star Teams Selected From Four Outfits POIiTLANI), July Hi (UP) An all-star baseball game to laise relief money for the Na tional Association of Professional Baseball Player will be played here tonight with players from Ihe Portland Beavers and Seattle Banners facing n nine from ros lois of Hollywood and San Fran cisco. The two managers Horn each legion Marv Owen nnd Bill Skit'l for the north and Lofty OTlnnl and Buck Fauselt for the south have selected the teams. South team (Hollywood and San Francisco) pitchers. Bar thelson. lUnvohch. Pierey. Kur il. an and Oliver of Seais. and Mashnsik. Sharp, Inlelkofer and Kimball, Hollywood. Catchots Sprin. of the Seals. Hill and Krause of Hollywood. Fu st ba..e - Sanders of Seals. Second base Charley Petersen of Seals, Hicliaiiison of Holly wood. Thud bast Perry of Seals. Buck Fatisell of Hollywood. Outfielders Sheridan, Guin tuu and Fnos of Seals, Brooks Hold.-r of Hollywood. And for the north team (Seattle and Portland! pitchers, lelty Mussel', Federmeyer, Mooty, la ty Gi,tuiai son of Portland: Carl Fischer, Svl Johnson, Byion Speece of Si at lie. Catchers Soua and Hansen ot Beaveis, Boh Finley of Bam- Fust McDonald of Bam. - Mel Nunes of Si Bcav end h,i.. Thud Kise- Charley English of Beavers. Chuck Alello of Ham icis Out tie!, ieis Flank Shone. Spencer 11.,:, iS and Frank Luc ch si of lv ,. .-is: Ted Ni.rberl. .'.irk Whipple. Bill K.U.- of Ham iets. Theie are many mountain I't.iks measaiuig around 30,000 lee! in height on the moon. lll) nnd I I KSDAY fVARNERS' NATIOHAI JOY SHOW! of AyC'7. tea ai f.t1 UniN -tui J ,W SU; t.Vi! KVXET V Mil Cubs Extend Lead In National as Detroit Falters Chicago Would Like to Meet Old Scries Rival By CARL LUNDQU1ST NKW YOI1K, July Hi (UP) The Chicago Cubs were doing llieir pail today toward making history of n decado ago repeat it self, but the Detroit Tigers were falling down on the job. It was just 10 years ago Chi cago and Detroit met in a mo mentous world series nnd the Cubs, who lost out then, mnki no secret of Ihe fact the Tigers are the tram they'd like to tackle again, that is provided the scries is played, and the Cubs get into it themselves. Four Ahead They made it apparent yester day . they are going to be hard to beat out. They stretched their first place lend to four full games with a double victory over the Giants at Chicago, 5 to 3 and 7 to 2. Phil Cuvarrcltu, who was just a kid breaking in when the 11135 scries was held, maintained his pace as the Cubs' top slugger, getting a home, n double, two singles and two walks and bat ting in three runs in the two games. Hy Vandenbcrg limited lh-3 Giunls to three hits in the opener and Hank Wyso put mough outs between the 11 hits he allowed In the second game to win his 12th decision. Meanwhile the Tigers, losing, 5 to 4, at New York, were in their worst slump of the year, dropping four games in n row for the first time. . They haven't won n game since leaving Detroit. Ace pitcher Alton Benton wasn't charged with the defeat but he was hit soundly before being re lievd, Nick Etten tugging him for a two-run homer in the third. Zeb Eaton put tiie the Tigers buck in front with a grand slniti homer in the fourth, but they couldn't hold it. The Yanks got three more in the sixth, relief pit cher Waller Wilson walking in the deciding run. The second game was rained out. Rained Out The second place Senators' double bill with the Browns was rained out at Washington, but they moved within a game and 0 half of the lead as Ihe Tigers lost. The White Sox - At: cities double bill at Philadelphia also was rained out. Boston won a rain-shortened six-inning game from the visiting Indians. 6 to 4. to hold a third place lie with the Yankees, two and a half games behind the leading Tigers. Relief Pitcher Francis (Bed) Barren worked an inning In Knin an easy win, his third of the season. Upset Cards The Biaves cooperated with the Cubs in Ihe National by up settinis the Cardinals in a double leader al St. Louis. 3 to I and 5 lo 3. That ran their reeoid ever the world champions to five! straight and eight victories in 12 starts this season. The Pirates gave the Dodgers two sound healines at Pittsburgh l' to 7 and 15 to 3, as Truett iiliip) Sewell and Ken Gables marked up ea..y wins. Bob El liott hit a homer, a tiiplc, a dou , ble and a single. Uueky Walters and Vernon K e n n e d y capitalized on the chance lo improve their records pitching ihe Beds to n pair of victories over the Phillies at Cincinnati, (i lo 1 and 3 to 1 (.hurley Sehanz. loser in the fiist game, tied a modern major rec ord IV I, ill I.... ,. I , , ', k oiui- oaucrs with P'lched balls, ,o in succession 'o force m the Bed's final run. Talbeit Hart Sweep Tourney i1Ki;sllA' Wis- Juy ' -'p- "i" i.uoitt. Wilmington. Di and Doris Hart, Miami, Fla.. 1, el.. eft louay ior the eastern clav tour menl at Jackson H,-i,.M v irna- V., after making a clean sweep of th "-siciu senior tennis titles. T.ilhert. winner of the national clay courts title .lust onc KVek ' (ore. defeated Klwood Cooke Los Angeles. (1-2. fi.g. ?.5 fr ,,, I men s singles til ,- ll Miss Hart scored a straight set umph over Marv Arnold Angeles. (i-;t, )!.(!, Miss Hart ol.ive.l ,.,ii. Mrs. Sarah Palfiey Cooke, whom she cimv.ii.iiocl in Saturday's finals, to in the women': s aey uelcited Ml.vs Arnold .! Mis Eleanor i-,,.i ,, ,, , - l"ni.iiaiii noi. u tvit. t,.j, (,..; ,f, and l'alheil later ,,, a', the ir,icd doubles i l ow i the Cookcs. Hart took finm Granada TOMTK nnd Tl KSDAY " ""N VON STUOHEIMK- I j Mory Beth HUGHES Q? The (rredtfttmtrm i c-1 1 t with r-vNi RE?!.1 3UC PC'..; SUHXiK l O.MfcOY N tiWS and HAND ' (The Army Was ; netse; , N;fr'ai U vS &!LME WOVEN M0E: Today's Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK, July 16 (UP) Usually someone else tells a base ball player when he's through when it's time for him to quit the game. But Edward Joseph Mayo pronounced his own diamond obituary Sept. 7, 1943. That wns the dismal day on which the last place Philadelphia Athletics trad ed him lo Louisville of the Amer ican Association. lntieldcr Mayo, of the taffy hair figured he wouldn't even report to Louisville. He decided he would quit bnscball and concen trate upon his small dairy busi ness in Clifton, N. J. Ho thought his case was hopeless, as far as competitive baseball was con cerned. He knew or thought ho knew that he was blinded in one eye. Blind, He Thought AM during Ihe 11)43 season with Connie Mack he had fought Baseball Standings By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 47 29 .618 St. Louis 44 34 .564 Brooklyn 44 35 .557 Pittsburgh 41 38 .519 New York 42 40 .512 Boston 39 39 .500 Cincinnati 37 33 .493 Philadelphia 21 63 .250 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 43 32 .573 Washington 40 32 .556 New York 41 35 .539 Boston 41 35 .539 Chicago 39 38 .506 St. Louis 35 38 .479 Cleveland 35 39 .479 Philadelphia 25 50 .333 PACIFIC COAST Portland 66 41 .617 Seattle 62 44 .585 Sacramento 54 53 .505 San Francisco 53 55 .491 Oakland 52 55 .486 Los Angeles 48 58 .453 San Diego 49 60 .450 Hollywood 45 63 .417 Brakemen and Switchmen Urgently Needed! Union Pacific U.K. Earn While Learning Steady Work If you hit between the ages of IS and 55 we will employ you as student brakemen. This is an excellent opportunity to place yourself in a Rood post-war occupation. Also openings in shops, at ioiis el;tsifieatinns billed and un skilled. AIT1.Y AT U. S. Employment Service Sacajawea Annex Certificate of Availability Required Never Like This folks - .: v-Sk ' i UP Staff Correspondent against that blind spot in his left eye with little success. He wound up with a .219 batting av erage. The eye wouldn't func tion, after being struck by a pitched ball in a spring exhibi tion game. It suffered a retinal hemorrhage, muscular ruptures, etc. Eddie Mayo was the most sur prised man in baseball when, on Nov. 1 of Hint year he was draft ed by the Detroit Tigers. He said to himself, "I guess Detroit does n't know- what it's getting; I don't believe I'll even report for spring training. Why should I burden the Tigers?" Another Shot Then I lie miracle happened. During that off-season, the left eye suddenly responded to the treatment it had been receiving throughout the summer with the Athletics. It began to work okay: the blind spot disappeared. So he took another shot at big-time baseball. Eddie Mayo did well in his first season with the Tigers, last year. Ho won the job as regular second baseman with the Bengals. He performed excellently afield and wound up with a air batting mark of .249. Ha nad no eye trouble. And this season he really went to town. He became the "spark plug" and the "main spring" of Ihe Tiger, team as it entered its robust bid for 'the ''American league pennant, which it missed so narrowly in '44. Many other names have been mentioned in connection with the Tigers' suc cess; but Manager Steve O'Neill says. "Mayo is the club's key man. Detroit baseball writers traveling with the club agree heartily with stout Steve. Mayo, first genuine regular at Detroit's second base since the great Charlie Gehringcr, has sparked the Tigers' surprising ef fectiveness with the double play. Meanwhile he has been doing his other fielding chores like a ber serk rabbit; and he has been hit ting consistently for a mark of about .288. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER , , l;c , Phone 600 ; . Complete Local Reports.,' r Monday, July 16, 15)15 Golfers Here Walla Walla Sun La Grande's golf club team will have its last home tourna ment of the season next Sunday at the country club here, when it meets the Walla Walla country club team, it was announced to day. Yesterday, the La Grande golf ers defeated Enterprise, t h e "host" club, by a score of 34 to 14. Enterprise golfers, since there course was ruined by the forced landing and subsequent removal of an army bomber, came here yesterday and staged the tourna ment. For years, the two teams Enterprise Score Points Thompson 81 0 Fisk 82 0 Johnson 82 0 Snyder 96 2 Green 82 0 Jones 81 H4 Stivers 88 1 Haggerty 85 3 Ortman 97 0 Wagner 97 0 Jacobs 96 1 '.-i Loy 103 Hi- Smith 1'5 V3 Thciscn 105 2 Courtney 106 0 Burns 87 . Vt 14 'Janie' Gay New Comedy at Liberty In the immortal language of a bright young miss by the name of "Janie" it's a foregone conclu sion that "Jopanopiopc" opis opa hopit. And just in case you read that sentence twice and decided the regular printer must be on vacation, be assured he is not. It's simply the 1944 way of say ing that "Janie" is a hit. The language is a thoroughly respec table, normally acceptable method of communication used, it seems, among today's youngsteis in place of the now out-moded "pig latin" of their parents. The youngsters, their now "op" lan guage, and their somewhat be wildered parents are all happily in- evidence in Warner Bros." comedy hit, "Janie." which i playing today and Tuesday at the Libei ty theater with Joyce Rey nolds and Robert Hutton in the top roles. The film is an adaptation of the smash Broadway success by the same name, and its compe tent supporting cast includes such well-known favorites as Edward Arnold. Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, Alan Hale and Hattie McDaniel, as well as an up and coming group of youngsters who make a fine showing for themselves and con Good beer A glass or two of light OLYMPIA is perfect with chicken a -la -king, Italian spaghetti, or with any other supper dish. It's the that makes I 141 jjflf so good J OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY SPORTS ' Page 6 have had a "home and home" I arrangement, and this has been carried out this year,.. . Ira Snider and Mack Johnson i were in charge of the meet for the Enterprise club and Mrs. Sni der was in charge ofthe lunch eon which was scrveoNby the En terprise group also. Bud Fisk, who made a hole lit one on No. 6 in June, was unable to repeat that feat ' yesterday when he played for the Entor ptise club, to round out its team. Dale Reynolds shot one round in 35. .?u Scores yesterday: V La Grande Score Poiak C. H. Reynolds 78 3 Dale Cherry 78 3' C. A. Reynolds 80 3, Emery : 98 I Worley 82 3 Howard 81 Hi Meyers 88 Hi Fitzgerald DO 0 Walker 95 3 Parker .'. 95 3 Hutchinson 96 Hi Stange 103 H4 Burton 113 2Vz Snodgrass 107 '1 Herford 103 3' Lanzer 84 ,21j 34 tribute much to Ihe film's fresh ness. The youngsters are: . Dick Kidman. Jackie Moran, Ann dil lis, Ruth Tobcy, Virginia Pattern. PGA Tournament ; Sets 3 Records c DAYTON, O., July 1G (UPij The 27th national tournamciitof tlie professional golfers' associa tion set three new P. G. A. rec ords as well as netting more than $50,000 w hich will be turned over to the rehabilitation fund of near by Wiight field. 1 The records were: (1) the larg est total crowd in .the history 'of the tournament, 31,000; f2) Hie largest field, 143 entries; and U) the largest press file, approxi mately 40,000 words daily. Argentine 'White Hope' Debut Set NEW YORK, July 16 (UP) Big Abel Cestac, the now Argen tine "white hope" who is co managed by Cmdr. Jack Dcmpsey and Luis Angel Firpo, will make his United States debut at Madi son Square Garden July 27, in a 10-round bout w ith John Thomas, Harlem negro heavyweight. Dempscy announced today nego tiations for the match had been completed. Water" to Meet day IYMPI4 I!