The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 24, 1938, Page 7, Image 7

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    By RON CtCMMEl.L .
With a gun In his hands .
capable of laying low a pre-
historic dinosaur, I've seen n
gay stand shaking like a quak
ing asp while a back deer
moiled by some SO yards away;
before an Important basketball,
baseball or football game I've,
witnessed kids so shaky they
couldn't get their clothes la
place; I once saw a gent who
had such a terrific hangover he ;
registered the lowest mark that
has ever been recorded in a
mechanical coordination test;
BIT I'm not stuttering when I
say the way those Kugeno
Rubes tied up In knots, before
Mr. Human Windmill Crofoot
and his 'Maker mates, makes
the before-mentioned collapses'
Immediately become as 'insig
nificant as a speck-on-a-lcu!e-on-a-nit-on-a-mouse.
Sick?And Howl!
Their almost unbelievable at
tack ot the Jitters not only made
them look As sick as a deep sea
fisherman with a stomach full
of fried potatoes, but it made the
songs of praise I've written about
'em during the summer look as
pale as a petrified owl's ear. And
If you don't think that's plenty
pale, just go and (try to) look
at one! About the only gent I
can think ot who could adequate
ly describe their combined col
lapse is that Arab sheik who is
always 'n' always a-going to "fold
his tent and steal away In the
night" or something.
Once Were Good.
They no more looked like
the club which set those same
. Papermakers down twice dur
ing the season than I look like
Gene Raymond. On their . two
previous trips here vthis raw
' mer every one of 'em stood up
at that platter and whaled the
pill with good old baseball cuts
that fairly warmed the cockles
of your heart. Monday night
Crofoot bad "era so stringhalt
ed they looked to be sole au
thors of -Lost in a Fog."
Afield, where in previous p-
rn-a ranees they had the snap,
and dash' of 12-year-old whis
key, Monday night they looked
like pilsner that had been left
open to the evils of fresh air -for
at least 48 hours. Abbre
viatedly, they were losy. Jn
fact, however, . the Knbes are
a much better Softball club than
they showed' here Monday
night.
Space for Percy.
Though the "great collapse
seems to have dominated today's
edition of word calisthenics. I
would feel very sorry If all the
space was given unto that and
none left for a. modest young, fel
low named Crofoot. For while his
'Maker buddies were not exactly
what you old army men might
call "at ease," Sir Percy Knight
of the Windmill was out there
whanging em over aa coolly as
If not one thing, depended apoa
his work. Reconsidering a mo
ment, I'm even Inclined to ' be
lieve I've been a bit too harsh
in regard to the Rubes and their
showing Monday night. For. after
sitting behind the plate while that
pinwheel master waa motivating
that pill across, I don't for ths
life of ms sea how they got the
three hits that were registered
for them!
Hops Every Way.
Either the led, who Is so
modest be allowed his suae
to go in headlines for nearly
two years spelled Crowfoot"
Instead of the proper Crofoot,
has that softball doing didoes
or I'm dne for a session with
aa oculist. I viewed w 1 1 h
alarm) his pitching from be
hind the plate for the first time
Blonday Blgbt. Besides being
alarming, it was a revelation.
"Whereas all you ran see from
the side Is his sinker ball, Mr
you oughts look at that agate
. from behind or, as the boys
tell me, from either side of the
dish! Besides that downward
bop, and it's a distinct hop, the;
pinwbeeler can make that pill
hop identically either to the
right or left. It's fascinating.
But I guess the Rubes didn't
think so. '
Pellmell: .
About the village yestlddy waa
Too Much Tennis Downs Bitsy
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After fainting twice on th courts of tfca Westchester Country Club, at
EreNsw York. Bryan "Bitsy" Grant, f arth ranking star of the UnHed
lute. te2nt, was ordered U bed by his physician. The jaliant
tacketeer is pictured with 17-year-old Js;k Kramer U whom he defaulted
ia tht caarter-Cnala of tha EMtera Turf Court chamynsiini.
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Henry Chucks
Two Hit Game
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Astoria Easterns Dropped
6 to 1, the One Their
1st in 5 Years
But two bingjes were registered
off veteran pitcher Henry Singer
a Square Deal last night elimina
ted Astoria's Easterns from the
state softball tournament by a 6
to 1 count.
The win kept both of Salem's
two entrants In the tourney,
thereby assuring Its financial cuc
cess. j
A total of fire walks were is
sued by Harry Steinbock of the
Easterns In the opening stana.
Those; combined with Lou Sins
er's three-base 6mash to center
and Dick Gentzkow s single, gave
the Dealer's a three-run advan
tage, almost, from scratch.
Improvement Gradual
The Eastern failed by a wide
margin to live up to their ad
vance 'reputation, but at that M
far better than any previous As
toria delegation. In '24 Astoria
was sent back to the Columbia
river mouth 21-0, in '35 it wan
2 0-0. .In '36 It was 19-0 snd ia '21
9-0. I
Dick Gentzkow's bingle and two
of the three errors committed by
Second' Baseman Blomquist gave
the Dealers a run in the third.
They picked op one in the fourth
with Bill Gentzkow bingllng. ad
vancing on an error and an in
field out and across on Ike Els
imingers single, and finished up
in the fiftn when D'Arcy doubled
and was driven home by Lou Sing
er's one-hase blow to center,.
Steinbock Scores Run
Harry Steinbock scored the
Easterns' only run in the fifth,
collecting one of the two hits giv
en bt by Singer, taking second on
a wild pitch and crossing pay rub
ber when Caves, at first base, let
Dick GentzkoWs throw on Col
lier's ground ball got away from
him. j t '
Catcher Lou Singer, with a tri
ple and single, led the Dealer at
tack that gave ther.i a berth In the
Quarter-finals, against Baker
Thursday night at 8:30.
Square Deal 6 2
Astoria 1 2 5
H. Singer and L. Singer; Stein
bock and Collier.
Who Won? You Guess
DATTON The Dayton base
hall team slaved the Old Timers a
35 to 1 defeat game on local dia
mond Sunday.
IfMuti't Deetz, former Bearcat di
jamonder and football back, now
1 coaching at Estacada high . . .
Deeti. who had in tow a prospect
j for future Willamette athletic
, wars.! reveals that coaching in. a
, school with an enrollment of 200,
j in a league with schools aa large
aa Oregon City, has Its drawbacks.
. . . Did I hear that Doctors Wood
mansle. Lebold and Sears, and.
Bert ,Victor went deep sea fish
ing in a 22-foot rowboat. along
with two boatmen, last Sunday?
. . . and that despite a little bit
more .than a little dizziness they
were 'successful in landing a 15
pound silversides? ... Director
Dwlght Adams cost his very own
state softball association at least
10 by falling to eliminate Bend
. . . as now the central Oregon
team's expenses continue until Jt
is eliminated or wins the title.
. . . j Tough luck lor Bill Dick,
'Makers regular second - aacker.
. . . In catching the final Eugene
out Dick fell on his right elbow
and pulled some ligaments . .
but don't guess it'll weaken the
'Makers much by having four
times all-state Squee Kitchen at
second. . . "Brains" Steelham
mer ssid it was a helluva note
to have a guy with so many stars
as "Kitch" coaching on the base-j
lines anyhoo . . . Monday night's
"take" was about 630 bucks,
somewhere near $25 abort of the
record hung up Friday night of
last year ... About 2800 was the
count on the crowd, according to
Director Adams ...
Meal
Greeefeerg
Baker Defeats
Mt. Angel 3 -2
Last Inning Rally Lacking
j Score Punch, so Angels
Dropped From Play
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Oregon's ; far - eastern 'delegate
to this sixth annual state softball
meet had to stave off a desperate
final-inning rally to oust Mt. An
gel by a 3 to 2 score and win the
right to meet Square Deal in the
quarter-final Thursday night at
8 o'clock.
Double Is Winner
It was a rlghtfleld double by
Leftfielder Jack French to score
Pitcher Barbour in the last of the
sixth that won the hall game for
the Baker boys. Previously Mt.
Angel i had knotted the count, in
their half of the sixth, when Cat
cher Uselman singled sharply to
center scoring Marks and Black.
Marks had singled : and Black
reached first on a walk and ad
vanced on an infield out.
Angels Make Bid
The Angels, with two away in
the seventh, made a desperate bid.
A. Bean walked and went to third
on . Pinch-hitter Kaser's single to
center. Kaser himself advanced
on a passed ball, but Marks whif
fed to end the threat and the ball
game. . -
A. May struck out 10 Bakers,
but also walked six.
Baker ....1-3 4 1
Mt. Angel ...2 4 1
Barbour and M. O'Donnell; A
May and Uselman.
Beavers Blanked
6-0 by San Diego
Rainiers Also Dunked by
Seals as Win Streak
Ends After Six
(By the Associated Press)
Byron Humphreys, young right
hander, handcuffed the Portland
Beavers' while his! team-mites
clubbed Lefty George Darrow and
Bill Radonits for 12 blows as
the San Diego Padres scored a
6 to 0 victory in the Coast league
opener at San Diego here today.
Ths San Francisco Seals dunk
ed the Seattle Rainiers six-game
winning ctreak in the whitewash
bucket, taking a 12-0 victory.
Sacramento, smarting after six
straight losses, hopped 6n Bltt
ner for 12 hits and a 4-2 win
from Oakland. Schmidt held the
lowly Oaks to six hits.
The Hollywood Stars refused
to pUy doormat to their first
place townsmen, and hung a 10-1
licking on the league-leading An
gels. :
Portland -San
Diego
... .0 7 1
.. 12 1
Radonits (7) and
Darrow,
Cronin; Humphries and Hogan.
Los Angeles ......... . 17 0
Hollywood 10 15 0
Salveson, Bush (6) and Coll
ing; Babie" and Brenxel.
Oakland 1-2 8 3
Sacramento .4 12 1
. Hittner and Raimondi; Schmidt
and Franka.
League Standings
COAST LEAGUE
(Before Night Games)
W. L. Pet.
Los Angeles' -.85 61 .582
Sacramento -- 80 87 ,4544
Seattle . 77 CS .531
San Francisco
San Diego
Portland
Hollywood
Oakland
.77 69 .527
.76 71 .517
.89 79 .468
.68 78 .466
.54 93 .367
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
PcL
'.613
.566
.553
,535
.486
.473
.451
.315
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn .
St. Louis .
68 43
.64 49
.63 61
.61 53
.54 57
-53 69
.51 62
.34 74
Philadelphia .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
. W. L.
Pet.
.685
.573
.573
.504
.504
.443
.358
.345
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Detroit
76 35
.63 47
.63 45
.53 57
.57 56
Chicago
.47 59
St. Louis .
Philadelphia
.39 70
.38 , 72
Budge9 Mak69 Riggs, Hunt Defend
NEW YORK, Aug. 23-(-Don
Budge, Bobby Riggs, Joe Hunt
and Gene MaVo today were named
to defend the Davis cup against
Australia in the challenge round
September 3, 4 and 6 at the Ger
mantown Cricket club, Philadel
phia.. ' v
It was a foregone conclusion
that Budge, the world's best ama
teur tennis player, would be cho
sen for No. 1 singles duty and,
with Mako, for doubles. It would
hare been virtually impossible lo
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Play in Women's Softball Tourney
Opens at 2 o 'Gock on Sweetland
Women's division of the state softball tournament be
gins play. at 2 o'clock this afternoon with Klamath Falls
facing Silverton. Immediately following McMinnville plays
Portland s number two representative, Montgomery Ward.
Grigsby Bros., Portland number one team which drew
a bye, will play the winner of the Klamath Falls-Silverton
game at 7 :30 Thursday night.
Salem's Pade-Barrick girls, who also drew a bye, square
off against the winner of the
two game Friday night at 7:30.
Women's Tourney
Will Start Sunday
A "ladies' choice" mixed four
some tournament will be held on
the Salem Golf club course next
Sunday afternoon starting at 1 o'
clock, It was announced yester
day, with Mrs. Bob Taylor chair
Drink Hearty.
First prize winner In the 110,000 Cleveland open golf tourney, Ky
Laffoon of Chicago cools off with a drink la the clubhouse. He
t-ould, for U golf game was extremely hot, Ky negotiating the
72 holes In 230, four under par. . -
overlook Riggs, the chunky "Chi
cagoan who is second in the na
tion's ranking list and has won 15
of the 19 tournaments he has
played in this year.
But there had been soma deubt
as to who would fin the lone. re
maining vacancy. Walter L. Pate,
chairman of the US Lawn Tennis
assoclatioa Davis cup committee
of management and captain of the
team, said that Hant had oeen se
lected over Sidney Wood, blonde
New York Davis cup veteran, only
in;
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1938
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McMinnville-Portland number
man of the committee in charge.
The ladles' golf club is sponsor'
Ing the event and members of this
group participating will provide
luncheon for the men partners
they select. Prizes are being ar
ranged. '
A similar event In mid-July
drew a large entry Ust and Sun
day's competition is expected to
be even more generally patron
ised.
Pal - Yotre Hot
after long and serious discussion.
... "The majority of the commit-
tee felt that, looking to the future 1
and other Davis cup years,1 it'
woald be better to start w4 1 h '
younger men." Pate explained.
"Hunt is only 19 and has the
maki-gs of a great player. We
felt we should do all we could to
bring him along especially since
we finally did bring back the cup
last year by developing young
players rather than by. stringing
along with champions whose rec-1
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City Tennis Final
Set for Thursday
Field Narrowed to Semis
in all Divisions of
Playground Meet
With the field narrowed down
to semi-finalists' final matches of
the city wide tennis tournament
being sponsored by The Oregon
Stateaman. Parker's and the city
playgrounds were yesterday set
for Thursday.
Finals or the girls and boys di
visions will be run off a 4 o'clock
tthe senior men and women
Ions following at 5:30 o'-
gene Beall, former Salem
star, won his way into the
semi-finals yesterday by defeating
Wesley Boeder, Salem high tennis
coach, in three sets. Beall won
4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Bob Weller also ad
vanced to the semi round, where
he will bo paired with Beall, by
defeating Bob Lafky 6-2. 6-1. Lof
ky won from Os Morley by de
fault. John Foster, in the senior men's
division, and Frankie Evans, in
the junior boys' division, racquet
ed their way into the finals in
Monday matches.
Foster eliminated Albert Alley
2-6, 6-3, 7-5 and Evans downed
Bob Medley 6-3, 6-3.
Burkemo Medalist
For Public links
CLEVELAND. Aug. 23-(P)-Curley-halred
Walter Burkemo.
20. ot Detroit. 126 pounda of golf
ing grit, whipped par and a crack
field to win medalist honors in
the 17th annual national public
links golf championship today,
posting a brilliant card of 69 for
a 36-hole qualifying total of 141
strokes.': ";. , , . -. . .
As more highly rated leadera
of the first day's play faltered be
fore ,; high winds which swept
Highland Park municipal course,
the blond former Michigan Junior
champion, with a first round 72
to his credit, went out In par .36
and came home in 33. two under
par.
- Burkemo. playing in hi third
tournament in 16 days, showed he
could "take if both- from a
long, tricky course and pressure
from a fast field. He got in most
of his golf this summer between
odd jobs which ; Included clerk
duty in Detroit's traffic court. .
Davis Cup
ords looked good on paper, but
who failed to win the trophy."
Budge. Riggs, Hunt and Mako,
who. rank first, second, fifth and
eighth, respectively. In the US
first ten, will report to Pate at
Germantown Immediately after
the current national doubles tour
nament. There they will have five
daya ot training together and will
have, aa sparring partners, a dos-
en or so of the country s best! the 100 mark. Coach Clint Evans i
junior Davis cuppers. 'revealed here today. ,
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Tigers Snatch
Pair From A's
Red Sox Also Wallop Tribe
in two Games, Coming
. Ahead in Last
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23-JP)
-Hank Greenberg hit his 43rd
home run of the season, Rudy
York hit his 2 8th. and sundry
other Tigers swung with vigor and
success today as Detroit whipped
the Athletics in both ends of a
double header, 13 to 5 and 8 to 3.
The Tigers made 16 hits oft
Lynn Nelson and Dave Smith in
the first game and 14 off Bud
Thomas and Ed Smith in the
nightcap. The A's have now lost
nine games in a row.
Detroit .. 13 16 0
Philadelphia 5 12 2
Bridges and York. Tebbets (7);
Nelson, D. Smith (8), and Hayes,
Wagner (8).
Detroit .8 14 1
Philadelphia . . , 3, 10 0
Gill and York; Thomas, E.
Smith (8), and Hayes.
Red Sox Take Pair
BOSTON, Aug. 23-(5)-The Red
Sox came from behind to take the
second game of a doubkheader
from Cleveland 14 to 12 today, af
ter walloping the Indians 13 to 3
lu the opener. -Jimmy Foxx, of
the Sox made a grand slam homer
off Willis Hudlln in the ninth in
ning of the nightcap with the
bases full, after cracking out an
other .circuit drive in the third.
Cleveland ..3 9 2
Boston 13 21 2
Humphries, Jungles (2), Mil
nar (4), and Pytlak. Helt (4);
Ostermueller, and Desautels.
(Second game) :
Cleveland .12 16 0
Boston . 14 14 .4
Galehouse, Humphries (6),
Hudlin (8), and Hemsley. Pytlak
(); Bagsby. McKain (2). Dick
man (3), Reis (9) and Peacock.
Nats Win in 12
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23-()-Washington
defeated St. Louis. 6
to 5, In twelve Innings today.
Buddy Myer drove in the winning
run when he singled with bases
loaded. - " - ;
St. Louis .....5 11 2
Washington 6 12 3
H. Mills, Johnson (9), and
Heath, Sullivan (9); Leonard,
Hogsett (9). Krakaukus (10),
and R. Ferrell.
Yanks Break Even
NEW YORK. Aug. 23-4s)-The
world champion Yankees could
get no better thaa an even break
with the Chicago White Sox to
day as they embarked on a sched
ule of fire straight double-headers.
After taking an 11-3 shellack
ing in the opener, in which the
Sox got to Wes Ferrell for eleven
hits, Including four home runs,
the Yanks turned around and won
the nightcap 3-1. Homers by
Dickey and Gehrig won the sec
ond game.
Chicago 11 16 1
New York ...... 3 7 2
Lee and Rensa; Ferrell, . An
dre wa (6) and Glenn.
(Second game):
Chicago 1 8 0
New York 3 4 0
Rlgney and Schlueter; Hadley
and Dickey. , . ,
Grimes Gets Name
In Hall of Fame
Grimes, Kay Mill pitcher, hurled
his way into the industrial
league's limited hall ot fame last
night aa he turned In a hitless
performance to shutout the For
esters 2 to 0.
His mates managed to tag Ma
Kin, Forester chucker, for four
blows.
Kay Mill .. 2 4 1
Foresters 0 0 1
Grimes and McClain; Maxln and
Gula.
The Paper Mill Office team
triumphed over the US Bankers
5 to 4.
Paper Mill O .....5 10 5
Bankers . . 4 3 . 3
Savage and Scott; Stock well
and Sasse.
Builders, Saints
Are Both Winners
.Building Supply posted a 2 to
1 victory over Hansen-Liljequist
in an Industrial league softball
game played at Leslie Monday.
B. Supply . . 2 6 1
H-Liljequlst 1 2 2
Ritchie and Pade; Keuscher
and DeGeer.
At Olinzer. St. Joseph's bested
the Paper Mill Mechanics 4 to 2.
St. Joseph's : .4 5 1
PM Machine - 3 9 2
Shedeck and Miller: Cox and
Sasse."-' .
Cal Frosh Numerous
BERKELEY; Calif., Aug. 22.-
fiP-Wlth 87 siened an todsv. the
number of University of Calif or-
nla Yearlings going out for 1938 1
frosh football will probably pass)
out
Bucs Triumph
Over Bees 6-0
Pitcher's Error in 1 4tli
Enables "Winning Tally
r,-c iint
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 23--An
error by Pitcher Erickson in
the 14th inning enabled Lee
Handley to score the run giving
Pittsburgh a 4 to 3 triumph over
Boston in the second game ot a
doubleheader. Handley had singl
ed and moved up on an out. The
Bees won the first game 6 to 0
behind airtight hurling of La li
ning. , ..
Boston .. 6 15 i
Pittsburgh 0 6 1
Lanning and Lopez; Klinger,
Swift (1). and Todd.
Boston 3 12 2
Pittsburgh ' 4 18 4
Fette, Reis (9) Errickson
(10) and Lopes; Brandt. Brown
(9) and Berres. Todd (10).
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ST. LOUIS. Aug. 23-JiP)-The
Cardinals out-scored the Brook
lyn Dodgers in the free-swinging
opener of their two-game aer
ies today. 9 'to 7. The Cards' li
bit attack on four Dodger pitchers
was marked by Terry Moore's
fourth-inning homer with the
bases loaded..
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St. Louis ...9 16 0
i amuns. r oseaei ), a mas
ter (7). Mungo (8) and Shea,
Campbell (6); Wetland. Macon
(8), McGee (8) and Bremer.
Giants Check Cabs
CHICAGO. Aug. 23-;P)-One
big inning, the first, today carried
the New York Giants to a 6-2 vic
tory over the Chicago Cubs, who
were held in check by Harry
Gumbert's able right-handed
pitching.
The Giants did all their scorlug
and drove two Cub hurlers, Larry
French and Jack Russell, out of
sight in the first.
Charley Root came in to retire
the last two men and didn't allow
another hit until the seventh.
New York J. r...6 11 0
Chicago .:....................2 10 1
Gumbert and Danning; French.
Russell (1), Root (1), and Gar
bark. CINCINNATI, Aug. 23-;P)-Lloyd
(Whitey) Moore shut out
the Philadelphia Phillies here to
day as the Cincinnati Reds backed
him up with nine hits for a 3 to 0
victory.
Moore held the Phils hitless for
the first four innings.
The Reds scored one In the
first off three hits and then were
blanked by Hollingsworth for the
next four frames as the game set
tled Into a pitchers' battle.
Philadelphia ....... 0 10
Cincinnati ' 7.3 9 0
Hollingsworth and V. Davis;
Moore and Lombardl.
Helen Moody out
Of Championship
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-0P)-
pained by neuritis, Mrs. Helen
vi ilia uuvuj luuif wiiuurcw re
luctantly from the national wom
en's tennis championships begin
ning Sept. 8 at Forest Hills, and'
In a long, rambling letter to the.
United States Lawn Tennis asso
ciation penned what sounded like
her fare-theAwell in the ram
A severe attack of neuritis, she
said, had made It Impossible for
her to play- since her return from
England, where she defested her
long-time rival, Helen Jacobs, in
the finals of the all - England
championships. Her' physician.
Dr. John S. Davis, Jr., said recov
ery from the malady waa a slow
process, often requiring a year's
treatment.
"It Is with regret that I come
to this decision." wrote the un
predictable queen of tbe courts.
"Without preliminary practice
and feeling as I do now. It would
not. be possible to play In such
competition as offered at Forest
runs.
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