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

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Newspaper Page Texti Tigers Play For High Stakes With Pair of Aces Benton, Newhouser I Win Pair From Senators NEW YORK, July 19 (UP) Playing for big stakes with a I pair of aces isn't always the soundest strategy, but it began i to look today as if Detroit Tigers would make it pay off with a j pennant. 1 At least they managed to ' squelch (the ambitions of the 1 Washington Senators most effec- I tivcly last night by sending aces I Hal Newhouser and Alton Ben- ton out for 0 to 4 and 5 to 0 vie torios that dropped the District of Columbia clubbers from sec I . ond to fourth place. Making a rout out of the clos- ' est anoroach to a "crucial series there has been in the majors this season, the Tigers now are five I full ganws ahead of the Senators : and four and a half ahead of the deadlocked Yankees and Red Sox in second place. And the vic i lories had an immense psycho- ' logical lift for the club because it had started out on what loom ed as a disastrous road trip with four straight defeats. I Seven Hits Benton's second game perform I ance was superior to Newhous I er's. In winning his eighth game I against only one defeat the ex service man gave up only seven hits and was in control of the situation at all times, leaving ' seven runners stranded on base. I , Newhouser, shaky at the start, ' also pitched a seven-hitlur btil he walked six, threw two wild pitches and made a balk. The game was played on a rain drenched field. Dave Ferriss, improving his margin as baseball's number one I pitcher, gained his 16th victory for the Red Sox, beating Chicago, 6 to 2, at Boston. It was his 1 fourth victory over the White Sox and he had a four hit shutout go- ing into the ninth when he weak ened and yielded four hits and two runs. Johnny Laor batted in three runs with a double and single. ' Lost 12 Innings I The work' of 12 innings went for nothing at Philadelphia when rain washed out the Indians Athletics game with the score tied at 2-all. The second game was postponed. The Cubs krfcit three games ahead of the Cards in the Na tional by splitting with the Dod gers while St. Louis was dividing a pair with the Phillies. Ray Prim shut out the Dodgers, 5 to 0, in the opener for his second whitewashing in five days, a seven-hitter. Lon Warneke, the old Arkansas "Hummingbird," was making a fine comeback "de but" as a starter in the second LA GRANDE EVENING OB&EHfTfctt Phone 600 SPORTS Complete Local Reports Thursday, July 19, 1945 Page 8 WHERE'S THAT SMILE, HAPPY? A. B. "Happy" ChBndler, commissioner of baseball, is caught In one of his infroqueni grin loss poses at baseball meeting of both major leagues in Washing ton. Left to right, front row: Clark Griffith, owner of Washing ion Senators; Chandler; Louis Perini, president Boston Braves; Back row; Larry MacPhaiL president N. Y. Yankees; V, P. Free ley, treasurer N. Y, Giants; William DeWitt, vice-pesidenl St. Louis Browns; Warren C. Giles, general manager, Cincinnati; John Quinn, gonoral manager Boston Braves, La Grande FAIR GROUNDS Friday mius Performances at .'! & S P.M. Doors Open 2 & 7 P.M. game when the roof fell in on him and he lost, D to 5. The Phils broke a 4-all tie in the ninth to win the second game, S to 4, after the Cards took the opener, 7 to 3. The Giants, perking up on the road, took over fourth place with two wins over the Pirates, 6 to 3 and 4 to 3. Cincinnati and Boston were not scheduled in the National and Nw York ad St. Louis were rain ed out in the American. TODAYS S PORT PARADE. Three Champs May Put Titles On Line WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP) Abe J. Greenb, president of the National Boxing association, disclosed today three champions may defend their titles before the outdoor season closes. He listed the potential defend ers as Ike Williams, lightweight; Sal Barlola, featherweight; and Manuel Ortiz, Bantamweight. Ortjz was released recently from the army. Greene emphasized these prob able defenses while releasing the quarterly N.B.A. rating. He also revealed Freddie Cochrane, wel terweight champ, "is viitually signed for a contest with Sugar Kay Robinson." Greene made no mention of a title being involved in this bout. Meanwhile, c predicted" at least two other champions will be back in action "before the end ol the year." H(. did not indicate which two he meant; but ho did say Cochrane excellent show ing against Rocky Graziann had "set a pattern," for such service hound champions as Joe Louis, Tuny Zal and (ins Lcsncvich. America's Newest Big Show Tho 1 HIGHEST-CLASS RAILROAD i CIRCUS ON EARTH, Pfewm.ng ! N OVERWHELMING A A r OF INCONCEIVABLY MAGNIFICENT NIW FEATURE PRODUCTIONS ond THE! WORLDS FOCfMOST ACTS AND ARTISTS, Inciudinn The Riding CRISTIANIS' Pan-American For 'Private Company' PORTLAND. July III l' William van Diiscn, New York Pan-American Airways public relations director, said 'here tndav Pan-American would lie willing to submerge its identity in a single, privately-owned company t;. represent the United States ill postwar foreign operations. Van Dnsen expounded the Pan American stand against the re cently announced "regulated competition" plan involving five airlines, before a group of Port land business men and civic leaders during a stop over m the city. AUTOMOTIVE HINT Cautious drivers do not try to get the last mile out of their brake linings. Inn replace them as soon as they begin to feel ineffective. Distinctive 7''cuiyi 52 SINCE 1353 By JACK CUDDY UP Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 19 (UP) It's a fact little Mel Ott is man aging the New York Giants; but if alienists should examine him at the close of the current season they'll probably find him bab bling about his "Dodgers." Although Ott has no Babe Her man on his club, he has two fel lers who may out-goof the Babe if they hustle desperate Danny Cardella and Bill (Complex) Voi sellc. And the club itself has been performing with the con sistency of a shell-shocked ele vator, v Already baseball writers are saying, "The 1915 Giants belong at Ebbets field not the Polo Grounds." Back Again Although Ott's zanies are back in first division again today by virtue of a victory over the Cubs and yesterday's surprise douhle win ovor the Pirates, a sensible forecast for their future would be something like this: they will finish above the Phillies. Right-fielder Ott, undergoing his fifth campaign as pilot of the New Yorkers, has at his disposal now the most unpredictable club in the majors. He takes the field daily with all the confidence of a man with false teeth wading into a mess of caramels. Too Rich Although the Oilmen finished fifth last year, they amazed followers fif the hnrsehitle diver tissement by opening this season like champions. They lopped the circuit for the first two months, holding a seven-game lead at one tune and threatening to make a run-away of the race. That was on May 27. when they had set a National league record for a ipiick get-away, with 25 victories in .12 states for a .7H1 percentage. The victory diet was too rich for the blood of an outfie sport ing such Ulsters as Ott, Medwick, Wointrauh and l.ombardi. (This was before Medwick was sent to Boston). And their batting line up became a nuirderlcss row. Weintraub soon went out with a leg injury, and he wasn't up to par later when he returned to first hnse Th:it' u-liv n:innv Cardella is there now hitting a I hit like Babe Ruth, but fielding like Babe Herman. Not Cured Anyway the Giants' tail-spin dropped them back through the ranks until they were hovering around fifth place. Early in their drop, Ott surprised everyone particularly pitcher Bill Voiselle by fining Voiselle $500 at S' Louis for allegedly serving up a soft pitch to Johnny llopp of the Cards Ott thought this drastic penalty would cure tile big right hander from Ninety Six, S. C, of "complexes" he suddenly devel oped after starting the season wrh eight straight victories. Voiselle had lost three in a row when he was fined; but he got worst- instead of better, and dmpped three more. His chief complex seemed to bo lack of cneliiic nee. It wasn't until little more than a week ago that Big Bill was aide to go the distance once more. Then he beat Cm- Herrera Spoils Carl Dumler's No-Hit Game By Untied Press When Chet Rosenlund reported too sick to play in Wednesday night's game against San Diego, Manager Billy Raimondi put Jim Herrera back into the line-up at third base, Herrera, who had played less than 10 games to date this sea son and who was a regular Acorn inficlder last year, reward ed Raimondi's faith when his sin gle spoiled Carl Dumler's chance to enter baseball's hall of fam-? with a no-hit game. Only Run Herrera's hit drove in the only Oakland run while the . Padres went on to triumph 7-1 before a crowd of 2700 at Emeryville. Portland trounced Hollywood, 12-4, with Roy Helser on the hill for the Bevos. Los Angeles cap lured a doublcheadcr from Sacra mento by scores of 5-4 and 6-5. The slipping Seals dropped their game to Seattle, 7-4, and now hold fourth place by only a game over Oakland and three games over the climbing Angels. Dumler struck out eight Oak land batsmen in chalking up his 13th victory of the season. He also collected two hits in four trips to the plate. The lone Acorn run off Dum ler followed a walk to Glenn (Gabby) Stewart who then moved to second on an out. At this point, Herrera picked out one of Dumler's pitches and stroked it for a clean single. - Win Pair , Ancient Carl Fischer hand cuffed San Francisco while regis tering his 13th victory. The Seals held a 4-0 lead when the Suds came to bat in the fifth. They scored two runs then, one in the next inning and four in the sev enth to clinch the contest and re main on the heels of Portland. Helser was in control of the situation against the Stars and coasted to victory after his team mates gave him an early 6-1 lead. The Los Angeles' twin victory stretched their winning streak to six games their longest of the season. An Angel run in the ninth frame of the nightcap broke a 5-5 tie. Rip . Russell walked and scored after singles by Mel Hicks and Roy Patton. Made of Divers Materials Shoes have been made with soles of plastic, felt, wood, com binations of cotton and wool, cord and friction belting, and other fabric and synthetic substances. cinnati with a six-hit shoutout. But the next time Bill took the mound, he was hammered like a batting-practice pitcher by the Cardinals. However, the prob lem child came back again on Tuesday to limit the Cubs to five hits, as the Giants downed the league-leaders, 2-1. GEORGE "GARRY" HAYES -DALE EVANS wMmm NOW THRU SATURDAY if ziylik mwmm- ticHiiD powers tSEMr'WI wMtimWk LA 1 R E D 0 B R tTifiK vffif C f II ft fcKW'v3i( IN i Vif ( Tf&lV i . 1 ami- SaL feJH! " BOB NOLAN w NEWS and CAHTOOX THE SOUS OF THE PIONEERS Bartzen, Flam to Meet in Finals RIVER FOREST, 111., July 19 (UP) Bernard Bartzen, San An gclo, Tex., and Herbert Flam, Beverly Hills, Calif., battle for the junior boys singles tennis title today, after easy wins in the semi finals of the River Forest open tennis tournament, Bartzen, seeded No. 1, defeated Tom Malloy, Panama City, Fla., who was seeded seventh, 6-1, 6-0. Flam downed fourth-seeded Rob ert Doll, Tampa, Fla., 6-2, 6-1. Tobia Greenberg, seeded No. 3, and Dorothy Watman, seeded No. 1, meet today in an all-Chicago match for the girls under - (15 crowns. Miss Greenberg rbeat Pat Praeger, Kalamazoo, Mich., 6-6, 7-5, and Miss Watman de feated Gail Wold, Minneapolis 6-1, 61. Pitted against each other today for the junior girls singles title are Vivian Greenberg Chicago, second seeded, and first seeded Alice Kiechhefcr, Milwaukee. Miss Greenberg defeated Martha Miller, Hinsdale, 111., seeded No. 4. by a 6-2, 6-4 score. Miss Kioch hefer beat third seeded Doris Jensen, Des Moines, la., 6-3, 6-3. Application For Strike Vote Made PORTLAND, July 19 (UP) An application for a strike vote affecting more than 500 mills and 85,000 workers in five western stales will be asked shortly of the national labor relations board by the northwest council of lum ber and sawmill workers, AFL, it was learned today. A series of meetings with the war labor board and conferences with rep resentatives of labor locals deter mined the impending strike vote request. Kenneth M. Davis, executive secretary, said the AFL unions were asking for such increases as would establish a minimum of $1.10 an hour for all workers in the industry, meaning raises of from 20 to 37 Mi cents an hour. Similar, demands were being made by the CIO workers. The-strike vote, if granted, would take place in 30 days un der the Smith- Connally act, Davis said. i Nelson, Snead to Miss at St. Paul ST. PAUL, Minn., July 19 (UP) It was a great day for the "for gotten men" of golf today as the $10,000 St. Paul open started on the rolling Keller country club course. Byron Nelson of Toledo, O., the greatest money monopoly golfdbm has ever known, was forced to withdraw his entry due to ani njured back. And with the Buckeye state's pride and joy on . the sidelines, most of the game's near champions and run nerups have their first real chance at the big money prize in more than a year. For' the 100-man field, it was like having the tax collector miss a Visit. Ky Laffoon of Chicago re marked, "Gee, that's too bad. I hope the course is in good shape." "I guess Nelson wanted to give us a chance at some real money," said Sgt. E. J. (Dutch) Harrison of Wright field, Dayton, O. Nelson, winner of the last eight major individual tournaments and of $31,500 in war bonds al ready this year, underwent a physical checkup at the Mayo clinic, Rochester, yesterday. He was told he was suffering from a "pulled back muscle." So Nelson decided to rest his Granada Ends Tonight A Mysterical Comedy "Double Exposure Starring Chester Morris Nancy Kelly rionrsi wtrwTW oo. Brakemen and Switchmen Urgently Needed! Union Pacific Il.Il. Earn While Learning Steady Work If you arc between the ages of 18 and 55 we will employ you as student brakemen. This is an excellent opportunity to place yourself in u B'"l pout-war occupation. Also openings in shops, various classifications, skilled and un skilled. APPLY AT U. S. Employees Service Sucaiawe Annex Certificate of Availability Required golf-weary back and wait, along with Slammin' Sam Snead, for the $60,000 all-American open which starts Monday at Chicago. Before leaving by plane for Chicago yesterday. Nelson con cluded an exhibition series with Harold (Jug) McSpaden at the Rochester country club, shooting a four-under-par 66 to better the course record. Snead, who has won mot the prizes Nelson missed lh?. year, also postponed his exwriJ comeback when he wired tourh. . ment officials late last nS; "doctors advised against plavta. because of a fractured wrist bo he suffered in the PhiladelBhi! open a month ago." Many Materials Are Available fori Building Now! SHEETROCK WALLBOARDS PAINTS SHINGLES . ROOFING V The Above Materials Do Not Require a Priority j:Yumber Company LA GRANDE and UNION (Formerly Home Lumber & Coal Co.) mid-summer : prices Are Down on M Si If aa 4W stripes, checks a 5UT TWon"er v.l styles in yn O 8 "sSS ' 24 to 32 f.rU4 . ...rrtesv . m .. nrCC away m r V" to Sael A group JT3 5f " velope na Summer" thB Watu white. Great $ this "educed Slimmer Millinery Must Go A grand selection of summer and early fall Aj dtyles. Clearance priced. Girl's Summer Dresses A clearance of girls belter cotton frocks. 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