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Niwsoroun MCNwWOMCN IN UNIFORM' flob Whilmoro of Enterprise popped in La. Grande to visit ilicnds yesterday. He is enroute to Santa Ana for reassignment, rjo has hod 30 months overseas service. dpi. Ed Hunter attached to an engineers corps a Walla Walla air base, is a guest at the home of Mr. and ijlrs. E. C. Payne. Hunter, a flight engineer on 13-29, is from Newport News, Va. He will rc tiirn to his base Saturday. I Marine Lt, Norman West arrived in La Grande yesterday for a pro-embarkation leave with his wife, the fomer Beth Fross. fle will report to Camp Pendle ton July 28. Lieutenant West is A guest at the home of Mrs. Char Ips Fross, Mis. West's mother. fc. Vernon Tall, formerly of La Grande and Un iipn, is a guest at the home of his cousin, Lester Peach, after hav ing received an honorable dis charge from the army with 9(1 points to his credit. J Tall left the United States Aug. 20, 1944, landing in Eng land, and in November of that year went to Africa with the 48th surgical hospital for the invasion dnd the Algerian-French-Morro-ean campaign. His company then went to southern Tunisia, was at Kasser Ihe pass and numerous other points of bitter fighting; then on tj northern Tunisia, where his outfit was streamlined and re named, acting as an entire bat tulion. They went on to Sicily July 23, 1943, crossed to the northern shore near Palermo, to St. Stcphano, to Castle LcMar Dance! Miuam Store Saturday 9 p.m. 'lil 1 u.m. KARL HANSEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA Admission 60c (Ad. 50c Tax 10c. Total 60c) Dance Every 01 her Su. Place Vour Order lVovry for ;i jTew 1946 FORD 11-Ton Truck or Pick-EH5 Delivery in October, 1945 Walker Motor Co. CHAUNCEY WALKER, l'rop. FORI) CARS & TRUCKS 4th & Adams RO JUJU SKATE COUPLE at ZUBER TONIG Any couple over 14 years of age can enter. A prize will be awarded to winning couple, will be fun for the spectator as well as the contestants Open 7 p.m. In IK p.m. ADMISSION . . ic (Admission 21c. lav lc, lolal . . . 2:.c) Today We Pay Tribute to Orville Webber, seaman f irs! class. Hie 2-l-vear-olcl son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Web ber, route 1. La Grande. He nllcnrled (i r e e n wood and La- Grande high schools, and worked at Boeing's in Seattle prior to induction August IS, 19-12., He was stationed at Bre merton for awhile. He married Nov. 2, 1911, Helen Shoemake whose ad dress is Anacortes, Wash. and to Palermo and from there to England. His battalion landed on Utah Red Deach, Normandy, June 10, 1944, crossed Normandy, north ern France and then was sent to Belgium for the evacuation of the Rhine-land. In October of that year Private Tall received injuries to his back and was sent to England where he spent the winter in an army hospital. Upon his return to this country Feb. 2, he was spnt to Hot Springs army-navy general hospital. Tall said that his first furlough was granted in March of this year- when he was called to Pen dleton by the illness of his mo ther. He received his release, undor Ihc army point system last week v. Fort Lewis separation center. He is the son of W. T. Tall of Portland and Mrs. Margaret Tall of Pendleton. He plans to go to the neighboring :lty next week. MKRCCRY & LINCOI.N-ZEPHYR Phono 25(i RACES nm.UKKv . . . tfic (Aftminsmn 1,'V, ta :i. lotal , . . i tii-) F ) El HALL TODAY SPORT PAR AI By JACK CUDDY UP Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 20 (UP) Could Dave (Boo) Ferriss, the pitching paragon of the Boston Rcd Sox, win as many games with a good National league team as he has against oppon ents in the American this sea son? Evidence compiled today with the help of comptometers, cali pers and a fugitive from a sum mer school mathematics class, indicates he probably would have had his troubles. Tradition Broken By the same token his brother Boslonians, Tommy Holmes and Chuck Workman of the Braves might have had difficulty in rap ping out 15 homers apiece had I hey been doing their swinging all season in the American lea gue. An add transformation is tak ing place in the majors, one which has ended, at least tern polarity, the tradition that the American league is the power circuit and the National the pitchers' loop. . The trend began the first sea son after Pearl Harbor but this year it is more apparent then ever. And if some of the new stais in both leagues make good in peacetime competition, it may continue. Fewer Homers Showing the efficiency of American league pitchers in cut ting down on the long range hits, a check of the records reveals that there have been 20 fewer home runs hit in the circuit this season than at the corresponding time a year ago. But what is even more striking is the fact that the National league has hit 52 more homers from the begin ning of the season through yes terday's games than for the same stretch in 1044. To date there have been 327 homers in the National compared with only 210 in the American, a margin of 117. Every National league club either is even with 1!)44 or ahead. The Braves with Workman and Holmes pacing the the league are up 21 from their 1944 pace with CO this year against 39 then. The Giants and Phillies are up nine from last yoar, the Pirates and Dodgers show an increase of six each, the Cubs are up one and the Cards and Reds are exactly even. Others Short In the American only the lead ing Tigers show an increase over last year and they are only up three. The Red Sox are even and the Athletics are short one, the White Sox two, the Senators three, the Browns five and the Indians and Yankees nine apice. But the evidence on the pit ching side is all in favor of the American league. Led by young Uaven Ferriss, who has won 16 game and lost only two, there are a number of outstanding records including those of Hal Newhouser of the Tigers (14-8), Dutch Leon ard of the Senators (10-3, Russ Christopher of the Athletics (11 C), Steve Gromek of the Indian (11-5), Thornton Lee of the White Sox (10-7), and Hank Borowy of the Yankees (10-5). A'o Men Discharged For Occupations WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPl Acting Secretary of' War Rob ert P. Patterson says the war de partment has flatly turned down all requests to discharge men from the army solely on occupa tional grounds to fill civilian needs. "If we authorized the discharge of all those for whom requests have been received, we would have to release in response to this demand at least 1,000.0000 men," he said. "We would then be forced to abandon the present system of discharging soldiers on the merit system." Conchie Discharge Measure Held Up WASHINGTON, July 20 (UP) Selective service announced today contemplated discharge of 850 conscientious objectors under a point system would be held up pending congressional action on a bill to prohibit such a program. Selective service originally planned n put ,ts discharge plan in operation next month. It pro vided for lelease of COs over a period of u year. The houso military affairs committee has approved a measure to prohibit such releases. Pine Lumber Orders Heditced This Week i PORTLAND, July 20 (UP) j Orders for western pine lumlier for the week ending July 14 bused on comparative figures onj lumber orders, shipments and production from 100 identical mills totaled t8.liit),000 feet as comp.iivd with 4,i,4,'l",000 feet for tin- previous week and 75.620,000 fee, for (he corresponding wijck la it year. '.', Similar comparisons ( t)f ship- ' metita are Sii.Wd.OOO fvcV,,27,38lV 0n feel aid 77,005,000 teet and ! of produaioji ait; Y.80to000 feet, ;U.U23.1HM1 (OT't and 7!l,5t56,000 feet. . , o Beavers Run Lead To Games By Trimming Seals Seattle Splits Doubleheader With Seals By United Press The Portland Beavers ran their hold on the Pacific coast league up to a 5'-i game lead today fol lowing their defeat last njght of the Hollywood Stars 8-6 for their third straight series win. The second place Seattle Rai niers split a double-header with San Francisco Seals, the Seals grabbing the opener 5-1 but drop ping the nightcap in a resounding 10-4 defeat. The third place Sac ramento Solons broke a six-game winning streak by the Los Ange les Angels with a (i-4 triumph while the Oakland Oaks defeated the San Diego Padres 8-3. Wins 16lh Hollywood batsmen came to life in the last two innings to tag Portland hurlcr Don Pulford for six hits. The Stars came through with three tallies in the eighth and two in te ninth but failed to overcome a one-run Portland lead. Pulford was credited with the win, h.s l(itn of the season. In the first game, San Fran cisco opened the scoring in the second when Charley Peterson scored on Roy Niceley's single to left, Righthander Frank Seward hurled his ninth win for the Seals. In the second game, the Rainiers jumped into an eight run lead in the first inning on five hits and four walks. Hits Homer The Solons-Angels game was a see-saw affair with the lead changing hands five times in the struggle. Sacramento took an early lead in the fourth when George Mandish walked, went to third on Ed Zipay's single and scored on Lilio Marcucci's ground er. The Solons made their last two runs in the eighth when Mandish walked, moved to third on Zipay's single and tallied on Jess -.'iridium's grounder. Man dish barely beat the throw to home on a close play. Zipay scored on Al McElreath's fly to center. Tom Ha fey hit a homer for the Oaks in the third inning of their game with the Padres. Pitcher Floyd Stromme hurled a no-hit-no-run game for the first five innings but then lost their stuff and yielded seven to the Padres. Greco Favored to Heat Tony Janiro NEW YORK, July 20 (UP) Hard-punching Johnny Greco of Montreal was a 13 to 10 favorite today to spoil the main-event debut of young Tony Janiro of Youngstown, O., at M'adison Square Garden tonight. Although the tight was sched uled for only oight rounds be cause Janiro is only 18, there was made advance betting than on any bout in months. Shaping up as a "natural be tween a clever boxer and a knockout puncher, the expon ents of both types of ringcrafl have plunged heavily on the out come. Janiro, defealed only once, has 39 professional victories. His sup porters believe he will "box th-? ears off" Greco, a slow and de liberate workman. Owners Plan to Ship Horses Iiy Harges JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. July 20 (UP) A plan to save the Flor ida whiter racing season next year by shipping race horses south from northern tracks via barge was outlined today bv II. G. Williams, head of the Gulf Atlantic Transportation company. Williams said that barges could accommodate all of live horses usually .shipped by rail road. The office of defense trans portation has banned handling horse baggage cars. He said the trip along the in land waterway could be made in 10 days fiom Tronton. N. J,, to Miami and that the barges could be stopped frequently to permit the hoises-io be exercised a shore. The ODT has been askvd to ap prove the plan, Williams said. Fan Saus lltnniri Blacked His Eye CINCINNATI n r,,l, ,, Thomas J. Longo, a Cincinnati Red fan from Dayton. O . charged today he had beer, attacked bv National leaiiue Ump,re Ueorge Mageikurth after last night's double header ill, -.he Boston Braves. Swearing out a warrant for Magerkui Ih's a: iv.-t, l.ongi, s,,jd thr umpire reach.-,! nv, , r,.,i.-i box ratling from the playu v.rd io punc-n nun m the ei. winch was blackened. He told police a companion veiled at Magerkurth during the game and the umoiie n. wrong man when he hit n,e " LA GRANDE EVENING ORSERVER Phone 600. Complete, Local Reports Friday, July 19, 1945 &ils Revive Hopes With Return of Wyse By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, July 20 (UP) The Cubs thought Henry Wash ington Wyse was packing up their pennant chances in his bay when he went to Tulsa, Okla., last month to take his military draft examination. How right they might have been if Uncle Sam hadn't waived his option on right-hander Hank was evident today after he had won his seventh straight game, a five-hit, 3 to 1 victory over the hard-hitting Brooklyn Dodgers. Not Kidding Six of those games have been won since Wyse dispatched a tele gram from Tulsa to Manager Charley Grimm in which he stat ed the army couldn't use him and he was coming back to help the team win the pennant. Appar ently, he wasn't kidding. At that time, the' Cubs were in fifth place, six and a half games out of the lead. Today, they are leading the league, three and a half games ahead of the second place Cardinals and Wyse hs been a major contributor to the rise. One more Victory and he will tie the season's high for wins in a row, eight straight by Bill Voiselle of the Giants and Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox. Sets High Yesterday, he set a high for the season with 19 of his put-outs handled by first baseman Phil Cavaretta on infield plays. In Wyse's streak of seven wins, Cavaretta handled an average of 14 put-ouls per game. He had a shutout against the Dodgers until two were out in the ninth. Then Dixie Walker singled to in crease his runs-batted-in-lead in I the majors to 74, sending home pinch hitter Morris Aderholt with the only Dodger run. i The Cards made seven runs in the eighth to break a 2-all dead lock and win the second game against the Phillies, 9 to 4, after the cellarites won the opener, 3 to 2. Ken Burkhardt gained the victory and Oscar Judd won his first game of the season for the Phils in the ocener. bplit The Braves and Reds divided at Cincinnati. Frank McCormick 'Angel' Arrested In Street Brawl PORTLAND, July 20 (UP) Police rushed in where "The Angel" didn't fear to tiad last night when "The Angel" the Frenchman, Maurice Tillet and .mother, wrestler, Ben Sherman of Portland, tangled in an im ptomptu match in front of the civic auditorium. The bout followed a bona fide match inside the auditorium in which Tillet won from Pvt. Louis Thesz, a match Sherman wit nessed very critically. Tillet posted $25 bail and Sher man ?50, his ante being raised because Ik sasscd the police' as well as Tillet. Both were charged with disorderly conduct. Tillet gave his age as 42 and Shernian, a former Portland amateur now a proi'ssional, billed himself as 37. MOTT TO VISIT PACIFIC SALE1VL July 20 (UP) Rep. James Mott, R., Ore., will spend part of the congressional recess at his Salem home, it was learn ed here today. Lat-L'r he will visit the Philippines and other parts of the Pacific. Have you tried the finest beer ever produced by Roesch Brewery? Ask for ELK HORN BEER ; THE BEEft, fe o SPORTS Page 6 paced the Reds to a 4 to 3 win by batting in three runs witl) a dou ble in one inning and scoring the fourth one himself in the last of the ninth. In the second game, which Boston won, 6 to 5, Elmer (Butch). Nieman tied the score with a three run homer and like McCormick scored the winning run himself. A three run homer also helped the Pirates, catcher Bill Salkeld delivering the blow in the eighth as the Giants were beaten at Pittsburgh, 4 to 0. In the only American league game played,. Thornton Lee of the White Sox won his 10th game by beating Boston, 5 to 3. He gave up nine hits and walked seven men, but stranded 14 men on base. Baseball Men Say Series Sure To Be Played By ROBERT BARKDOLL WASHINGTON, July 20 (UP) Baseball men were confident today the world series will be played this fall. Their confidence, which did not seem misplaced, was based on the word of baseball's new commis sioner, Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chand ler, that he would make arrange ments to send the world series winner on a 90-day tour of the Pacific to meet army and navy teams. Chandler acted on a request by Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet. Soldiers Eager . Apparently . assuming the fall classic will go off without a htich,' Forrestal wrote Chandler asking him to get together with officials 'of both major leagues on arrangements for the trip. Chandler replied he would be happy to cooperate. He said he could see no reason for not play ing the world series since it was evident servicemen were eager for it to be played. Forrestal's suggestion had the full support of Nimitz, who said the champions would be heartily welcomed by men at advanced bases. He added surface trans portation would be provided for the team and recommended that "every effort be made to arrange this tour.". Meet Soon Navy officials will meet soon with Chandler and representa tives, of both major leagues to wor koijt details of the proposed tour. '.'-..;-.' Although these developments were based on the assumption the series will go off as in the past, office of defense transportation director J. Monroe Johnson said his latest edicts on world series travel still stand. , .lust Received! ' ! WHITE or. Ivory : Fir-Tex Handy Tile For re-modeling Kitchens, Bathrams & Laundries. Also Plastic Molding Teel's Paint Store 1308 Adami c $OD TASTfiP O O Dick Metz Tries Golf Comeback at St. Paul Open CT PA1II Minn.. Julv 20 (UP) Slender Dick Metz, wiry and tough after punching cattle lor three venrs on his Kansas ranch, tees off in the $10,000 St. Paul open today, a sentimental tavor ite as he tries for one of the strangest comebacks in golf. A hoot 110 of the nation's top pros and amateurs are here to be gin the first 18 holes of the 72 hole match play championship, yet the crowd has flocked to Metz. A Ryder cup star of 10311, when he was among the greatest link men, Metz quit golf at the peak of his game in 1942 to devote full time to his cattle ranch neur Ar kansas City, Kas.; to be forgotten by the sporting world. Now 37, Metz wants one more fling before Father Time says it is too late. Two weeks ago he sold two carloads of steers, hung up his blue denim pants and, af ter finally finding an extra hired hand, set out to bid again for fame. For the last 10 days, Metz has practiced eight hours daily over the rolling Keller country club course, silo, of the open, If he passes sports' toughest test and makes a successful come years of tournament golf and back.-Metz plans to play two solid then retire for good to live in the heart of Kansas' bluestem pastureland. TRANSFER COLLEGE PORTLAND, July 20 (UP) Disclosure was made today of the imminent transfer of the North pacific college of opto metry to Pacific University, Forest Grove. Dr. C. C. Carkner, chairman of the Oregon optomct ric school committee, said the transfer would be made Sopt.l. Granada EVERYT-HNG-S GAY IN OLD SANTA TE ! Ym air! 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