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Second Salem' Entry- in - State Softball. Meefy Will . Be Picl
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Cardinals Co
"How About Some Pudding, Vein?"
N. 7. Athletes
Four Clubs to
VieNexteek
Veterans in the Vanguard
To Top Again
Get Limelight
By BUIUSXEY
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Wait's Hogg's, Paper Mill
and Blan's Shop Slated i
to Plav For Honor
Two teams will represent Salem
in the state softball tournament
here August 24 to 29. state soft
ball Director .G u rn ee Flesher an
nounced yesterday after confer
ring with officers of other leagues
belonging to the state associa
tion. . "- '
Salem was originally entitled to
enter only one team and Atwater
Kent won that place by going
through - the season undefeated,
The eecond club was added, with
the agreement of all. members of
the state association, in order to
assure the tourney's financial suc
cess. '
Four teams. Waft's. "Paper 'Mill,
Hogg Bros, and Man's Shop, will
vie for the ri&ht to be Salem's sec
ond team in the tournament in. a
playoff Monday and Wednesday
of next week. The winner of the
series is expected to strengthen
considerably by signing players
from other teams.
Radio "Keeps These .
Atwater-Kent, which as first
team has first choice of league
players, announced yesterday that
it would probably go into the
tournament "as is" except for an
additional battery combination
and an extra in fielder. .
The schedule for the playoff
for second position brings the
Man's Shop against the Paper Mill
and Hogg Bros, against, Wait's In
Monday night's games. The two
winners will play for the bigjrize
in the second game weanesaay
following an intercity clash be
tween Lebanon, and Atwater-Kent.
Flesher announced that there
will also be games Thursday and
Friday nights.- One of the con
tests will be an exhibition game
between Atwater-Kent and the
team that wins the tournament
playoff. Another will be an exhi
bition by industrial league teams
of ten man softball which, that
league adopted. this season.
Yankees Win Last
Tussle of Series
Finally Defeat' Senators;
Bridges, Ferrell arid
Kennedy Do Well
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WV'-L.
Pet.
New York . ......72
Cleveland ........62
Cnicago .... : t . . 6 0
Detroit . 5S
Boston ..57
Washington ......54
St. Louis 39
wlilladelpbla .36
36 ,S67
49 ,559
51 .541
51 .532
54 .514
55 .495
70
72
.358
.333
NEW itORK, Aug. 12.-0?)-tfith
the II aid of the Yankees'
siege gunl. Bump Hadley chalk
ed np hia 11th straight pitching
Tlctory today as murderers' row
downed the Washington Senators
11 to 7 for their only win of the
three-game series. -
Although the American league's
leading pitcher was touched for
ten hits, including a homer by
Ossie Bluege. he was never threat
ened after the fourth when his
mates staked him to a 6-1 lead to
put the game on ice.
The victory, coming at the same
time as the setback of the second
place Cleveland Indians by the
Tigers, boosted the Yanks' league
lead back to It1 J games.
Washington ........ 7101
New York ....... 11 13 2
Whitehill, Cohen and Millies;
Hadley and Glenn.
Bridge Wins Again "
CLEVELAND, Aug.
Tommy Bridges took his fourth
straight victory over the Indians
today as the Tigers won 7 to 4.
It ran his season's total to 15
wins, but Hal Trosky nicked him
for a home run in the seventh.
with the bases empty. It was the
tribe firat baseman's 34th long
distance clout of the year.
Detroit 7 11 0
Cleveland .......... .4 " 9 0
Br id res aDd Ilayworth; Hudlln,
Blaeholder, Lee and SulliTan.
Perrell Wins Own
BOSTON. Aug. 12.-P-Arter
Wea Ferrell belted In a 6-4 vic
tory over the Philadelphia with
a pair of successive home runs
in today's opening game, the- Red
Sox failed to follow his batting
lead? and were shut out 6-0 by
Harry Kelley in the nightcap.
The Sor - were outhit! in both
contests but Wea gained! his 11th
pitching triumph of the season
by putting two drives lover the
left field wall in the third and
fourth frames.
Philadelphia .......... 4 S 1
Boston . 6 7 1
J Lisenbee. Flythe and Moss; W
Ferrell and R. Ferrell. .
Philadelphia 6 10 1
Boston 0 3 3
Kelley and Hayes; Meola, Wil
son and Berg.
Kennedy Vin 16th
CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-m-Ven
on Kennedy pitched the Chicago
White Sox to an 8 to 3 victory
over the St. Louis Browns today
to account for his" 16th triumph
of th season.
St. Louis . ........ .V .3 8
Chicago ............ .8 10
Knott. LeibhardC j Klmberlin
and Hensley;xKennedy and Grub.
Jifj Defeat Fade? a
in Tight League Game
V "
mir defeated Pade's 1 to 1
In aa Industrial league gam at
Leslie playground last night.
Pade'a . 1 X
mii'a . : .1 1 1
Lindstrom and Grable; Smith-
ers and Harmsi
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IS THE SPARK PLUG
OF THE RDS'
KID TfAM.t
OLD-TIMEKS like Scbmeung,
Braddock and Sharkey are
monopolizing the fistic spot
light, but boxing isn't the only sport
in which ancient guys are showing
signs of rejuvenation.
The well-known national pastime
I mean baseball also has its gal
livanting grandpopa. It's in the air,
and the old boys are all taking a
new lease on life, for some reason
or other.
Teams Arrive For
N. W. Junior Final
ROSEBURG, Ore., Augj 12.-;p)
-The El Rey Roofers of Portland,
recruited, "from Jefferson high
school, and the Gibson Carpets of
Seattle arrived here today to par
ticipate in the regional playoffs
of the American Legion's Junior
league baseball f-erles, with the
winner to go to Bismarck, N. D.
Thei Oregon-Washington series.
to start tomorrow, will be held in
conjunction : with the American
Legion state convention.
Both teams attended a banquet
tonight at which the schedule for
subsequent games was outlined
and 1 hours of practice assigned
prior to the initial contest here.
Paul Patterson, state junior
baseball chairman, said he receiv
ed work, from H. L. Challlauk,
the Legion's national Americaniz
ation commissioner, that eight
champions from 16 western states
would compete as Bismarck Aug.
23. 24 and 25 for the right to play
in the national finals Aug. 29, 31
and Sept. 1, 2 and 3.
The finals will be played in the
home town of one of the partici
pating teams.
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German Champ Wins
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-(yP)r
Gustav Edar, German welter
weight champion, knocked out
Jimmy Leto of Hartford, Cann.,
after two minutes of fighting la
the ninth round of their 10 round
bout at Ebbets field tonight. Ed
ar weighed 1464 and Leto 144.
Pytlak, Injured,
Joe Vosraik 1
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Struck on the jaw by one of Monte Pearson's fast baHa. Frankle
Pytlak, No. 1 Indian catcher, is helped fromr the field in Cleveland
during an Indian-New York Yankee game. Pytlak auffered three
fractures of the Jaw which to expected to keep him out of the lineup
for, the rest of the season. Shown helping Pytlak off the field are
Joe Vosmlk. Tribe outfielder, left, and Lefty Weisman. trainer, right
5 Manager Steve OTIeUl cf the Tribe can b seen in bAfcground -
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reucs, are
PLAYERS
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'Take Kiki Coyler, for instance
a lot of big league pilots wish they
could take him. This patriarch of
the diamond has been knocking
around the bis tent for some four
teen Summers, man and boy, and
was" thought to have long since out
lived his usefulness. However, Kikl
refused to read his own baseball
obituaries, and at present he is the
spark plug of the. Reds' "kid team,"
and is having a great season.
Then there's another relic Gos
lin, the Goose that sails on forever.
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League Season Winds Up Quietly With
Hogg Br osi and Waifs Winning Final
Games; Home Runs
SOFTBALL STANDING
(Final Standings) :
W. L. Pet.
Atwater-Kent ..7 0 1.000
Hogg Bros . -6 1 : .857
Wait's ' , , ,...,.,;, 4 S .571
Paper Mill 4 Z .571
Eagles - . 2 S . .18
Man's Shop 5 .256
Artisans 2 5 - .286
Master Bread 6 .143
Because nothing was at stake
there was not much fanfare and
very little shouting aa the regu
lar season of the Salem Softball
association came to a close last
night.
Walt's and Hogg Bros, were
victors in the two games of the
final bill. Hogg Bros, downed the
lowly Master Bread nine 8 to 3
and Wait's triumphed over the
Man's Shop 7 to 1.
A three run rally in the sev
enth .inning pat Hogg Bros, oat
in front for good after ; Master
Bread had knotted the count at
three-all in the sixth. Selgmund.
Moye, Ted Girod and Salatrom all
hit to figure In the scoring and
two of the six Master Bread boots
helped things along.
- Serdotz Needs Relief :
Master Bread had one conso
lation, however. With four hits
that brought three runs before
any were oat in the sixth it bat
ted Mack Serdots out of the box
for the second time of the sea-
Out for Season
Lefty Wctomaa-lj
rranide Pytlak
i i St k v -i-. -
Detroit's venerable outfielder is
making the pitchers quake as of old
when he steps to the platter.
Jimmy Dykes, hustling boss of the
peppery White Sox, is still just
about as good a third sacker as
youll find around, even though ha
should be running the bases in a
wheelchair at his age. And what
about such hoary centa as Jess
Haines, Bob Smith, and Ossie
Bluege,, who are still mighty spry
for baseball greybeards?
CwtUM.lltl.KlarMtaMtnyLlM .
Feature Last QasH
son. "Sqnee" Kitchen replaced
Serdots and held the Bakers hit-
less the rest of the game.
To make it more decisive the
Brothers added another pair "of
runs in the ninth.
Marv Ritchie held the Man's
Shop to four bits in the second
game. One of them, however, was
a home run by Ike Wlntermute
that gave the Man's Shop its only
score. " ;
Wait's scored two runs in the
first inning when Elliott slam
med oat a nome run that bounced
into the ' old grandstand with
Scales on base. As it turned out
that was enough to win the ball
game but Wait's added one more
in the fifth and two each in the
sixth and eighth. -
There will be no further games
Ibis week.
Master Bread ...3 S
Hogg Bros. 8 14
Heseman and Kellogg; M. Ser
dotz. Kitchen and P. McCaffery.
Waits's ; 7 1
Man's Shop ' ' 1 4
M. Ritchie and Elliott; Gilmore
and Schnuelle. .
Sayles Hurls For
Winner at Berlin
BERLIN, Aug. 12P)-T h
largest crowd ever to see a base
ball game in Europe or the united
States folly 100,000 jammed
the Olympic stadium and watchedL
two American amateur teams play
a demonstration game.
The "World Champions" and
the Olympics, both' picked from
the American Olympic . baseball
squad, -played for seven innings,
the Champions winning, 6-5.
-Only a handful in the Test
crowd had any idea wha was play
ing or cared -who won. But the
Germans .were eager to learn
something about the game.
Bill Sayles, Portland, Ore., was
one ot the pitchers for the
"Champs-r
Rosalind Winner
In Hambletonian
GOSHEN, N. Y- Aug. lt.-VFh
Rosalind, the story-book filly,
carved . out a sensational Tlctory
on ' Good Time park's triangular
track in the 11th Hambletonian
today.
"Flying the silks of the 21-year-old
Gibson White, of Lexington,
and driven by his grey-haired .fa
ther, Rosalind won trotting'a rich
est stake In' straight heats . and
record time before the largest
crowd in Hambletonian history
estimated at close to 45,000. :
She stepped the first mile in
2:01 and then reeled off the
second heat -in 2:02U, to erase
from the books Greyhound's mark
of 2:02 V4 and 2:02 n made last
year. , .
Their Five Hits Overcome
Cubs9 14; Giants and
Dodgers Wage Duel
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
Pet.
.606
.598
.574
.509
.486
.472
.389
.364
St. Louis ...... .ti 43
Chicago
.64
43
46
52
55
57
66
63
New York
.62
.54
.52
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
51
Brooklyn
.42
Philadelphia
.39
ST. LOUIS. Aug, 12.-VTbe
pitching' combination 7 of Larry
French and Clay Bryant held the
St. Louis Cardinals to five hits to
day, but two of them were home
runs that sent the Chicago Cabs
down to second place in defeat, 6
to 3. -
Chicago, led by Frank Demaree
with four , hits and Ken O'Dea
with three, failed lamentably, to
take advantage of 14 safeties off
Si Johnson, formerly of Cincin
nati and Toronto, making his first
start for St. Louis.
Chicago : i 14 v 0
St. Louis - 3 5.0
French, Bryant and O'Dea;
Johnson and V, Davis.
Gabler Giants' Hero
BROOKLYN, Aug. . 12.-(JPIv
Young Gabby Gabler smashed out
triple with two mates on base
today to break up a 12-lnning
thriller and give himself and the
New York Giants a 2 to 1 victory
over the luckless Dodgers.
For 11 innings, Gabler and
Van Mungo pitched scoreless ball.
the latter holding the New York
ers to five hits. After Grfbby drove
in the winning runs, the Dodgers
threatened to tie it up in their
half of the 12th. bat Carl Hub
bell came to Gabler's assistance
and pulled the game out ot the
fire.
New York 1 s 1
Brooklyn - 1 12 2
Gabler and Mancuso; .Mungo
and Berree.
Rookie Weakens
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 12.-&D
-Pete Sivess, the Phillies rookie
pitcher from Dickinson college,
weakened in the ninth today and
the Boston Bees pushed over two
rans for a 4 to 2 victory to sweep
the three game series. It was the
Phils 10th straight defeat.
Boston ..4 10 1
Philadelphia 1 8 0
Bush and Lopes; Sivess, Benge
and Grace, Wilson.
Swift Hurls Hits
PITTSBURGH,' Aug. 12.--
Tne six-hit pitching of Bill Swift,
who drove in .the first two Pirate
run, highlighted Pittsburgh's 6
to " 1 - victory over Cincinnati to
day.
The Pirates scored four runs in
an eighth inning rally after Don
Brennan, Cincinnati nurler. re
placed Gene Schott, who had made
way for a pinch hitter.
The Reds scored their lone tally
in the sixth on two singles, a sac
rifice and an infield out.
Cincinnati . 1 6 1
Pittsburgh f 11
Schott. Brennan and Lombard!:
Swift and Padden.
Douglas of Pacific to
Coach at Rainier High
RAINIER, Ore., Aug. 12.-jP-
Loren .Douglas, who coached at
the Shedd school last season, -will
become athletic mentor at Rain
ier Union high this falL He sue-
ceeas buck Hammer, who re
signed to accept a coaching po
sition In Klamath Falls.
Douglas was a four-year let-
terman In three sporta at Paci
fic university, Forest Grove. .
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Owens Family
I Jew
There was rejoicing at the Cleveland home of
Henry C Owens when the news cams from the
CerUn Olympics that Jesse Owens, Ohio State uni
versity Cash,' had scored a grand tUia tj winning
tta lCO-mcttr and 2S5-mcter dashes and the bread
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Hr and; Mrs. Vern Kennedy -
Vern Kennedy, star pitchei of the jchicago". White Sox, keeps his
pitching arm limbered up by stirring up a dish Of his favorite pud
rtijuc in the kitchen of his hoaie in Chicago, as Mrs. Kennedy looks on.
ELY FAU U
To the rescue of softball ians
who didn't know what tbiey's
do next week while waiting for
the state softball tournament
came the announcement y ester
day that Salem will have (two
teams 1st that melee after) all
and that a playoff will be held
to pick the other team. That
means softball all of next week
and the fsas can keep right fa
training tor the big event.! !
They'll need that training and
it wouldn't do to have themirelax
lust a week before the tourna
ment. As it is we're afraid the
fans aren't in the same top notch
condition with which they (have
greeted the tournament in prev
ious years. There has been! only
one extra-inning game and (with
the seven-inning' rule toe fans
have sat through less softbaU per
capita than In any previous (year.
Then too there has been thai soft
ening effect of comfortable iseats
in the new grandstand. (
we are seriously wot
about whether the eaa can
It. We wonder what will
pen when they have to sit
through the three full games
that are played the first nights
of the tournament. j
Meanwhile plans for the b I g
softball party move right fclong
and the entry list, at 15, ilacks
only one team of being a full
house. Portland's entries are not
known for sure yet as the Rose
City playoff Is not until next
week. Chief contenders erf Ro
tary Bread, the state champions.
M 4k M Woodworkers, statej runner-ups,
Sperry Flour, only team
to beat Atwater-Kent this season,
and the Log Cabin bakery team.
Phil Bell Ifoworried o !r e r
whether the big all star football
game In which Johnny Oravec
may play will be broadcast J mxl
wrote a letter to Harvey Wood
ruff, eporu scribe of the -Chi
cago Tribune, to find out. He
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fried
take
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Jubilant Over iesses Grand Slam
in action
j Henry C
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HAUSE-K
got his answer yesterday and
earned, much to his joy, that it
lev ill be broadcast over both the
jN'BC and Columbia networks
from 9:80 to 8 o'clock. Pacific
time, on Labor day. Local fans
can check on the doings of
Johnny, providing he gets a
irhance to show his stuff.
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Beavers Lose But
Suds Beaten Also
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-P)
-The San Francisco Missions
pounced on the offerings of three
pitchers, Hebert, Salvo and Camp
bell, ror 12 hits in defeating the
San -Diego Padres here today S to
1L The Missions victory evened
the current series, each team having-
one win.
Wally Beck, on the mound for
the locals, had llTtle difficulty
suoaumg me southerners, setting
them down with six hits.
San Diego It 0
Missions , 512 0
J Hebert, Salvo, Campbell and
peSautels, Kerr; W. Beck and
Sprlnx.
Portland ....15 2
Oakland 6 14 1
J Liska, French and Brucker;
Douglas and Hershberger.
Seattle 5 12 1
Sacramento 10 13 0
I Barrett, Osborn and Splndel;
Newsom and Grilk.
San Francisco 0 3
Las Angeles 11 17 0
Sheehan and Monto; Prim and
BottarinL.
Mack Beef Exported
CORVALLIS. Ore.. Aur. 12-UP1
tH. A. Lindgren, extension animal
husbandman at Oregon State col
lege; said today approximately
0 per cent of the beef produced
in Oregon is sold outside the state.
Oregon Is one of 20 states pro
ducing a surplus of beet.
Owens and Mrs. Jesse Owens)
Jesse's mother examines
! his track shoes
Jump. I Its triumph resulted in plans for a civic
homecoming celebration at which his parents, llr.
and Mrs. 3lenry C Owens, above, and wife. 2.n
nle TUith Owens,! to -hom he was married last
year. 13;b principals.
Washington Husky Crew Is
Heat Winner, Metlica
Heads Natators
BERLIN. Aug. 12.-D-Amer-
Ica swept back into the Olympic
picture in spectacular fasbion 10
dav as the University of Washing
ton cracked the Olympic record
for elght-oared crews wide pen.
Jack Medlca and Marjorie Gent
ring hung up unexpected triumphs
In aquatic competition, ana ido
basketball and boxing teams
chalked up new successes.
Surprised by the power in Great
Britain's shell, the Huskies from
the American far west, stroked
by ailing Done Hume, won their
trial heat and lowered the Olymp
ic record for the 2,000-meter dis
tance to 6:00.8. This time compar
ed with the Olympic standard of
6:02.2 established by the Unlver-
sity.of California at Amsterdam in
1928 and with the Grunau course
record ot 8:09 set by the Hungar
ians. While Washington thus was
qualifying for Friday's finals.
other American oarsmen w e r
making a dismal showing with th
single exception of the Pmladei.
phla sculler, Dan Bajrow, who
won his consolation heat and qua!-
ified for tomorrow's singles semi
finals. Fifth place was the fata
of three other American entrants,
in the pair oared with coxswain,
four-oared without coxswain and
double sculls event.
Medlca Seta Record
Medica lowered the OlympU
400 meter free style record to
4:45.5 in scoring an entirely un
expected victory over Shumpeluta
of Japan while Miss G est ring beat
out her team-mates. Katherin
Rawls and Dorothy Paynton Hill
for springboard diving honors.
Meanwhile Alice Bridges and
Edith Segal qualified for the wo
men's 100-meter backstroke fin
als; Adolf Klefer, Tsylor Drys
rale and Al Vande Weghe qual
ified for the women's 100-metei
backstroke semi-finals with Klef
er seiting a new Olympic and
listed world record with a 1:06.9
and the American girl's 400-metei
relay team qualified for the fin
als. In basketball, the United States
led by Joe Fortenberry and Fran
cis Johnson, defeated Philippines.
SB to 23. and qualified for thi
semi-finals along with Italy, Can
ada and Poland.
Louis Laurie, Cleveland fly
weight. Andy Scrlvani, Chlcagt
lightweight, and Jimmy Clark.
Jamestown, N. Y.. middleweight,
all qualified for the boxing quar.
ter-finals but Arthur Oliver of
Chicago was eliminated in thi
heavyweight division.
Sodality Outfit
Wilis Top Place
MT. ANGEL, Aug. 12. Last
night's kitball game decided the
Mt. Angel city league champion
ship when the Sodality defeated
the Foresters S to 1. The gam
was close throughout, but the So
dality finally edged out a victory
fro mthe first division winners.
This was the second game of a
two out of three playoff.
Sodality X S
Foresters 1 4 2
May and - Beyer; Wachter and
Uselman.
In the preliminary game the
Beer Barons took the K. C.'s II
to 2.
Beer Barons 14 14 1
K. C.'s 2 6 2
Hassing and Terhaar; Bean and
Schroeder.
Softball Trophy
Won by Veterans
SILVERTON. Aug. 12. The
Veterans of -Foreign Wars soft
ball team won the trophy in the
Sllverton league and will repre
sent Silverton in the state tourna
ment at Salem beginning August
24.
The VFW team had to play
three games with Brush Creek in
order to win the local title. Ia
the first game the VFW team de
feated the Brush Creek team 10 te
8; In the second game 11 Innings
were played to a 2 to 2 tie, and
in the final game the VFW team
won I to 4). .
Dr. Edgar Wright presented
Joe Hopflnger, .manager of the
winning team, with the trophy.
Curtis French to Coach
Cottage Grove Gridmcn
Curtis French, for several years
coach and physical director at
Bandoa high school, has been
named to the same position at
Cottage Grove. French, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. French of Salem,
graduated from Willamette where
he played footbalL
Paper Finn Reelects
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 12.HT)
-Directors of the Crown Willam
ette Paper company reelected all
officers and heard reports declar
ing a dividend of $1.75 on the
first preferred 7 per cent stock,
payable October 1 to stockholders
of record September 14."
BasebaU'o Big 6
By The Associated Press
The standings (first three plac
es la each league):
o ab
WMlWlf, 47 204
Hit; Cardinals .St t 0
A Thrill. In4ln 110 44 A
n
H Pet.
SI .337
41
50
7 tS'l .377
Ghrc. Ynks....I09 41) 131
Applmr. W htta 8. M 7 J
t. Wr, iirat..IU3 407
Medwick, Crd.10t 4il
M 14 4 .: ;i
su lo-t ili"