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Mel Ott Smacks 500th Homer To Join Foxx, Ruth Cub Winninfj Streak Ended; Cards Gain Bv CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (L'P) Baseball's most exclusive frater nity admitted its third member since tne turn of the century to day Muster Melvin Ott of the Giants. The little Ky J"'" " couple of big lelluws, Habe Kulh the old Yanki- and Jimmy Foxx. the Ki-eat slutsuer of Connie Mack's Athletics or a decade ano, us the only thrre who have hit more than 51X1 limners in a lifetime. Roar of Approval Number 5110 came up for Man ager Ott of tho Giants last night and it was an occasion to remem ber. It has been a rocky year for Ott. who as manager of the Giants shared some of the blame for the team's colossal collapse after a brilliant start that enabk'd it to take a seven-game lead. If he had any misgivings over how he stands with the Polo Grounds faithful they should have been dissipated with the roar that greeted his historic circuit of the base paths The homer came off Johnny Hutchings of the Hraves in the third inning ard nelped to Hunch a !) to 2 victory Carroll (Whitey) l.oclsman also delivered a Giant homer as Hill Kmmerich did a seven inning lief stint to gain the victory. It was Boston's Uth loss in 17 games. Cubs Lou The winning streak of the Chi cago Cubs imied at six when big Max Butcher of the Pirates best ed Claudo Hasseau in a I to 0 duel. Ed Colman drove in the only tun in the seventh with a double after Jim Russell singkd. Butcher p.rmiltod only four hits. The Cardinals regained second plats five games behind the Cubs with a 15 to 3 victory over the Reds at St. Louis. Four Cincin nati pitchers were mckeH for I'J ! hits including a grand slam hunt' cr by Johnny Hopp. Marty Mar ion got his first hom.T. Fiv Homers Detroit sc?ied four runs in the ninth to win a wild uphill fight with the Browns, 9 to 8. A base clearinj double by Roy Cull-.'n-bine brought in three runs and an error by Vernon Stephens per mitted him to steam home with the winning run. Hank Green berg. Eddie Mayo and Rudy York hit Tiger homers and Lou Finney and Gene Moore connected with homers for St. Louis. Finney's came with the buses loaded. The Senators got fine pitching to win both games of a double header at Washington from the .t .1. i .... . .1 t . I .. J . . ji c... Leonard shaded Jess Flores to win his 1 2th game in tho opener and Ro.er Wo'.tf pitched a five- i hit shutout to beat Hobo Newsotn in inc sevuiiu g.t;i;v. mo win wins put Washington in second place with the Yankees. Haind Out The Red So topped the Yan kees. Tto 5. a: Boston despite a threetun homvr by pitcher Floyd Bevens. F.ddie Lakt hit a Bos ton homer. Floyd Baker sacrificed home the winning run for the White Sox in the ninth in a 2 to 1 vic tory at Cleveland after Leroy Sehalk and Johnny Dickshoi had sing Iv'd . Fd Li i pa t bea t Steve Oromek in a mound duel. Brooklyn's double header at Philadolpma u .is rained out. Manprum Holds Lead In European Open f'AKIS. An : Lley.i M.mnnnu It-a.l tiHl.,v :n t'-e KliL-ei-t-.,:- -;o.i'.o:- n urn.im.Tit t.;: : P-. IU Sk ( V.T.k.T in. in t.. t-.-.it .(it ; mi: ri-uni i'f i;i Il-Pl - l-P. tl-,' n:p.l o' enlav , layout. ii., i Fa M..,r- LA GRANDE EVENING OUSERVEIl Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Thursday. August 2, 1915 Today's Sport Parade By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK. Aug 2 (L'Pl 1 Without any intent to rush a fel-1 low who can file a strong claim to being the busiest man in Anier ica these days, it appears that th-j time has come for defense trans portation director J. Monroe Johnson to say once and for all if the world series can be played. Up to now there has not been the slightest doubt in the mind of any ball player that somehow the annual classic will start on sched ule in October. Nor have the club owners expressed any concern in the matter, lending the general impression no one took the edict of Johnson seriously. Can't Say With August, the major league i races reach the showdown stage and the players on contending teams are developing a strong cu rosity over whether they are play ing for fun or fund. Without a H'.'ld ones there can't be an fat player cuts for the pennant winning teams and the lesser shares for the membeis of -the other six first division squads. If thv players begin to have their doubts the series will be played, there is likely to be a noticeable let down. Perhaps Johnson isn't in a po sition to say even conditionally whether the transportation crisis will be eased sufficiently to play the series two months from now But what has been most puzzling from the start was his green light for a one-city series. Actu- allv the principal objection to playiny the world series was not in the transportation required fot' the two teams and the minimum of officials necessary to stage it. Fans Worst What caused the most concern was the fact that despite restric tions on railroad tickets, thou sands of fans would find a way to travel by train to see the clas- j sic. That possibility would exist ! even more if the series were in a single city than if it were in two since the fans would have the bigger attraction of seeing from four to seven games, whereas if it wore split between two towns they couldn't see more than two to four games. As the teams hit the stretch it tho Chicago Cubs and Uyyotl Xl'lsOtl ('(If! Set Winning Record TORONTO. Aug 2 i CP -Rid mg tne enst of the hottest win ring t.eak in poll's history By- ion Nelson shatter half week m tl ls in a Do.-ntion tn I .1 do;en records this - Slo.neo Canadian j open. Nelson will ho shooting for the winner s end of tne bmgest goif purse over offered in a Canadian, tournament when .-utr.petdion t '- tomon He'll expeet ompete 1 to -e to at nt and be l'" re- w ha: are the biggest g.i'.'.e t nd a Canadian ne'll compete a.: i. st field ever to w nt north of th. ioit een itist the ? ,mter at border If No tr.onoy. .i nr.Liai t Pv111'' ,.'t ,n ! l.i -t - sun takfs thf SJ.i'OO he'll t'.irtii a new record for s t'.ir worui rt-curil i-i 5li.li' . winner s end oi O'Sh.intrr b.nst- wtr.ntncs te - reeor.i wltl-eor-.si c-.;t: thit-.k Cram M. rtiaxua aid "i ? rTX SPORTS Page S UP Staff Correspondent troit Tigers from being the world series opponents. The cities are about five hours apart and are connected by train routes that are off the transcontinental main lines. Even with full squads and with team officials there would not be more than 50 members of each club traveling. And only at the middle of the series when the teams changed playing sites would it be necessary for both teams to travel at once. Other Doubts Meanwhile, as the clubs go through the late stages of the pennant races there are 16 ma jor league teams and 30 to 40 minor leagues using trains and other common carriers to com plete their schedules. Hence, so far as baseball itself is concerned, traveling required for the series would be a smal- percentage of that now sanctioned. A.,h.,.. fii,- n. :t..,r w i-hu if the world series is to be cancel-! lecf, national tournaments such ;s the annual semi-pro show -:t Wichita. Kan., are allowed o go on. It would be a shame if the Wichita tournament, which ha done so much to stimulate base ball at its very roots, should have to be a war casualty. Vet it U doub'.fu! whether its promote-, colorful Ray Dumont, would want it to go on if the major league huv were cancelled. The navy wants the world ser ies teams in the Pacific; G I s all owr the world want the games to he played somehow, somewhere. It would seem the next move is up to Johnson. After that u may be anybody's jump. Albany, Portland Teams Win First Round (lames PORTLAND, Aug. 2 (UP Aibany an,i the Challenge Cream ..... team of Portland emerged to day as opining round winners m the annual American Legion j junior baseball tournament at the j Vaughn Street park in Portland. The Challenge players had to 1 go 14 innings before nosing out : tho Lind-Pormroy Fionas, 5 f : 4. Albany defeated S.dem. 12 to j 7, in a game featuring U errors, j 15 hits and 24 bases on balls. j Second round games match , Sak?m and Lind-Pomeroy this ; afternoon and Albany and Chal- j !inge Cteamery tonight. j Challenge. Portland Legion j champion, had to come from be- 1 i hind twice to tie the score, first I at 2 to 2 ano again 4 to 4. Ray ' b'oieen. pu-.eh hittm for pitcher Sid Mill I ase led o?r second l ase :i the Uth to score Hoc L. a v e y with the winning run.1 Mills pitched to only one batter i but got cr. d .t for the win. Pete ' Fetros pitched tne other VI 2 3 : .nn.ngs but w as yanked wh.?n he a a!ked thro IKt-vi tnrce :i-,on On.--fourth oi the workers in t'nttfd States ate er.i.u.'.i :n ltr.es of s. r ico tr.at w e; e ur,- Kr.. w n jo v. ars a;o. 91 s- A i mO f; iJOHNCASRAD!NE 'ly Ci MAN J.AGGEH PK( I VI. ADDKD Portland Six Full I Games in Front; I Angeles Skidding J By Uiited Press I Los Angeles is hitting the to j bow '.llr agi.-i.' this week at i L-oublvday park in Sacrar.er.to following last week's rid' at the hands of their cros. to-vn neigh bors, the Hollywood Stars. Wednesday night the Seraphs lost their third straight game , to the Sacramento Sohms when thev dropped a doublehcader by scores j of 5-3 and .'1-2. Both games were featuied by sonw good intrlung on both sides. Little Trouble Elsewhere, the eager P, avers from Portland captured a pair from last-plare Hollywood. 5-4 in the opener and 5-1 in the finale. The Seattle fwiniers downed San Francisco again, fi-1, dropping six full games behind the thumping Bevos. Len Gilmore bested Vallie Evans in a mound duel which Oakland won from San Dh'go. 2-1. The Solons had little trouble in the first game as young Lou Penrose. 18-year-old San Fran cisco youth, scattered nine cherub hits. The Sacs counted twice in the initial inning and thive times the next inning on three singles and a double by Gee Hartley tha' provided the punishing blow. Liska Wins Ad Liska. v:.-r.n submarine ball hurler. notch -d hi.: Kith vic tory in the second iaioe agaiut Hollywood. The U s made 10 hits in each game. .Mu-ser, who pitched the opener. restncUM the Stars to four hits. Gilmore had a shutout going into the ninth when a hit batsman and two blows accounted for .the lone San Diego run. The teams play a twin bill Th'irscUy night at the Padre park. LAST Tl.MK TONKaiT ,!?hait O SSSA Lloyd NOiAM STARTS HUOAY COMPANION FKATl KK . -C 1 mmwm . t " w v ta?;.-3 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 i nwm ;'3 TODAY FRIDAY and SA !T U1VVY K7 ? -JW mm iiilllll KINT TAYICH j f 7 A 3 us AT VI At V II : Seabees Want To See Fall Series PEARL HARBOR. Aug. 2 'UP) -S. abee Megaine. a navy pub lication, h id advanc- d a plan for -l.nit..-hungry servicemen In the t jeilu- to be grandstand specta .. ir - ISMS world series. The magazine, which circulates throughout the Pacific, cabled aseball commissioner A. B. 1 Happy! Chandler and office of d: terse- transportation director J. Momoe Johnson yesterday, sug-e-ii:ng that the world series be piayed on various t-acmc isiauu. An article in the current Issue presented the magain's proposal Ls the answer to an ODT order t,i..t the entire seri-js be played .,, ... city if held in the V. S. ihe article add-.-d that Pacific I iay would give servicemen "a cr, at feat." Facilities already are available tar ihe games at Pearl Harbor. .Manila and Guam, the article s:,id. and other fields will be ready for use by October. Our word "sincere" is derived ; f'om two Latin words meaning without wax." ; rs-.X''- ww It's tops, among coat buys I f-;4l Ti IS-75 39-75 -! mi The '' : I: ." -i? : ' -4s - 1 1 like joyous sleighrides through the SSC " I r.W,lb snow and cozy evenine3 in front f i Fai a LoveU" You! ' ""X."? V li a crackling fire, a man-tailored Ches- j WOMEN'S HATS - '-'I't V JT A terfield is a time-honored tradition of A AO jyt' W der-to-hem flattery, cozy warmth! I t that are j v 3 ' -v-i-.t-irr2s.. 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