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Pa 3 Baseball Standings COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. .814 .5!I0 .534 .507 .47(1 .450 .444 3D7 Portland 89 Seattle 85 Sacramento 78 San Francisco 74 Oakland 70 San Diego 68 Los Angeles 07 Hollywood 58 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. Detroit 07 48 .585 Washington C7 49 .578 Chicago 00 55 .522 St. Louis 50 55 .513 New York 50 55 .505 Cleveland 58 57 .504 Boston 55 03 .40(1 Philadelphia 30 7 .321 HOPS ON GROUND SALEM, Aug. n (UP) The 40-ucre Ray Kerr farm in the Clear Lake district was just too full of hops. Yesterday Kerr's entire extra-heavy hop crop was flat on the ground. Granada CPINE-CHILUNG.i iKOBtHT LOWER Y MARJORII WEAVER ! I; 1 IM RYAN ioN ov ooiotht chiiw I r 3k IV'Tpf! i I fgIIRST LA FIRST o o MEMBER FEDERAL LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Thursday, August 2.'!, 1 945 Senators Half Game Out of First Place By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UP) They don't call owner Clark Grif fith of the Washington Senators the "Old Fox" for nothing. Bor lowing a page from the book of Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cards, Griffith today has his ball players hustling for a world ser ies cut that would be more than many of them will make for an entile season. Wherever the Senators go in their swing about the American league circuit, fans, writers and opposing teams are impressed by their spirit and hustle. And to day they were only half a game out after another double header victory at Cleveland, 3 to 0 and 0 to 5, that ran their current win ning Strea klo five straight. Homer Wins Winding up their final western swing with 13 victories out of 20, the Senators won the first game on the margin of a homer by George Myalt. The Nats knocked out Steve Gromek with four runs in the first inning of the second game but couldn't hold the margin. Cleveland pecked away and fi nally tied the score with two runs in the ninth. Mickey Haefer gained his second win in as many days, pitching three relief inn ings as the Senators pushed over the winning run in the 1 1th Detroit won, 4 to ;, from the visiting Athletics, hut lost a half game in the race. Paul (Dizzy) Trout won his Kith game and his fourth in a row. Browns Drop Chicago topped the visiting Yankees, 0 to 5 in 1 1 innings J when Mike Tiesh doubled and Kerby Farrell singled. Tresh earlier had dougled in the last of the ninth to touch off a three run rally which tied the score. The Browns and Red Sox split at St. Louis. Bob Muncrief notch ed his eighth victory against two losses, giving the Browns a 4 to 2 victory in the opener. In the second game, the Browns hand- i w i mSl KRAII GROWERS ...SPEOff'THE MTIOML BMK When your County Agricultural Conservation Committee prepares your loan papers, be sure to specify this Branch of the First National Bank of Portland. You'll receive prompt and efficient service. (111 .Ul)U BRASfH ffATIMAL BAH OF PORTLAND Oregon's leading Merchant of o DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SPORTS Page 8 ed the Red Sox a 5 to 4 victory on loose fielding and wildness by Pitcher Weldon West. Mike Ryba won his fifth victory. The Browns dropped to fourth behind Chicago. There were no National leagui games scheduler). Three Latins Take Quarter Finals Places in Tennis SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug 23 (UP) Three South American tennis players earned berths in the quarter finals of the South ampton invitational meet, mak ing up for the absence of Fran Cisco (Pancho) Segura, the Ecua dor star who is resting up for the national meet next week Alejo Russell of Buenos Aires scored the major upset of the meet when he eliminated the vet eran Sidney B. Wood, jr., 8-2, 17' 15 . Wood made a remarkable comeback in the second set after trailing 5-2 and with Russell needing only one match point Wood made it 6-5 by winning four straight games and from then on it was a bitter battle. Favored Billy Talbert of Wil mington, Del., won with difficulty from Lt. Edward Moylan of the navy. Other South American winners are Heraldo Weius of Buenos Aires who eliminated Jack McManis of San Diego, Calif., 0-2, 0-2, and Andres Ham mersley of Santiago, the Chilean champion, who won 0-4, 3-6, 7-5 from Lt. Seymour Greenberg. Second seeded Lt. Gardner Mulloy of the navy and Miami Fla., won from Nick Buzolich of Los Angeles, 0-2, 7-5; Francis X. Shields of New York topped Pfc. George Ball of San Antonio, Tex., 6-3, 0-7: Eiwood Cooke of Los Angeles won from J Gilbert Hall of New York, the national veter an's champion, 0-2, 6-1; and Lt Hal Sorface of Kansas City, Mo., ousted Lt. Robert Peacock of the navy, 0-0, 0-4, Feller to Rejoin Cleveland Team CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UP) Chief Specialist Bob Feller is on his wny to Cleveland today to re join his former teammates and attempt to regain his stellar pitching role with the Cleveland Indians. The husky player collected his last service pay from the navy v,!t,.rrl;iv :rt,r l,v,nct V,,,,- im,x-c service. Feller had compiled 45. jS' onc 1,1010 lnlln required for dis charge. He thought his pitching KC-'- chores at Great Lakes had kept him in "pretty good" condition. Credit Sac Schoolboy ; . Pitcher Wins Second Game By United Press Sacramento's 19 -year-old schoolboy pitcher from Long Beach, Joe Vivaldi, turned his second mound assignment into his second victory as he hurled the Solons to a 5 to 3 triumph over San Francisco in their Pa cific coast league ball game Wednesday night. Although he walked 10 Seal players, loading the bases with three passes in the third, young Vivaldi held his opponents to six hits while the Sacs collected sev en blows from Frank Seward and Tony Buzolich. In his first suc cess Vivaldi pitched a three-hitter against San Diego last Sun day. The pennant-bound Portland Beavers checked Los Angeles, 9 to 3, and the second-place Seat tle Rainiers defeated Oakland, 8 to 5, to remain Vk games out of first position. Hollywood turned four hits into six runs to beat San Diego, fl to 3. Roy Helser, Beaver mound star, was never pressed as he rolled up his 18th victory of the season. He was allowed seven hits. An gel hurler Charley Cuellar was greeted in the first frame by a four hit attack for four runs by Portland. Charley English paced Port land's batting, knocking out two doubles and a single in four trips to the plate. The veteran southpaw Carl Fischer gained his 17th win of the season as the Ruiniers swept their second straight game from the Oakland Acorns, but a homer in the ninth by Charlie Metro, with two aboard, sent Fischer to the showers. Sylvester Johnson finished for Seattle, choking off the Oaks rally, Floyd Stromme was charged with the defeat. Pitcher Who Wins 20 First Year Not Always Fizzle By HARRY GRAYSON NEW YORK (NEA) Dave Fer- riss is the first major league pitcher to win 20 games this sea son, which has the baseball writ ers recalling the mighty few who have performed the feat as fresh men. Statisticians can dig up only a half gozen who have had the good fortune in the 45 years the Amer ican league has been in exist ence, and none came close to crashing the Hall-of-Fame. Since Grover Cleveland Alex ander turned in 28 victories in 1911, a 20th century high for a frosh, only Cliff Melton of the Giants, and the Braves' veterans, Jim Turner and Lou Fctte, have won as many as 20 games their first time around in the National league, and they were no great shucks, as it was subsequently demonstrated. Were it not for Grover Alex ander and a fistful of old-timers, ff the record you might suspect that only a pitcher with trick stuff could account for 20 big league victories in his maiden whirl. This would seem true especial when you consider that such Jack Chesbro, Big Ed Reul- ach, Rube Wacldell, Eddie Plank. Wild Bill Donovan, Big Ed Walsh, George Mullin, Chief Bender, ack Coombs, Rube Marquard, moky Joe Wood, Walter John son, Babe Ruth, the Coveleskies, Eddie Cicottcr Herb Pennock, eorge Uhle, Waite Hoyt, Rob ert Moses Grove, Dizzy Dean, Lefty Gomez, Carl Hubbell, Paul Derringer, Bob Feller and Spud Chandler are among the several thousand who failed to make the grade. But, while 01' Pete Alexander might be the modern exception proving the rule, the one-time Nebraska farm boy also conclu sively showed that a pitcher can nlki n with the equipment and etain it . Alex tossed his weight ound with considerable author iT as late as 1929 throughout a 9-year stretch. Before him you have to go back o Amos Rusie, Cy Young. Clark Griffith, Iron Man Joe McGin- PORTAGE PULCHRITUDE Karen Nielsen, left and Patricia Kinney of Detroit add attractiveness to boating in lifting kayak from Red Cedar river, which flows through heart of Michigan Stale campus. roday's Sport Parade By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug 23 (UP) Cannon-mouthed Leo Durocher, whose histrionics on the ball field have brought him stage- and screen offers, will have a hard time trying to find a job that will pay him more money than he gets for managing the Brooklyn Dodg ers. Durocher comes a long way from being Brooklyn boss Branch Rickey's favorite manager, but before the 1945 season ends he may become tho most high-priced pilot in major league history. "Worst Club" Rickey, who has more angles than a geometry text-book, heard the hue and cry of the baseball writers this spring when they came to the Dodger training camp and described the club being as sembled as "the worst ever to represent the National league." Not even the most rabid Dodg er supporter among the scribes could foresee a higher finish than the second division for the babes in the major league woods that Accident Fatal to Indian Quisling SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 (UP) Radio Tokyo said today Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian rebel leader, died in a Japanese hospital Aug. 19 from wounds sustained in an airplane accident. Bose, known as the "Indian Quisling," who fled India for Ja pan to form a puppet party in connection with Japan's greater East-Asia co-prosperity sphere, was seriously injured when his plane crashed near Taihoku air field, Tokyo said. Lt. Gen. Tsunamasa Shidei was instantly killed, while Bose's ad jutant and four Japanese officers were injured, the broadcast add ed. nity and the immortal Christy Mathewson. They broke into the National league with 10 to 29 vic tories each, and kept riglit on going. On the American league side, only southpaw Venn Gregg, who copped 23 for Cleveland in 1911, might have pitched a bust of him self into the House at Coopers town, but his arm went haywire. The others who are remembered ; only and largely because they ; scored 20 victories making their bows are Eddie Summers, who neipeci met lgers to tneir pen nant in 1908; Ewell Russell of the 1913 White Sox; Hugh Bedicnt of the Red Sox champions of the same era; and Monte Weaver of the 1932 Senators. There was a stretch of some 30 years between Reb Russell and between the latter and Ferriss. Bedient and Weaver, and 13 years But that shouldn't discourage Boo ferriss. Not with his size and stuff. SINCE IS55 . 11 UP Staff Correspondent Rickey had assembled at the eainp. Bad Beating Unperturbed, Rickey left the l Duraen oi proot as to whether the writers were right or wrong to Durocher, who in many ways has become the Dodger "whip ping boy." If what the writers said was true, the Dodgers were in for a terrific financial beating at the gate. But if the team could make a race of it, there was a strong possibility it might have its most profitable year. Hence Rickey offered Durocher a one year contract on a bonus basis. His base salary was reduced from the previous year but Rickey stip ulated when the Ebbels field at tendance reached 500,000 Duroch er was to get an extra $5,000. From then on, whenever the at tendance went up another 100, 000 Durocher received another $5,000. With the receipts now past the 900,000, Durocher has cashed $25,000 in bonuses already and gets a "double feature" $10, 000 bonus when the turnstiles hit one million. Big Crowds Since his base pay reportedly was $20,000, he is almost certain to make a flat $55,000 for the year, which would make him the highest salaried manager of all time. lt was a terrific gamble for him to take. If the Dodgers had been as bad as they were made out to he, it isn't likely the season's at tendance would have reached $500,000. It was up to Durocher and he delivered That the Dodg ers, despite a recent bad slump, have managed to stay in the first division verges on the miraculous. Yet the spirit has been high and the club played far beyond ex pectations Bath Towels Tfursty Torry Towels, in a large size and heavy weight. Get yours tomorrow. Shop Early! v. i.Mimii lit, . 1&$f& MasM - ; To-Morrow! ' CANNON'S TERRY ' I I I ' '"' q i' i - . j j y Kaiser Warns of Panic if Plants Of U.S. Closed SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 (UP) Henry J. Kaiser, west coast industrialist, today warned closing of government war plants will create economic panic. Kaiser criticised an unidenti fied group of business men re ported by San Francisco news papers to be opposing peacetime use of government-owned war plants. Kaiser announced he plans to build railroad freight cars in the government - owned shipyards which he operates in Richmond, Calif. He has entered a bid to deliver 19,000 freight cars by Jan. 1, 1946. "All government war plants, I including Willow Run, should be leased immediately to private en terprise, Kaiser told the senators. The reported fight against peacetime use of government- plants by private enterprise prob ably is led by businessmen who fear competition, Kaiser com mented. "Private enterprise of the old order is after profit, not prosper ity it is afraid of competition, he said. Gene Shields Dies In Logging Mishap; Was Football Great PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) Gene Shields, 45, football great at the University of Oregon, was killed Wednesday when a log, lolling off a truck, crushed him to death near Timber, 20 miles northwest of Forest Grove. Shields was at the scene of op erations where he and a brother, Marshall (Dutch) Shields, had been engaged for almost three years. Shields went to the university in 1927, remaining through the i regimes of Coach John J. (Cap) McEwan, Claience W. (Doc) Spears and Prince G. Callison. He entered the logging business in 1942. In addition to his brothers he is survived by his widow and two young daughters, Norma and Nancy of Portland; t w o other brothers and two sisters and his mother, Mrs. Nora Shields of Camas. Wash. Coe McKenna Takes Over Tax Position PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) State Senator Coe McKenna of Portland turned in his official resignation today to Secretary of Slate Robert Farrell. He will take over new duties as state tax com missioner. The task of appointing a suc cessor to represent Multnomah county in the Oiegon state senate was delegated to the Multnomah county commissioners. It is ex pected they will select former state senator Jack Lynch, who barely lost to McKenna in the last election. Both are republicans. r 111 ! 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