La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 16, 1945, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENKW OWSKRVER Phone 600 Complete Thursday, August 16, 19J5 Card Loss May Cost By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UP) Failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to win consistently from teams that are pushovers for the rest of the league probably will cost them their fourth straight pen nant. Last night for example, they had a fine opportunity to gain on the Cubs in a double header against the forlorn Phillies. All the Cards could manage to do was to split, leaving them with a net loss of a half game against the Cubs, who mauled the Dodg ers at Brooklyn, 20 to 0. Cards Shaky The Cards were shaky in losing the opener at Philadelphia, 8 to 5, yielding five runs in the fifth on just one hit. Rookie Glenn Gardner saved the night by pitch ing a three-hit, 7 to 0, shutout in the second game for his first big league triumph. The Cubs made 1!) hits, Includ ing four homers, In their rout of the Dodgers. Paul Gillespie got two of the homers. Hank Horowy scored his third National league victory against one defeat. The Pirates won two at New York, 11 to i) and 3 to 2, to move within a game of (he first divi sion. They chased Bill Voiselle with six runs in the first although the Giants tied it at 7-ull in the seventh when Danny Gardella hil his second homer of the game. Tommy Holmes took over the major league home run lead, hit ting two to make his total 20 as the Braves beat Cincinnati twice, Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W Detroit , Ill Washington 59 Chicago 50 Cleveland 54 New York 52 St. Louis 52 Boston 51 Philadelphia 34 L 44 47 50 11 52 57 08 Pet. .581 .557 .528 .514 510 Rnn .500 .472 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 70 St. Louis 00 Brooklyn 01 New York 5!) Pittsburgh 5!) Boston 51 Philadelphia 30 37 .TB54 .585 .505 .532 .522 .472 .273 45 47 52 54 57 80 COAST LEAGUE Portland 85 52 .520 Seattle 80 57 .581 Sacramento 73 00 .525 San Francisco 70 01) .504 Oakland 07 72 .482 San Diego 05 70 .401 Los Angeles 50 80 .424 Hollywood 57 82 .410 Another Jap Kills Self in Defeat ZURICH, Aug. 10 (UP) Lt. Gen. Kiyolomi Okamoto, Japan ese military attache, shot and killed himself a! his home today. Thus he followvd lhe example set by Japanese war minister Gen. Koivchika Anami, who com mitted hara-kiri in Tokyo yes terday to "utouo for his failure" to win the war. Okamolo I'ormriiy was assist ant chief of staff in Singapore. He was assigned to Switzerland in December, 1043. TO OPEN SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. Ill (UP) The Indianapolis Tunes said today in a copyrighted story the Indianapolis m o t o r speedway planned to resume the SUH-mile Memorial day automobile race in 1040. f wwzmtw I 1 DRAWING CARDS "It ain't that I object to you busting up them atoms, protestor, but mind you don't scatter In' pieces on th' floor!" SPORTS Local Keports 'age 8 to Setups Pennant at Boston, 10 to 5 and 13 to 3. Emil (Dutch) Leonard main tained his mastery over ,'ihe Ti gers, beating them for thy fourth straight lime, 8 to 0, at Detroit to put Washington within two and a half games of the lead. Win Eleven The White Sox got fine pitch ing from Bill Dietrich and Orval Grove to beat the Red Sox at Chicago, 5 to 1 and 11 to 0. The Sox made 10 hits in the opener and 12 in the nightcap for their 1 1th win in IS games. Steve Gromek won his 15th game as Cleveland Indians top ped the visiting Athletics, 8 to 3. The Browns sent the reeling Yankees into the second division with a 10 to 4 defeat, the sixth In a row for the Now Yorkers. The Browns made 15 hits, handing Charley Ruffing his first loss since returning from military duly. TODAY'S SPORTPARAI By JACK CUDDY United Press Correspondent By JACK CUDDY ZUGZPI'i'S, Germany, Aug. 10 (UP) Sgt. George T. Mustin of Memphis, Tenn., a bronzed, middle-aged brown-haired lml, is with company "C" of the 508th militaly police battalion of tlK' Third army. He is a very sane fellow and he knows his Mem phis friends will not believe him when he comes home and says "I also did some skiing in mid August." But fortunately, five touring sports writers from the United Slates saw Muslin and more than 40 other G. I.s cavorting on the snow in the mid-August "dog days" and are willing to swear to it on a slack of Bibles as high as the Zuusnitz. This mountain as the Zugspitz, is a peak in the Bavarian Alps which soars to 0,730 feel, the highest in Germany. Snow Plenty The sports writers were stand ing on the sundeck of the Schnco fernerhaus, a weathered wooden hotel on the mountainside 1,501) feet below the Zugspitz summit. The skiers seemed like black specks zooming, tumbling and stopping on the three square mile expanse of perpetual snow on the adjacent slope. , One speck left the snow and came trudging up the path to the skihouse elevation of the Schnce- ferneihaus. The writers ran down to meet him and hi proved to be Mustin with his skis over his sloulder, a stick in his hand and wearing heavy skishoes. "Are you the hotel profession al," we asked him, "You have been tumbling around like an ex pert." Novor Trlod "Nuls to you," Mustin replied "I am an all-America amateur. I'm from Tennessee and I never saw so much snow before. I've never been on skis before but 1 have been having the time of my life and 1 could conquer these sliek sticks with a couple more practices so 1 could travel on my skis instead of my backsides." Mustin explained he had seen an army folder inviting Third army G. I s to visit the Alps and have fun. "Naturally, 1 didn't believe that folder stud, but I figured I couldn't lose anything since it didn't cost anything. 1 certainly was surprised. You have to hand it to the men who fixed up Ibis trip. They certainly introduced me to a new world." ar 'm m a . ax Beavers Lose to Oaks as Rainiers Win From Angels Seals Even Series With San Diego; Stars Lose ' By United Press Portland went down to a 10 to 2 defeat Wednesday night be fore a 18-hit onslaught by the Oakland Acorns as Seattle, sec olid to the Beavers in coast league standings, broke even by split ting a double header with Los Angeles, 2 to 4 and 10 to 0. Sacramento beat Hollywood 4 to 1 to take the second game in the scries, and San Francisco evened Its series with San Diego with a 3 to 2 victory. Portland used three pitchers, Tising, Leon and Gunarson, in an attempt to halt Oakland but the Acorns made one each in the second and fourth, three in the fifth, two in the sixth and three in the eighth. The Padres gained II hits off Bob Joyce compared to seven for the Seals, but timely hitting -nd base stealing assisted the league s best pitcher in recording his 2uth victory. The Seattle Rainiers' hopes to narrow the Beavers margin dim med as they suffered a near shut out defeat, 4 to 2, in the opener They came back to whitewash the Angels in the nightcap, 10 to 8. Sacramento's Guy Fletcher chalked up' his 20th victory of the season as he pitched the Sol ons to their 4-1 victory over Hoi lywood. Many Statrs Soon To Return; May Be Golden Age By WALTER BYERS CHICAGO, Aug. 18 (UP) Many of the athletes who are ready to make the coming decade anotner "golden era are sched uled today for immediate dis charge from .the service. Arier World War I came the greatest decade in sports history, the "roaring twenties," brimming with the exploits of Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey and big Bill Tilden. And today, with some of the nation's brightest pre-war stars prepared to doff 'jheir service uni forms, a new sporting era was dawning, one which may not match the "golden era" in indi vidual glory bull is certain' to outdo it in all-around brilliance. Hogai Soon The first big-name star to pock ,,l M rlii-r.,,,.cl ,,i-rl-c cin,.rt thn surrender of Japan is Lt. Ben ' Hogan, the mighty Texas mite who will be mustered out of 'the AAF Sept. 5. Hundreds of Amer ica's other top athletes, many of them in the service for almost three years like Hogan, are ex pecting their discharge instruc tions momentarily. A tipoff on the approaching mass return to the playing fields are l.he 528 major league baseball players now in the service. The National Football league lists an identical number in service garb, which alone totals 1,052 men, not counting the hundreds of colleg iate, amateur and other profes sional stars. To Hit Stride Ted Williams, Joe DiMagfeio, Hob Feller, Stan Musial, Johnny Vandermeer, Dick Wakefield. Pete Reiser, Johnny Beazley and Charley Keller are a few of the baseball greats who will pick up miti and ball again. DiMaggio, Feller and Keller possibly may return to their clubs before the end of the '45 season. There is little doubt they all will hit their strides again for such athletes as Hank Greenhorg and Al Benton are servicemen who already have blazed a come back trail for than to follow1. . Back, Linomcn There's George McAfee, rated the greatest running back the gridiron ever knew; Bill Daley, Norm Staiutlee. "Bullet Bill" Os- nianski, Glenn Dobbs, Hugh Gal- larneau, Sid Luekman and Pat Harder, all ready to don shoul der pads and cleats again. The ring will welcome back the "B o ni b e r," heavyweight champ Joe I.ouis; Gus Lesnevich. Billy Conn and Tony Zale. Ed Oliver, Jimmy Demaret and Hor ton Smith are anxious to grasp a golf club again and glazed U'e awaits sueh hockey stars as the "kraut Inn-" of Bobby Bauer, Bill Schnutt end Woody Duniart, goalie Sam l.opresti and New York's t'olville brothers, Neil and Mac. TODAY unit SATl'UDAY League's Youngest Umpire Fired For Protesting Salary WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP) The major league, meeting to work out plans for returning vet erans became involved today in an unexpected complication, the protest of an umpire, who charges lie was fired because he sought to get salary increases for his associates. The umpire, Ernie Stewart, youngest arbiter in the American league,, said he held conferences with baseball commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler over "dissat isfaction" among umpires over salaries paid. Chandler, he said, suggested he make a survey of salaries and report buck to him. League Piesident William Har ridge found out about his inves tigation, Stewart said, and order ed him dismissed. "It made him mad and he fired me," Stewart said. "He said I had been discharged for causing dissention and being disloyal." Chandler said "the case is something Harridge will have to decide under baseball rules." Headaches Don't Keep Wilson Out Of Managership . By AL VERMEER NEW YORK (NEA) It's bet ter than driving a truck. Jimmy Wilson would do it all over again as a manager. Though memories of unhappy days with the Piullies and Cubs are still fresh, Coach Wilson of the Reds is not inclined to say he will never again accept a major league managerial assignment, provided one is offered him. 'The toughest thing about run ning a club is not what takes place on the field but how you get along with the front office," explains the one - time soccer player. Without mentioning names, Wilson was taking a healthy left jab at Jim Gallagher, gonoral manager of the Wrigloys, who was said to have forced the fam ous catcher's resignation before the season of 1044 had hardly started. Wilson got the gat? when, after bagging the opener, the Bruins went into a lU-game nose dive. Unexpected happenings have guided the baseball life of Wil son. A star with the Cards, he was swapped to the Phils fol lowing a falling out with his roommate, Frank Frisch, in 1033, and elevated to the management, There he was responsible for t h e remarkable conversion of bllcky Wallers from a third base- man. The Phils sold Walters to Cin cinnati in 1038. A few months later Wilson was released and McKeehnie, admiring the work he had done with Walters, invit ed Jim to join the Reds. Another dramatic turn occur rd in 1040. Catcher Willard llersh- berger committed suicide, and when Sehnoz Lombardi pulled up with a bad leg on the eve of the World Series, there was only Wilson lefl to catch. Wilson was 4V) and had bivn inactive for three campaigns, but despite creaking joints he caught all six games against the Tigers blillianlly. Pitching to him in two winning efforts was Hucky Walters. Granada tonight only Bushing, dashing action . Regal gals . . . Ringing, singing music , and a grand final! ROY ROGERS KIM Of mt cowivrs TRIGGER SUAtTlST MMF 4 1 1 Nelson Favorite In Memphis Meet MEMPHIS, Aug. 10 (UP) The "stop Byron Nelson" brigade took to the southland today in an ef fort to halt the greatest winning sneak golf has ever known, but the odds were short the tireless Texan will go right on winning. Already victorious in 10 straight major tournaments under spon suiship of the Professional Golf ers association. Nelson is a top heavy favorite to win the big money in the $13,333 war bond prizes in the Memphis invitation al open. . ' Cub Catcher Tells Hitler the Signs NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (NEA) Ace Adams was having difficulty with signs, especially those of Adolfo Luque. Adams came to bat with a man on first. As he ok his stance at the plate, Ace glanced at Coach Luque for seme sign, which was immedi ately forthcoming, but the Gi- Non-Rationed Comfort (JIKl.S' S110KS 2,9S Soft moccasin oxfords of brown pigskin and gaberdine with sturdy leather toes and long wearing rubber soles and heels. Sizes -1 to 8. Bon-Rationed Children's Sl llOOl, OXKOKUS 249 .iiiuuy pii:sKins oxtoro wun longweai mg i u b b e r soles. 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