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Today's Sport Parade By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UP) An official eastern Ivy league comprising from eight to 10 col leges is jn the formative stage and may be ready to do business by the time the 1!)40 football sea- ion; rolls around, the boys along the pigskin pipeline insisted to day. Practically all of the schools that would be involved are In favor of the idea. It would bind the east the only section of the country where the colleges have no official league into a regular organization. Quickly There even have boon some re ports the league might spring into operation this season with standings to be bused on the games previously scheduled, but there was little chance the ma chinery could be set up that quickly. The teams which would make Tomorrow! ' Hemilifill Chenille Bedspreads 1390 9Ji ' , The spread you have always wanted. Beautiful colors, in tricate patterns, generous tuft ing combine to make these 1 spreads the most attractive we have offered in years. 1 Tliiv Tlinm fin l.uv Aivitv 5hOD bariv r a. Good beer The golden grain and the sweet-scented hops brewed t to perfection in OLYMPIA make good food taste better. rMii-nw1 "its the that makes ill SF$ WfSpA OLYMPIA - ftp A. to IT UP Staff Correspondent up the circuit are the "big three" Ivy lcagures, Yale, Harvard and Princeton, and Pennsylvania, Cornell, Dartmouth and Colum bia. Three others, Brown, Army and Navy are regiirder as prob able members. Change Hulei If the league became a seven or eight team circuit, a round- robin schedule of football and a double round-robin of basketball games would be played. That would permit the scheduling of two or three outside or interscc tional games for a well-balanced schedule. However, if the league became a 10-member circuit, the schedule would be more flexible with teams maintaining league status by playing as few as five games. Army and Navy would be wel corned into the fold, but only if they agreed to revert to three year eligibility rules. Amateur Winner Of Memphis Open Beating Nelson MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 20 (UP) America's work-a-day golfers took off their huts toduy to amateur Freddie Haas of New Oi lcans. He not only boat Byron Nelson but he wus the first umu teur In Ine years to win an open meet sponsored by the Profes sional Golfers association. Haas, completing 72 holes of play with a curd of 270, 111 strokes under par, finished five strokes better thun a dark horse profes sional, George Low of Clearwa ter, Flu. Low's 275 earned him firht prize pro money of $2,007 worth of war bonds. Nelson, whose only consolation wus tliut he beut the best of the regulurs on the pro circuit as usual, finished in a tie with Har old (Jug) McSpuden, his arch rival, at 270. Nelson hud a 0B, finishing with iypicul brilliance while MeSpadcn's final round wus a 71. They split second and third prize money for $1,000 in war bonds apiece. In addition Nelson and Low each earned an extra $500 by dividing u special prize for the lowest 18-hole round by a pro. Both had Ofls, but had to console themselves with the money since Haas aljp topped them in that category with his 04. Babe Didrickson Seeks Golf Title CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (UP) Mrs. Babe Didrickson Zaharius, Tex-us-born farm girl who became America's greatest all-round wo man athlete, starts over again us an amateur today when she tees off as the favorite in the 45th annual women's western ama teur golf tuurnament at the Knowllwood country club. "The Babe," recently re-instated as an amateur after almost 10 years of professional stardom, has dominated the feminine pro golf scene just as Byron Nelson lias the men's competition. Her return threatens to spike Dorothy Germain's bid for her third consecutive title. Water BREWING COMPANY VJ Ik I BEER I so pood I! OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, U.t.A. ...... B Beavers Lose Pair To Oakland While Seattle Wins Race Tightens; Fletcher Wins 21st of Season By United Press The two "winningest" pitchers in the Pucific coast league con tinued their merry way over the weekend. Lanky Bob Joyce, San Fran cisco Seals star who already has been lined up by the New York Giants, fashioned as even-hitter for his 27th victory of the season. Guy Fletcher, ace of the Sacra mento Solon mound stuff, an nexed his 21st win at Hollywood by a 4-0 score. While these two mound stars were shining, the first place race in the league tightened up as the loop-leading Portland Beavers dropped a pair to Oakland by identical scores, 4-2. The series was divided, four games each. Seattle Wins Seattle look a pair from Los Angeles Sunday, 9-5 and 2-0. Seattle won the series, 5-2. San Francisco split with San Diego, 0-2 and 5-2. The Seals won the series, 4-3. Sacramento split with Holly wood, losing the first 7-4 and winning the nightcap, 4-0 behind Fletcher s slants. Joyce helped win his own game with a single in the Seals' three run fifth inning. The Padres spoiled Larry Jen sen's return to organized base ball by raking the former mound stalwart for 15b its. San Diego settled the issue in the seventh with a four-run splurge. Portland s lead slipped to four and one' half games when the Acorns dumped 'be leugue pace setters twice. 2,000 Invited to Enter Portland Open Tournament PORTLAND, Aug. 20 (UP) Two thousand golfers in the pro fessional and amateur ranks across the nation were invited today to enter the second annual $14,333 Portland open golf tour nament. Robert' A. Hudson, sponsor of the event, said entry blanks hud been mailed to 1,500 members of the Professional Golfers' associa tion as well as to a select group of 50 amateur golfers. Many of the nation's golf great will participate in the west's richest tournament, which will be played Sept. 27 to 30 at the Portland golf club. Fred Corcoran, tournament manager of the P. G. A., assured Hudson such golf immortals as "Lord" Byron Nelson, Slummin' Sammy Snead and many others will be on hand for the event. Snead captured last year's tournament. Harry Givan of Se attle was t h e top amateur in 1!)44, winning the Hudson tro phy. He will be on hand to seek a second leg on the trophy. O'Neil Sold to Philadelphia, To Report in Spring PORTLAND, Aug. 20 (UP) William H. Klcpper, general man ager of the Portland Beavers, dis closed today Johnny O'Neal, ace shortstop of tile club, has been sold to the Plliladelohia Phillies of the National League in cx- ciiange lor live I'lnily players. No cash consideration was men tioned bull it was presumed money was involved in the deal. O'Neal, considered one of the best shortstops in tl:' Pacfic Coast League, will remain with the Heavers until the end of the sea son. Laughter Keynotes 'Young and Gay' The Paramount film which opened Sunday at the Liberty theater for a three-day run and co-starring Diana Lynn and Gail Itussell, is just about the funniest comedy to reach the screen in a long while. Describing quite simply the actual experiences of two pre cious young debutantes who are permitted to make an unchapo roncd trip to Kuropo, "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" embraces all the hilarious situations into which two beautiful innocents inigh' wulk on their first thrill ing visit to Paris. Granada TOMTK mid TUESDAY Plus New s Yodvil Cm-toon LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Monday, August 20, 1915 Chicago Cubs Look Like Flag Winners By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK. Aug. 20 (UP) The Chicago Cubs, who couldn't be flying any higher if a sky writer was doing their script, left impression today thnt they had wutched the 11)45 world cham pions in action. A team that is winning in the manner of the Cubs can't help but be impressive after yester day's 3 to 1 and 8 to 0 triumphs over the Giants. The Cubs, now seven-and-a-half games in front, are first in team batting at .285; first in team fielding at .980 with only 84 er rors as compared witli !)G for the next team, and their pitching has been brilliant. Shutout When Ray Prim and Hank Bor owy each went the route yester day it brought to 02 the number of complete, games turned in by Cub hurlers, 57 of which have been victories. Iiorowy's eight hit shutout wus his first in the National league. Tho Cards split at Boston, win ning the second game 5 to 4 on Marty Marion's double in the 13th Celler Objects to Inviting Jap Team To liaseball Meet ARMONK, N. Y., Aug. 20 (UP) A proposal by Ray Duinont to let Japan play in his projected global baseball tournament in Washington next month drew bit ter criticism today from Rep. Emanuel Celler, D., N. Y., who said it was "the most asinine" idea growing out of the war. '1 his is a monstrous idea and must be canned immediately," he said. "Are we like dolts going to in vite the Japs to play baseball with us as though the war was just a Sur.any school picnic?" Celler said. 'I suppnp.- Dumont would roll out a caipet covering it with cherry blossoms and invite Hiro- hito to walk thereon to the grand stand," he said. Oregon Slate to Have Track Team CORVALLIS. Aug. 20 (UP) The Oregon slate college Heav ers' first t r a c k team in three years will bo coached by Grunt Swan, veteran cinder coach, it was announced today. Swan informed athletic direc tor Percy P. Locey by letter that he expects to be released from service in the American Red Cross in time to be at Oregon Slate for the fall term. The col lege definitely will have a track and field squad next spring and compete against other conference schools, Locey repotted. An Oregon State coach for 10 years, Swan has been field di rector for the Red Cross in the Aleutians since 1943. Riggs Wins Army Tennis Tourney GUAM, Aug. 20 (UP) The army-navy Marianas tennis sin gles championship was won to day by navy specialist l.'e Bobby Riggs. who defeated the army s First Lt. Don Budge and Sgt. Frank Parker five matches to three each. Tournament games have been played during the past month at Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Ulithi and Peleliu. Budge and Parker scor ed a clean five-match swivp in doubles against Riggs and Spe cialist Wayne Sabin. ARMY-NAVY GAME WEST POINT. N. Y., Aug. 20 (UP) The annual army - n a v y football game will be played at Philadelphia's municipal stadium en Dec. 1, Col. Lawrence' (Biff) Jones, army graduate manager of athletics, announced todav. Today anil Tuesday 1 -.gaIL RUSSELL cnX dIANA LYNN "Down the Kairways" Ko News and Cartoon SPORTS Page 6 after losing the opener 2 to 1. Bill Lee won his seventh game for the Braves while Glenn Gard ner picked up his secondf or the Cards. Foxx Wins The Dodgers and Pirates divid ed at Brooklyn, Les Webber post ed a 6 to 2 Flatbush victory, his second since returning from Mont real, after which Nick Stincevich hurled Pittsburgh to a 4 to 2 tri umph. Jimmy Foxx, one of the game's great all-time hitters, made a winning debut as a starting pitch er, hurling Philadelphia to a 4 to 2 victory over the Reds after team mate Dick Mauney had pitched a 5 to 0 shutout. Trout Wins A five-run rally in the 11th inning of the second game gave tho Athletics an 8 to 3 victory at Detroit and kept the league lead ing Tigers from gaining in the American. Detroit won the open er, 0 to 1, Paul (Dizzy) Trout picking up his 12th victory in a five-run fifth inning rally that included successive homers by Hank Greenberg and Roy Cullen bine. The Yankees ended a nine game losing streak, the longest in either Manager Joe McCarthy's or Miller Huggins' regimes. Ernie Bonhom pitcheda steady 4 to 2 victory over the White Sox at Chicago. However, they couldn't stand the puce and Orval Grove shut them out 2 to 0 on five hits, one a single by Charley Keller, who played all of the second game. Senators Split Washington beat the Indians, 7 to 1 at Cleveland, on a seven hitter by old John Nieggeling, but collapsed in the seventh of the second game when the Tribe made all of its runs off Emil (Dutch) Leonard to win, 9 to 3. The Red Sox and Browns di vided at St. Louis. Boston took the first game 10 to 8 in 13 inn ings. Dolph Camillia, Bob John son and Skeeter Newsome each made three hits for the winners and one-armed Pete Gray made four for the Browns. Vern Ste phens batted in three runs to pace the Browns to a 6 to 3 second game victory. Baseball Standings By United Presi COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Portland 88 55 .615 Seattle 88 59 .579 4'i Sacramento .... 77 67 .535 15"j San Francisco.. 73 71 .507 1514 Oakland 70 75 .483 19 San Diego 67 79 .459 22 ', I.os Ansrlps fil 83 424 27 Hollywood 57 87 .396 31 Vb AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Detroit 63 46 .573 Washington 62 49 .559 Chicago 59 52 .532 Cleveland 58 52 .527 St. Louis 56 53 .514 New York 53 54 .495 Boston. 53 60 .469 Philadelphia 35 72 .327 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 74 38 .601 St. Louis 68 47 .591 Brooklyn 63 50 .558 New York 62 54 .534 Pittsburgh 60 58 .508 Boston 54 64 .548 Cincinnati 45 68 .402 Philadelphia 33 81 .28!) on will he sfcinu golden emblems of honorable discharge. Watch for them. Honor the men who wear them their duty has been well done. One of these days Overland Greyhound, too, will be "discharged" from war service. Then, we will be ready with the newest and finest in bus service ready to take you on that long deferred vacation to see this "Amazing America" you fought for. GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT H. A. Decker, Agent Phone 49 Sucjaea Anntx f( Phone 49 Sncjaea Aanx yr.'.""'"' r'ET " V5f " J AIR CONDITIONED UNION fAClMC HASiS, INCOKfOKAlSO Lt. (j. g.) K. E. Lilly has been visiting his wife, Rose, at 702 Crook street for a week. He will report to San Francisco for reassignment. Larry W. Quille, former La Grande resident, who has been a prisoner of war since the fall of Wake island in De cember, 1941, has again been hoard from, according to a mes sage received by his parents n Fullerton, Calif., friends here said today. Quille was a civilian employe of the army on Wake. His last message was a broadcast to his parents, Aug. 17, giving best wishes for his father's birth day and his parents' wedding an niversary. He has received 18 letters and two cards in the 43 months he has been prisoner. He was at Shanghai for a time but for the last few months has been in Tokyo. He sent greetings, via broadcast to the M. M. Christen scn family and the John Clark family here. Richard Cash. MO MM 1c returns tonight to San Francisco for reassignment to duty after 30 day leuve with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cash. Capt. Howard K. Dixon. son of Mr. and Mis. H. E. Dix on of 1812 Walnut street is home on 30 day leave after having been in the army since February, 1942. It is his first time home. He has spent the last year on Saipan and after conclusion of his leave will report to Camp Lewis for reas signment. Lt. Robert Zweifel has returned to Lincoln, Neb., after a visit hi-re with his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mis. mate Zweifel. SADDLE. BRIDLE READY GUAM, Aue. 20 (UP) A bri dle and bridle for the white horse Admiral William F. Halsey intends to ride down the streets of Tokyo have arrived and are enroute to Halsey, the navv an nounced todaV. The oiftc ",voro sent by the Reno, Nev., cham- ocr or commerce. Basement Moors an Can lie ISasiiy WITH Colortlarit 'No Priming Necessary Easy to Apply' A quick-drying, lustrous, heavy - duty coating that resists abrasion and prevents dusting of concrete floors . . . water proof and oil-proof . . . tough and elastic. No brushmarks, and no costly under coats. 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