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! I port I By RON GEMMELL; Nineteen days until the state sof tball tournament Aur - ust 19 to August x24 inclusively, and.what two teams will rep resent Salem? . . . . Square Deal, although having one game lefvis definitely m as the number one representative, but there still remains a three-way fight between the Pheasants. monaay mgni w-inas up regu lar league play with Walts meet tng the Pheasants and Kennedy tackling the champion Dealers.' . . A win for the Kids would put them into the playoffs for number two representative regardless of what happens In the Pheasant Waits game, but shonld the Kids and the Pheasants both lose they would end up In a tie for second position with Waits and a three way playoff would necessarily fol low. - i i Should the---Kids and- Walts win, the Flock and Meatmen ould be tied for third position and would therefore hare to play oft to see which met the Kids for the number two state tournament berth. . . Should the. Pheasants and Kids win, they'd gain the un disputed right to meet each other for that berth and. In the same breath, simplify the playoff situa tion. Backs Are Plentiful. If mobilization of the National Guard takes Al Wickert, ex-Salem high halfback and a' reserve at the Bearcat institution last year. Spec Keene isn't, going to like It at all. . . Spec has an idea Wickert, who showed a world of promise last year, would be quite a ram bler -in the Methodist backfield this year. . ; Another ex-Vlking star who Is returning to the 'Cat football fold after a year spent in a California junior college, la Carl Chapman. . . Carl, whom we dubbed "Crasher" In his prep days, turned In the sec- ond best individual prep school game your correspondent ever saw when, in the 1937 Salem high game at Eugene, he kicked, passed and ran the Vikings to a win on ..the sloppiest field ever termed a gridiron. . . Best one man stand I ever witnessed in high school football was that of McLoughlln high's Merle Huf f ord (who, later starred for the Washington Huskies) against one of Prink Calllaon's famous Med f ord teams. .-.- loads of backfield talent will be ok band when the Bearcats begin work September 9, with the possible exception of a real powerhouse rollback-, bat for centers, tackles and ends Keene may have to look among t bj incoming: freshmen. . . TWple threat halfbacks. will be m thick "s thunder o'er the Rockies, what with Al Waiden, Carl Chapman, Bud Reynolds. Irv Miller and Gene Stewart all ready, willing and able. J Mavericks Are Ready. "We are planning on winning that game the 12th" tows Pat Kelly, captain and first baseman of the Penitentiary Greys, who tangle with the Carl Mays school nine In the big benefit bill at Wi .ters field August 12. . . -"Cross-white is all primed to pitch a shutout All he wants Is a couple of runs." CrOBSwhite, who had enough swift and stuff to possibly have become, a major leaguer had he not stumbled into the criminal path Instead, can still alinr the ball plenty fast . . He'll give the stays' hoys trouble, although ear lier this week Mays sent young Kelly against the Greys and he set them down, 4-2. The lad out at the big house are planning to do a little more than their bit in raising the Red Cross I quota, . . A cell - to eell subscription campaign is already tinder way and its di rector believes it will easily produce 300. . . If the rest of Marion county does as well, comparatively, that S1200 def icit shonld be most simple to No County Representative. For the first time In many sea sons there will be no Marlon county team in the stats American Legion Junior baseball playoffs, what with Woodburn knocked out by Hlllsboro. . . Again this year the championships are set for Hlllsboro, August 10 and 11, with the four best teams in the state competing. . . Additional seats have been Installed in the park there, almost doubling the seating cspacity, and Director W. Vern McKinney announces every thing is In readiness to show the boys a good time while there. Back Buchwach, writing in the. Eugene Register G n a r d, avers that Maurice Stremich, the high scoring Commerce high of Portland hooper. Is def ' lnitely slated for Oregon, First, however, Semrich has a con pie of semesters - of high school work to negotiate and therefore probably won't be available for Webfoot varsity duty until IMS. Emmons Signs With Eagles PHILADELPHIA, July 20p) -Signing , of four veterans and two rookies for the coming season was - announced today by Bert Bell, president ef the Philadelphia Eagles of the- National Profes sional Football league. The rookie additions to the Eagles' squad included " Frank Emmons, 2 OS-pound f u libs ek from the University of Oregon. .: W !: Seller .- 'JUny : WHTJT OTBXU riUlfM CklHM rwUM. Aaaslaf 8VO CZ83 for S060 jrer to CBI3IA. IT vattr wttb wfcat tUaeat fm r JLFFLICTXD titArtar, i at--iu!Ul, : Saart, tug, lift, kldaer, ttomaeh. pit. constipation, alecrs. iiabatls, favav .isib, iw jUlata Ctzrlio CEaa Chinese Herb tJo. S. B. ToBg. Office : a a l. ' axcept EaaJiy an I a. m. - ' - " .- J W. ContT. St.. ttwit n V ft! On. ppamo g MERLE HUFFORD -if- Seals Rout Eevos In 1st Came 11-7 Rainier Continue to Romp With Defeat of Angels; Stars, Padres Win PORTLAND. July 31.-;P)-San Francisco piled up an early seven rua lead and was never headed tonight as it defeated the cellar place Portland team, 11 to 7, in the first game of a Pacific Coast baseball league doubleheader. The Seals landed on Whitey Hilcher for two runs in the first, one In the second and four in the third, while Ed Stuts blanked the Beavers. Portland scored twice in the fourth and then added two more in , the sixth. Each team scored three times in the ninth. San Francisco's other run was made in the eighth. First game: San Francisco 11 15 4 Portland 1 9 6 Stuts and Sprini; Hilcher and Annunzlo. Seattle Wins First SEATTLE, July 31.-(P)-Seattle won the first game of a Pacific Coast league doubleheader to night against Los Angeles, 2 to 1. Los Angeles 1 7 0 Seattle 2 6 1 Stine and Hernandez; Webber and Campbell. Twinks Trip Sacs HOLLYWOOD, July Z1.-(JP)-Bill Fleming pitched Hollywood to a 5 to 2 victory over Sacra mento tonight and the Stars went into a tie for fourth place with the Sacs. Bill Brenxel, Hollywood catcher, hit a home run with two on in the ninth to give the Stars the victory. Sacramento 2 7 2 Hollywood S T 0 Judd and Ogrodowski; Fleming and Brenxel. Newsome Nails 'Nother OAKLAND, Calif., July Sl.-VP) Night game: San Diego ! 1 2 Oakland 0 t 1 Newsome and Salkeld; Buxton and Conroy, PORTLAND, Ore., July 21-) SecMd night game (7 innings): San Francisco 6 11 2" Portland 1 7 0 Epperly and Botelho; Gonsales and Annunzlo. SEATTLE, July l-P-Second night game (scheduled 7 in nings) : Los Angeles ... 1 Seattle 1 Flares and Hernandes; ner and Kearse. 0 8 0 sc rib- Obtains Divorce Because Husband Wished Her Nazi PORTLAND, July 31-(ff)-c,r-cult Judge Alfred P. Dobson grant ed Mary A. Goodwill a divorce to day on her testimony that her husband attempted to convert her to nazism. The bride of six months told the Judge her 73-year-old husband, James A. Goodwill, "talked nasism to everyone and doesn't let a chance slip." On one - occasion, she added, she was, assaulted and choked because she objected to praises heaped upon the Euro pean dictator. Justice Douglas to be 2501st Rear Admiral ASTORIA, July Jl-CSV-The Astoria regatta's 2501st rear ad miral will be United States Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas. The youthful Justice, vacation ing in eastern Oregon, accepted an invitation from a Whitman college classmate. Floyd Wright, to participate in the regatta August 18. - What Ho! By WHITNEY MARTIN. NEW 'YORK JJ "JP)r There seems to be Just ons thing wrong: wit the Detroit Tigers right nowvv and that'll tha Fbn delphia. Athletic, but unless Del Baker's team works oat an anti dote It is - Hable to '-' find itself yanked by It shirt tall right out of Hw pennant by 2 -r Ust-place a The "Athletic weren't expected to get in anybody' ; way Pt their own this year. In fact, Con nie Mack -virtually promised non agression ir declaring vhe-. W just going along for the ride thia season, bat would be wortk con sidering in 1941. ' w - "t Mayhap the - Athletic re Just softening; up the better club in i 7771 rom Brewer Is Victim of Firpo's 3-Run Homer TACOMA, July 31. ( AP) Tony Firpo's ninth-innins homer with two mates aboard gave the Tacoma Tigrers their second straight victory "over the Salem Senators, 5 to 3, in their Western International baseball league game here to night. ; Salem's Bud Brewer, although rapped for 11 hits, pitched steady ball until the ninth-when, : 1 after striking out the first "bats-1 man, he suddenly lost control and walked the next two men to face him. He then made the mistake of "grooving" his first toss to FIrpo, who had gone hitless In four trips. and the ball gamewas over, Lightner- Is Injured Singles by Bobby Baer, Mana ger Bobby Garretson and Gene Klley produced a Tacoma run in the first, but the Senators went out in front with, two runs in the third on a walk, a triple by Bill Harris and Charley Petersen's in field single. Salem picked up an other tally in the fourth when Al Llghtner led off with a triple and scored on an infield roller, but the Tigers retaliated In their half when Marvin Rickett tripled and scored on Baer's double. Llghtner was forced to leave the game in the sixth when struck in the face by. a batted ball. An examination at the park failed to reveal a serious injury. Salem AB R Wilson, cf 4 0 Knoll, 2b 5 1 Coscarart, If 4 0 H PO A 14 0 9 0 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 7 Harris, lb 4 1 Petersen, rf, 3 b S 0 Williams, c 4 Lightner, 8 b 2 1 Griffiths, ss 4 Brewer, p 4 0 Helser, rf 1 0 Totals 36 8 25 10 Tacoma AB R H PO A Baer, 2b 4 18 8 2 Garretson, lb .. 4 2 17 0 FIrpo, rf 5 118 0 Farrell, Sb 3 0 0 1 0 Klley, cf 4 0 2 0 0 Brenner, e 0 14 0 Rickert, If 4 18 10 Trower, ss 3 0 0 1 8 Cadlnha, p 2 0 0 0 2 Harriman 1 0 0 0 0 Totals ,3 5 S 11 27 t Batted for Cadinha in 9th. One out when winning run scored. Salem 002 100 000 t Tacoma 100 100 003 5 Errors, Cadinha. Runs respon sible for, Brewer 6, Cadinha 3. Struck out by Brewer 6, Cadinha 4. Bases on balls off Brewer 5, Cadinha 3. Wild pitches. Brewer 2. Left on bases, Salem 8, Tacoma-9. Home runs, FIrpo. Three base hits. Harris, Lightner Rick ert. Two base hits, Baer, Rickert. Runs batted in, Harris, Petersen, Baer, Firpo 3. Klley. Stolen bases, Petersen, Klley. Time of game, 2:15. Umpires, Cole and Nenexich. Cooke Stays in, Meadow Club Meet SOUTHAMPTON, NT, July 31. (Jf) Two seeded players were eliminated from the Meadow club Invitation tennis tournament to day and Defending Champion Bobby Riggs barely avoided similar fate ns the field moved into the quarter-finals. Sixth-seeded Gil Hunt of Wash ington yielded to Frank Guernsey of Orlando, Fls,, 8-6, C-t, and Sidney Wood of New York, seed ed eighth, bowed to Fred Schroe der of Glendale, CaJif., national Junior champion. 8-3, 1-6, 1-4. A match-point drive down the sidelines that was out by less than an Inch, cost Eddie Alloo of Berkeley, Calif., en upset victory over Riggs. Bobby was hopelessly out of position, but given the break, he proceeded to cut down Alloo 6-4, 4-6. 7-5. Riggs wll Iface Hank Prusoff, Seattle giant, who ousted Hal Surface of Kansas City. 3-1, C-4, 6-3. In the lower bracket, Elwood Cooke of Portland, Ore., scored a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Larry Dee of San Francisco. League Baseball Senatac Battlnf Avaragas B H Avf. B H Xrg. Helaar 100 86 .860 Barker 168 39 .239 Harria S72 131 .359 Faster 90 S .200 Wilaoa 259 91 .351 Oiirer . 47 9.191 Wilama 122 42 .344 Knoll ' 183 24 .189 UgBtnr 881 110 .288 Oleaea 85 S .148 Coaearl 885 100 .370 Krrtea 15 t .183 Patra V2 106 .274 Brewer 55 7. 127 Grifthi 824 78 .240 Davie 27 S .111 radfie Coast Laaftia (Before Nifhl aaaaaa) W L Pet. W I Pet. Seattle 82 42 .661 Holywood 01 64 .488 Oakland 69 57 .548 8aa Dif 00 04 .484 Loe Angel 64 59 .520 S Praeae 56 60 .469 Serateata S3 64 .490 PortUna 42 SI .841 American Association Toledo 3, Columbus 6. St. Paul at Minneapolis, rain. Toledo 4, Columbus 9. Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 10. .Indianapolis 2, Louisville S. Records Say Reds Have One Chance in Six preparation for the 1J41 assault, but the tact remain 38 of Phila delphia first 37 victories this year were registered at the ex pense of the tour flrat-dirjslon teams, with the Tiger the', par ticular target f ; . , : . -V The Mackmen have .-.wen' 10 while losing seven in their' game with Detroit. ' The best any other elub ha bees able to do against the Tigers to date 1 seven -victories. '' -. Detroit, however. Isn't the only pennant contender with, a Jinx on its tra.IL Each ef the other three first-division clubs has a second division team plastering it with bnckshot as often a not. s .' Cleveland has .taken nine games from Washington, but it has" lost eight while doing it tor little 0jiMSMwiM in Ninth Stanza tiapilanos lilout Spokane, 13 to 4 Pippins Pound Wenatchee for 11-7 Win; Indians Only 3 Games Ahead Western International W L Pet. 56 43 .566 53 46 .535 53 48 .625 49 49 .500 46 52 .469 ..42 61 .408 Spokane Tacoma ... Yakima SALEM Vancouver Wenatchee Wednesday Results Tacoma 5, Salem 8. Yakima 11, Wenatchee 7. Vancouver 13, Spokane 4. VANCOUVER. BC. July 31- (CP) Vancouver's Capllanos trounced the Spokane Indians 13-4 In a Western International baseball league game here to night. The Capilanos put together 14 hits with four Spokane miseues to chase Major Serventi to the showers in the fourth Inning and give his successor. Bob Klnnaman a rough time for the balance of the game. Vancouver scored four runs in each of the fourth and fifth in nings. In ths fourth they were given three v walks and collected two singles and an error for four runs in the fifth, three singles and Ray Ortelg's homer, with two on, gave them another four runs. Ralph Samhammer also hom ered for Capilanos in the third. Henry Martlnes hit a circuit clout for the Indians in the sec ond Inning with no one on base. Spokane 4 10 4 Vancouver IS 14 2 Serventi, Kinnaman (4) and Roche; Kershaw and Crandall. Pippins Pound Chiefs YAKIMA. July 31-iiP)-Two big innings in which the Pippins bat ted around gate them a 1L-? vic tory over Wenatchee In a Western International league game to night. Wenatchee tied the score at 2- all in the second and went to a 6-2 lead In the fourth, but in their half of that Inning the Pip pins put together three walks and three hits, including a double by Younker, for five runs. Ln ths . next frame, Yakima scored four runs on four singles and a walk. McConnell set We natchee down almost in order from the fourth to the ninth. when Escobar tripled and BonstU singled for the final Wenatchee run. Wenatchee T 11 0 Yakima 11 8 Singleton and Volpl; McConnell and Evans, Hauler (4). Leslie Poloists Down Olinger 5-2 Leslie's water polo team went one np on the Olinger seven yes terday in the first game of a three-game series to decide the championship of the city. Ths Leslies, with Robert Nelmeyer contributing three goals, defeated the dingers S to X. Second game of the series Is scheduled for 10 a. m. Friday, with Bob Smith officiating. Leslie S 8 Olinger Simmons 1 LF. Ruecker Mack RF Bynon Nlemeyer 3 , S t Thompson Hanser . ,, T.B ; Sederstrom Ray , RB ; Hultenburg Herman 1 .CB ; .Schunke Adams O Griffiths Sub for Leslie: Tom Boardman. Durocher, Brown Draw 50 Fines NEW YORK, July llP)-Leo Durocher, manager of the Brook lyn Dodgers, and Walter Brown. New Yor Giants' relief Hurler, were fined $59 each today by President Ford Frick of the Na tional league for using "profane language" ln yesterday's games. Durocher was banished from the Dodgers-Pirates game last night and Brown from the Reds Giants encounter ln the after noon, after disputing an umpire's decision. better than a .50 average. The Whit Sox have been largely trouble to the Tank, winning nine . games while the champs were taking only seven. Boston ha a better record against It second-division headache, bat at that the Red Sox have lost seven games to the Browns while win ning 10. . i .-. While the second division, teams have been taking car of ths first division 'teams in ths American league,, the Red have ben tak ing care of everything in the Na tional league. Including Brooklyn whose slogan seems to be "bus iness as usual daring alterca tion." But in esse any fans are hand ing Cincinnati the pennant on n silver platter It might be pointed -.: i r '1,53 'Red,' a Onetime RedjTIs to Have Best of Burials CIXCTJfXATI,' July SlCP) They'U carry Phil -Red" Ehret, old-time Cincinnati Red, : to something more than a panper's ' grave tomorrow.' "Red, aa meet every one knew him back at the turn of the century, died early this week in a hospital, bat until the 72 year old retired hnrler's last illness, the Hamilton coun ty home had been his abode. Mayor James Garfield Stew art will speak "not preach the funeral, you understand," be said today, "but Just to do what I can for one of the heroes of my boyhood. , "I saw Red Ehret in action in the first big league game I ever watched, the mayor re called. That was in Cincinnati id dates the Incident ns either 1896 or 1897, when the tall and raw-boned h n r 1 e r worked under Back Ewing. Khret would have gone to potter's field, had it not been for friends. Berry Picking on UNIONVALE Evergreen blackberry picking; started Mon day morning with local people employed at the Henry Deyoe farm. ' Full Coverage Of local and national ports dally in The States- 4 Giant: Homers Whip Ciiicy JRedg Bucky Walters Is Downed by 5 to 4 Vatlanal Xaaras W L Pet. W la Pet dnclnati 01 S .T8 St. Lovia 44 4S .494 BrooklT 54 ST .59 Pitafcarfh 43 4 .4TT X. York 49 89 .557 Phildlpha S3 55 .34 CUcaf a 49 49 .500 Boaioa 19 59 .930 NEW YORK, July 8 1-vP-Two borne runs ln the ninth inning by Burgess Whitehead and Hank Dannlng, each with a man on base, broke up Buckey Walters' ball game tonight and gave the New York Giants a S to 4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, before a crowd of SO, 334, largest night game turnout of the season at the Polo grounds. Cincinnati 4 I New York i B It I Walters and Herskberger, Lohr man. Dean and Dannlng. Cards Take Pair BOSTON, July 31-(P-Ths St. Louis Cardinals grabbed both ends of a twin bill from the Bos ton Bees,- today, 3-1 in 11 in nings and 17-8, to sweep the four- game series and creep within a few percentage points of ths first division. The double victory gave the Cards a record of 17 victories ln their last 11 starts and the pair of defeats extended the Bees' los ing streak to nine straight. First game: St, Louis S I 1 Boston 1 T 0 Shoun and 'Padgett; Errickson and Berres. Second game: St. Louis 17 SI t Boston ; I II S MeGee and Owen. Susce (C); Sullivan, Tobln (X), Coffman. (2), Piechota (4), Williams (I) and Mas!, Andrews (3). Cuba Lose Gal an PHILADELPHIA, JulyH- The Chicago Cubs went down to a costly 7 to 3 defeat at the hands of the Phillies today as Outfielder Angle Galan suffered a fractured left knee crashing against a con crete wall. He probably will be out for the remainder of the sea son. Galan was chasing a foul fly off the bat of Herman Sehults ln the fifth inning, when he hit the wall. Galan's mishap followed a mi nor on for Manager Gabby Hart nett. The Cub catcher was struck on the head by Mel Massera's bat in the second inning and left the game. He continued, however, to direct the team from the bench. Johnny RIzxo's 14th home run sent Hugh Mulcahy on the road to his 12th victory of the season. Chicago 3 S Philadelphia T C X Mooty, Lee (8) and Hartnett, Todd (2); Mulcahy and Warren. ont that Bill Brandt, the leagns publicity office, ha - compiled a formidable array of record to prove the difference between a hot team and a hot team 1 Just one letter, and that the July bnd Is usually a September dud. Bill may be trying to wblstls up a little Interest In viw of the fact the Reds msy make a trav esty ef ths traditional tight .race In ths National league, bat fig ures ara figures, and in this ease they show that, with the excep tion of last year, only one leader on August 1 the last six years has won ths pennant. t s- - In 15 5 S th Pirates' were seres and one-half games ahead of the Cubs August 11. The -Cabs won. In 1937 (the Cubs were six games ahead .'of the Giants. The I ... ; . - r . .-- LIAJQRS SPEEDIEST; A IP (ID RON GEMMEM Editor Sextan, Oregon, Thursday Morning, August 1, 1943 Tigers, Indians Remain In Tie as Oregon Freshman Amateur Medalist TACOMA. July 31.-C-D 1 c k Hanen, blond 19-year-old Univer sity of Oregon freshman, deftly stroked out a one-under-par 70 over the difficult Fircrest course today to win medalist honors in the 18 -hole qualifying round of the Washington state amateur golf tournament. The Marshfield, Ore., young ster took a one over par 37 on the first nine, then came back with a sparkling 33, two under, on the second, despite a bogey five on the 18 th. The Oregon collegian,, who shot creditably in both the Ta coma open last Friday and the Washington state open Monday and yesterday, outscored a flald of 88 amateurs' today. Albert "Scotty" Campbell of Seattle, defending staff amateur champion and former Walker cup team member, found the go ing tough and scored a It. Wolf at Door Is The Trouble, but They Want It in PORTLAND, July 31-)-The city soo will have to wait for a federal permit to get the wolf from the door. The railway express office re ceived the wolf from Calgary, nicely crated for transfer to the park. The only rub is that city officials failed to obtain a federal shipping permit, so the express company has the wolf on Its hsnds until Washington, DC, authorities reply to the city's telegraph or der for a permit to invite the wolf In. US More Jittery Than Canada, Said PORTLAND. July 31-itfV-The United States has worse "war Jit ters than Canada, George F. Olendorf, Springfield. Mo., Imper ial potentate of the shrine, said here today. "When I left home everyone was Jittery but as soon as I got to Canada I got optimistic myself. They do not seem as worried about the war as we In the United States do," he aaid. The shrine leader, making his first official tour through 25 cities, spent today in Ashland and will return to Portland Thurs day. Giants wen. In 19Xf the Cubs were seven games, ahead of ths Giants. Again it was ths Giants, r In 1J2S the Giants were six gams ahead of the Cubs. Ths Cube won. - In 1134 the Cards were five and one-half, games ont fo the lead. Ths Cards won. All this would seem to indicate that ths' Beds havs last on chancs laf six of winning ths n nant, but before .giving op on them It might be' well to consider thst this Is 1949, that the Reds seem to have a better all-round team than they had last year, and, most important, we picked . 'em, W also picked the Tigers to fin ish seventh, IX that snakes any difference. DQ Both Victors Aaarlcaa Lmim W L Pet. W I, Pet Detroit 57 38.600 Chieai 46 44.511 Claries 57 SS .BOO Wacntoa 42 55 .533 Boaton 50 44 .532 Phi din hm 88 56 .404 N. York 48 44 .522 St. Loaia 89 58 .401 DETROIT, July 3 MflVThe De troit Tigers remained in a dead-; lock for the American league lead today by wriggling to a 7 to ft eleven-Inning victory over the Kewj York Yankees and thereby ending a three-game losing streak. It was a weird game lasting nearly three hours and requiring the Tigers to come from behind four times before they finally victimized Relief Pitcher Lefty Gomei on two walks and a single by Hank Greenberg. The Tigers thought they had won the game ln the eighth inning when Pinky Hlgglns tripled with the bases loaded to put them ln front 5 to 4. But the Yankees moved back on top ln the ninth; when George Selkirk, batting for Pitcher Spud Chandler, hit a horns' run with one on. Good pitching stopped Joe DIMaggio's hitting steak after he had made at least ons safety in 33 consecutive games. Joe Gordon accounted for three of the Yankee hits, one of them being bis 19 th homer of the sea son with none on In the second inning. New York t 1 Detroit 1 7 14 3 Chandler, Murphy (9),' Gomes (9) and Dickey; Bridges, MeKaln (19) and Tebbeta. Indians IS, Boston 11 CLEVELAND, July XX-U-K four-run rally ln the eighth inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 12-to-11 victory in a slugfest with Boston today and kept the Tribe tied with Detroit for first place. Jim ml a Foxx, who had been out with a leg Injury, returned to the Boston lineup as catcher Instead of at first base. He poled two singles ' and batted ln two runs. Manager Joe Cronin made the move to keep "the heavy-bitting Lou Finney at first. ' Boston 11 19 1 Cleveland ..13 19 2 Galehouse, Dlekman (4), John son (8), Heving (8), Wilson (8) and Foxx; Dobson, Elsenstat (4), Humphries (7), Zuber (8), Smith (9) and Hemsley. Senator Blast Bro ST. LOUIS, July Sl-iS-Five of the Browns' pitchers tried to stop Washington today but the Sena tors scored on each : of them in slamming out an easy 18 to 5 victory.- Kan Phiu tha Sniiitnp'a itltrfi- er, was the leading slugger, get ting three hits, including a home run. Washington 13 14 9 St. Louis : S 11 3 Chase and Ferrell; Kennedy. Auker (3), Cox (1), Mills (S). Trotter (7) and Swift. A's Drop Chisox CHICAGO, Jury 31-SVThe Wake up your ! Hnr Taste Thrill Scot ch Gr c at Tour Grocer's) ITS r By jaclzpoida 5TAt4AJ6r 14 4cr OF -fits. . Senator Suing Follow Salem's Senators with this page. Daily batting PAGE: SEVEN 1 J Spokane Winner, Legion Baseball YAKIMA. July 3 l.-tFy-S p o -kane today won the Junior Amer ican Legion baseball champion ship for east side teams 9-8 to day, taking the second consecu tive series game from the Yakima nine. ' jl U : . Yakima took the lead with three runs ln the first,1) but Spo-' kane chased across five in the recond. Yakima tied the count in the third and went one ahead in the sixth, but Spokancj finished strong to score two runs each In the eighth and ninth. , i Crowley, Spokane t w 1 r 1 e r 2 struck out 11, walked six and allowed eight hits, while Spokane got to two Yakima pitchers for : 19 hits. f 1 I . Rains Help, Hurt Crops in Oregon PORTLAND. July 31-(3-Ore-gon agriculture was helped and harmed by light rains, cloudiness and a peppering of haiL the gov ernment weather, bureau's week ly survey indicated today. r 1 j . Livestock water shortages were relieved ln many areas, but irri gation conditions were not Im proved. Harvest and I threshing were delayed in some field end considerable hall damage was re perted to ripening and sacked grsln. !': f Corn fields were stimulated although the showers cam toe 1st to aid small grain. M . - ' ' ' If ' : ! ..- Salem and Hollywood Lions Clubs to Meet f It ' !: ' ' Jerrold Owen, chairman of the Salem Centennial publicity com mittee, will speak concerning the current celebration - at a Joint meeting of ths Salem downtown and Hollywood Lions club at the Marion hotel today noon' Neigh boring clubs hare been invited to attend. The program, arranged by Jos Gross, will include selections by the . American - Legion auxiliary . quartet. j- J , Philadelphia Athletics ; defeated the Chicago White Sox 4 to 3' to night, the loss again preventing Chicago from 1 catching the New York Yankees in their tight for fourth place In the American league. . I ., ' ! Philadelphia ',; 4 7 1 Chicago 1 4 ,1 Beeksoan and Hayes; Rigney' and Tresh. .-'1 : -.!" 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