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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Brooklyn 47 37 5(i()
New York 45 42 517
Pittsburgh 42 41 509
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Cincinnati 38 40 487
Philadelphia 24 68 ,267
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Boston 42 38 ,525
New York 41 53,
Washington 40 30 '4213
Chicago 41 40 .50a
St. Louis 37 28 .493
Cleveland :..37 31) .457
Philadelphia 2(1 51
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Seattle 63 46 .578
Sacramento 55 55 .500
San Francisco 55 56 ,495
Oakland 53 56 .488
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