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bport Sparks o nnv ppurit - f Recent rumblings along Pa cific coast and Pacific northwest "collegiate athletic fronts would appear to bring formation of a new conference, such as was suggested and mulled by Wil lamette university two years agoj several strides nearer realization.' . t L Willamette, .it may be remem bered went so' far as to call a ses sion of all interested parlies (the athletic 1 board, . alumni; student body, Salem business men, etc.) In regard to possible entry of Bearcat teams into a conference comprising 'Idaho, Gonzaga, Portland univer sity Montana State U, Montana stale couege ana wmameue. f At that ttm It urna th rnr- census that Willamette would have t tough struggle to meet the fi nancial requirements of such 1 a conference and, first of all, would have to greatly improve its physi cal nlant. an item of no small cost. Recent events and , shadows of possible events to come, however, may force the Salem college into a trial at such a conference with the aforementioned schools. These events. '.'''-!'" 'I .' . T. 1. Possibility that Whitman may drop football upon the instigation of its student body, thus further weakening the Northwest confer ence, already a pretty sickly sister. 2J Possibility that the Pacific Coast conference may boot Idaho and Montana, kings-x members who were to have enjoyed full membership in 1942. ! 3. Possibility that Whitman and College f Puget Sound may for- . sake the Northwest conference in favor of membership in the Wash ington Intercollegiate conference. ,- O X Point That Way. i Other items that lend credence to formation of such a conference include: . ! t 1. The fact that Willamette met Gonzaga in football last season for the first time in history, j 2. The fact that Willamette meets Idaho in football this sea son for the first time in history.!: 3. The fact that Willamette met Montana iiv basketball last season. 4. The fact that Willamette has been too good for the Northwest conference in football for several seasons and looms so hjgh above the rest of the circuit for the com ing year (a year to be known as 1L liT. .... ' i a i ...... plain gridiron murder when the 'Cats tangle with conference foes. Yet another impediment to the 'formation of such a conference, other than those cited when con sideration was given the ques tion two years ago, has now entered the picture, however. It Is the war problem. Should this country enter the big conflict, collere football, undoubtedly will be minimized as It was In 1918. ' J '"j ..i-l To Proctor: $100. To Powder Kid Proctor, the came little nerrn whn fnn0it ish ; terrific rounds with a broken jaw, goes the first $100 off the returns on the benefit boxing show at Sa lem's armory next Tuesday night. After that, assures the Veterans of ; Foreign Wars Boxing club officials, the boxers who are making the card possible are to receive their cuts. ! , : The $100 is to take care of doctor bills Proctor incurred as the result of his fractured jaw. The Powder Kid sustained one break in his under jaw in the second round of his titular battle with Tony Kahut and then had the other side fractured in the seventh heat But he never quit He kept right on pitching and catching through out the fight and was giving almost as good as he was receiving in the wild final stanza. j i Professional boxing- Isn't ! a very spotless sport at best For that reason, when there comes along an opportunity to lift it a ' little by giving needed assistance to a youngster who has repeated- , ly shown himself worthy, ade quate advantage should be taken ' of It' f ).. --..i-v Portland School Leader Retained f: t ... ,!,- . ,,:,,,,.-. , ... .j j v. PORTLAND.! May 15-JP)A five-year extension, on the con tract of Ralph E. Dugdale, super intendent of schools, was voted 6-1 by the Portland board of edu cation Wednesday night. His old f 10,000-a-year contract still has a year .to run. -, .- : The board expressed opposition 5 to,l to the new state law ex tending free textbooks to schools. It was asserted that the law would lake as much as $12, 000 annually irom the Portland school budget. i Air Chief Inspects I PORTLAND, Ore, May 15-iP- Major- oeneral John F. Curry , commanding general ot the sec ond air. force, arrived Thursday from Fort George Wright Sno kane, for a brief inspection of?he new army air base here. He left after a three-hour visit to inspect other bases before his return to Spokane. " " Joins Husband , ; UNION VALE Mrs. George, W, Strawn a nd daughter, Elizabeth Joe, snd son, Hubbard,' Joined her husband, who has been here sev eral weeks. Elizabeth enrolled in the second grade. Solon- Cap Beavers BlanJ. Oakland 7-0; Suds Take 2nd - ' ' r '''.-! I I.' COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS - I W L Pet I W L Pet Sacram'to 26 10 .122 HoUyw'd 17 20 .459 Seattle . 21 17 -553 Los Ang 1 21 .432 SanDiego 20 IS .526 Oakland 1 22 .421 San Tran 19 19 ,500 Portland 14 23 J78 OAKLAND, Calif, May. 15.-P) -Joe Gonzales pitched ' three-hit ball and also banged out a triple, scoring three runs, to boost the Portland Beavers to a 7 to 0 vic tory over Oakland tonight j : Jack Salveson, Oakland pitcher, -was touched freely yielding 17 hits during the "evening. j The Beavers big inning was the ninth 'when they scored five, runs off five hits, including Gon zales' three-bagger. Danny Esco bar, rightfielder, also contributed a triple during that profitable frame. Portland - .7 17 Oakland ... .'. ...0 '3 Gonzales and Hawkins; Salve son and Raimondi. Angels 10, Padres 3 SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 15.-(iP)-Paced by Eddie Mayo's two run third-inning homer, Los An geles pounded three San Diego pitchers for 13 hits, to trounce the Padres 10 to 3 in a Coast league game tonight Fay Thomas scat tered the eight San Diego hits. Los Angeles 10 13 2 San Diego .3 8 1 F. Thomas- and Collins; W. Thomas. Malman (7), Brewer (8) and Salkeld. Seattle Moves up HOLLYWOOD, May 15.-()- Seattle took second place in the Coast league baseball race tonight by squelching Hollywood 8 to 2. Sacramento tops the standings.' The 1940 champion Seattle Rainiers jumped on the speed ball offerings of Frankie Dasso in the fourth for three tallies, added an other in the fifth and then took advantage of Hollywood's fielding lapses and Pitcher Lou Tost for four more runs in the ninth. Vic tory credit went to Hal TurpinJ Seattle ... 8 14 il Hollywood ....................2 12 2 Turpin, Scribner (8) 'and Campbell; Dasso, Gay (6), Tost (8) and Brenzel. - . f Sacs Best Seals SACRAMENTO, May 15.(P- Sacramento evened the series with San Francisco here tonight to 3. Tony Freitas hurled his sixth win of the season against one defeat San Francisco 3 9 3 Sacramento .7 11 1 Stutz, Epperly (7) and Sprinz; Freitas and Wieczorek. Two Games Set At Woodburn WOODBURN Legion park will be the scene of a doubleheader baseball clash Sunday, with Kappa Gamma Rho fraternity of Willam ette providing the opposition for both, the Woodburn high all-stars and the Woodburn Junior Legion team. Each game is slated for seven innings. - .j Coach Hal Chapman, of the Jun ior Legion team, reports most of his boys to be young and inex perienced but that he expects to have more experienced players available later in the season. Crosby. Erwert Gustafson and Homann, all of the Woodburn high squad, are eligible to nlav Junior Legion ball. 1 15-Pound Trout Taken From Lake EUGENE, May 1 15-OPKA rain bow trout weighing 15 nound. ounces was displayed here yester day by M. M. Kimball of Trent He landed it after only 15 minutes or light while trolling in Crescent lake. 75 : miles from here in the Cascades. i Measuring 29 inches long and with a girth of 22 inches, it is believed to be the biggest rain bow ever taken from the lake by hook and line. ! Portland Books Lindy, Wlieeler I PORTLAND May. 15-(4V Charles A. Lindbergh and Senator Burton K. Wheeler of " Montana will speak here in - June under auspices of the America First committee, Dellmore Lessard, Ore gon chairman, said Thursday. ; Wheeler will speak at the municipal auditorium and an ef fort will be made to get the Multnomah stadium N for Lind bergh's address in opposition to United States involvement in the war, Lessard said. Secoyil Son Arrives J . BRUSH COLLEGE Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Smith, Brush Col lege, are being congratulated on the arrival. of their second son, Dean Clifford, born at a local hospital. .. .. . Finale Rained - Out; Opep Legislators Unbeaten In Home Park So F ar "Precipitation Pete" did all the hitting and. running at'Geo. E.1 Waters park Thursday night-rdriving the Vancouver Caps out of town before bur Senators could find out whether they could beat them three in a row or not. . - r " 1 j ; - - " I s Tonight, providing P. P. eases off, the Yakima Pippins, second place citizens in the WI chase, open a four-game series that conf tinues with -a .single rgaine Saturday and two' tilts Sunday. - Goldie Holt's Pippins, who" treated the Legislators fo three Spokane Tops Yakima 15-5 ; To Take Lead , WESTERN INTERNATIONAL - : W Is Pet W L.Pct Spokane 10 2 .833 Salem 5 6 : .455 Yakima S 3 .727 Tacoma . 4 '. .333 Wenatche 6 5 X5iVancouv 3 11 J14 Salem-Vancouver, rain. j - TacomaWenatchee, rain. , i , SPOKANE,, May 15-(P)-It was supposed to be a battle to decide, the Western International league baseball leadership, but the Spok ane Indians gobbled up the Yaki ma Pippens in an orgy of basehits tonight 15 to 5. It was the first time ihi three days the weather had permitted a game and the Pippins started the action quietly enough with a tally in the second inning on a error and a single. x '. - .' The Indians took it as a cue and replied with six runs in the frame's last half, using everything in the book to' score hits, errors, walks, a wild pitch and a passed ball. ; ; ' Each team pushed home a run in the sixth, but in the eighth Spokane disclosed it had just been catching its breath, slamming out 10 singles -five of them in suc-i cession to score eight runs. Three men got two hits each in the big stanza, and when the game was over everybody on the' Spokane, side iad at least one hit. Yakima Spokane ; .5 .15 8 16 Eisenman, Bryant (2), Breuner (7), Holt (8) and Evans; Anderson and Myers... j Salem, Eugene Split 2 Games EUGENE, May 15-(Special)-Salem and Eugene high, school nines' split a doubleheader No Name league baseball bill here today, Salem winning the opener 9 to 5 and Eugene annexing the cfterpiece 7 to 5. i Pearmine and Rocque led the visiting Viks to their ' win, each clubbing out three blows in four trips. , Southpaw Clay Patterson pitched the verdict, allowing sev en' hits. ' . " ; .Northam hit a homer' for Eu gene in the" first game and then duplicated it in the second. Blatchley also homered in the sec ond for the Axemen. ' Salem ......1 9 10 3 Eugene ............. v.5 7 4 Patterson and Hauser; Mold, Pengra and Faubian. Salem .. .. -..r5 12 2 Eugenej ..;... 7. 6 0 Giffbrd, Highberger and Hau ser; Fisber, Turvey and Faubian. Vikj Net Team Bests Eugene EUGENE, May 15-(Special)-Salem high's tennis team defeated Eugene jhigh here Thursday, 5 to 2. i . j' . -Results': -- Singles Howard, E, defeated Downs, S, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Crockatt S, defeated Quick, E, 6-3, 6-3; SpreckerJ E, defeated Bates, S, 6-2, i 6-4; Williams, S, defeated Wirt, E, e-4, 6-4; Saflders, S, de feated McMahan, E, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles Downs and Crockatt S, defeated .- Howard and Quick, E, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Williams and San dersj S, defeated Wirt and Mc Mahan, EJ 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. . Other Nat Clubs Can't Do It, so Innocent Bystander s Takes Dodgers to Pieces By WHITNEY MARTIN- ' NEW YORK, May 15.-(Special to The Statesman)-The other clubs seem unable to do it so it's up to an innocent bystander to take the Brooklyn Dodgers apart to see "what makes them tick, although your Dodger fan will tell you it's a waste of time as - nobody cares who boils the water as long as the eggs are done just right. . I It was Del Baker who said the team: that wins a pennant is the team whose j players are ; having that good year, and he , should know as last , year his Tigers were having; their (good year and they won, ' while this year , they are having i just another - year and showing signs of finishing below the equator. i ; The Dodgers: seem to be hav- ejTie.-Toeiglit straight defeats in a recent series at Yakima, will have opportunity to attempt to hand Salem its first home defeat The1 Solbns"sd far have won . four straight - home games -i '. ? f .-s j It is probable that Bunny Grif fiths will keep his mound staff in order, sending Lee Fallin, who was to have pitched last night in against the Pips tonight 1 WU Trackstei-s Lose Macyi i ForNWMefet Willamette ,U's chances in- the Northwest conference track and field meet were struck a severe blow Thursday night when it was annouQed that John Macy, who is unbeaten in the quarter mile thus far this season, would not be able to accompany the team to Walla Walla .today. Macy, also counted tipon in the relay quartet suffered a' pulled muscle two weeks ago; and the injury has not responded to treat ment sufficiently for him to run. Coaches Howard Maple and Justin Weakley, with the 2-man squad, leave here this morning for the. meet scheduled at Walla Walla. Saturday. Whitman and, College of Puget ourid are ex pected to fight it out for the title.-, ' ; Named to the traveling squad were Rex. Putnam, Dean (Ellis, Eob Hogenson, Leonard and Le land Williams, Bob Bailey, Bill Atwood, Ken Lilly, Paul Cooking bam, Chuck Furno, Jim Burgess and John Gardner. J i I Homers Help UO Beat WSC -! PULLMAN,; May 15-j-Capt Dick Whitman of Oregon's pace setting baseball team smashed a three-run homer in the ninth inn ing today to hand his club an 8 to 5 victory over Washington State after slim Bob Rieder had pitched"! the Oregomans out of a bad spot in' the ninth. : It was the second northern divi sion victory over State ' for ? the Oregonians in two days. - ' The score was tied at 3-all after the fourth and 5-all at the close of the' eighth. Rieder choked a rally with two on bases in the ninth. Bill SewelL veteran State hurler, pitched steadrball but lacked sup port in critical spots. : Oregon ...f......... 8 f 9 13 WSC 5 8 j 3 Begleries, Rieder (5) and Cal vert; Sewell and Schriener, Bran nigan. ' ; . Vik Tliinclads j In State Meet Coach Vern Gilmore leaves here this morning with ' nine . Sa lem high scantclad candidates for laurels in the state: high school meet which begins . with prelim inaries online University of Ore gon track at 1 p. m. today!, . The veteran Vik coach said Thursday night he didn't expect a champion from his entries, but that Hurdler, Bibby, Jumper Hardy and Quarter-Miler Grif fiths might place.; j Boys who qualified for entry: and who are making the trip in clude Max Bibby, BoblBarber, Rex Hardy, Hal Abrams, Bill Thompson,' Lloyd j Griffiths, Dan Ross, Don Cutler and Roger Pro bert. ' ; . U :- . . Ing that good year. -Particularly ; the pitchers, i and it is almost incredible' that they all should -make an about-face in nnison after rnn-of-the-mine showings ; last year. - ' " ' i - - -S : Hugh Casey won 11 games and lost eight last year. Curt Davis won eight and lost 11, Luke Ham lin won nine and lost eight, Kirby Higbe won" 14 and lost 19, Whit Wyatt; won 15 and' lost if. -Only flone of his first seven starts did Freddy Fitoimmons, who Won 16 t " the club swing a lusty bat Be and lost 2, was impressive. I imight have been right back Yet these same gents are going f t with the Phils so far as his out there arid pitching like they backing in the other games was cant' lose. They're getting good! 'concerned. backing, as the Dodgers v outhit their opponents in 19 of the first 27 games, but at the same time. ine cnuckers are displaying- un - suspected staymgualities.- --, Starting pitchers finished in 16 of the 27 games.- In a couple of Bearcats Clout Wolves,10-1; McAbee Pitches MONMOUTH, May .-(Special) Willamette's Bearcat base ball band laid down a 15-hit bar rage here iThursday, behind "the six-hit nine-strikeout hurling of Hal "Gabby" McAbee, to plaster a 10 to 1 defeat on the Oregon College of Education Wolves. . George Hochstetler headed the 'Cat artillery, getting three blows in four trips, while Jack Richards hit two-f or-three, including a home run and a double. -Neil Owens also connected for a home run, -while Robertson and Miller got : two blows each in five ap- pearances at the plate. , ; The Willamette team meets Pa cific in Forest Grove Friday, in a doubleheader Northwest confer ence clash that will decide the western division titlist Willam ette, heeds one victory for ths title,- while Pacific - needs - two wins to tie. ' Willamette .....10 15 - 3 OCE ...... -..16 4 McAbee and Miller; Szedlak and Rush. AngKng Good For Weekend PORTLAND, May 15-P)-Very hot spots for anglers this weekend will be the McKnzie, Deschutes and Rogue rivers, the state com mission's weekly fishing bulletin said today. . . Coastal prospects generally were fair to middling and for the state as a whole the best since the trout season opened. The bulletin, by counties, . in eluded: ' i - Marion Lakes good but streams poor. Some fish taken In Santiam river. Linn Lakes yielding fair catches of trout. Streams improving. Benton Trout fishing in Alsea river only fair.- Lane McKenzie river good, partic ularly in upper part. Willamette fair, as are coastal rivers and tidewater. Josephine Recent rains have made fishing poor in Rogue river near Grants Pass. Douglas Roseburg district stream fishing Improved , but not good. Lakes yielding some good catches of trout.' i Jackson Salmon run in but fish not hitting. Trout angling excellent in up per Rogue. ; Tillamook Nehalem river in good condiUon. Lincoln Sea-gun trout catches good. Smaller streams returning to normal. CoosAngling fair throughout coun ty. Curry Rogue river clear enough for salmon fishing. Lakes good. Baker Angling very poor. Klamath All streams and lakes good except S prague river. Soph Reds Best Leslie 50-36 Salem high's sophomore Reds outpointed Leslie 50 to 36 in an Intramural track and field 'ses sion at Olinger oval Thursday.: Martin Svarverud of the Reds scored firsts in the pole vault and high jump and a second in the 50- yard dash to take individual point honors with 13. Kenneth DeHut of Leslie scored 12 Results: , 120-yard low hurdles Won by Kent. R, in :15.8; Hudson,. R, second; Mont gomery. L. third. . 100-yard dash Won by DeHut. LJn ni.5; Hinkle. L. second; Ransom, R. third. 50-yard dash Won by Ransom. R, In :5.9; Svarverud, R. second; DeHut. L. third. ' .220 Won by DeHut, L. In :25.6; Ran som, R, second: Parks, R. third. " ' Pole vault Won by Svarvarud, R, with S feet; Brees and Hudson, R, tie for second.- High jump Won by Svarvarud, R. with 4'9"; Kent and Hough, R. tie for second. ' Broad jump Won by Parkes. R, with IT; Montgomery, L, second; Gregory, L, third. . i - Shot Won by Lowe. L, with MS"; Morris, L, secortd; Brame, R, third. Dieu Won by Jones. R. . with 99 2 3"; Morris, L, second; Reinhart, L, third. -,;....-.!..... - RelayWon by Leslie's team of Mc Loughlin. B. Croghan. Hinkle and De Hut in :50. Woodburn Youngster Hurls No-No Game WOODBURN Jack Murphy hurled a no-hlt no-run game for St. Lake's as they whipped Washington junior high "22 to -here this week. He struck out 13, walked none and got a couple of hits himself. others they were taken out for pinch hitters, and "not because their arms, abruptly' became , in solvent . - -' . Some of the pitchers seem to be getting a little better sup port at the plate . than . others. . A conscientious effort appar ently, is being made to make Hlgbe feel at home, as In only t Wyatt on the whole, has had much better support, and the Dodgers really get out their ; 16- - inch guns when Hamlin pitches. i December, 31 never was closer to "next year" than Brooklyn is j right now. ? - - IN HANK'S SHOES - - - - - i;!.-i:--vr::' ' WAkc MB Map . . J Secort? arts mio lS , OP HIMnjtfMG- V f. XSCCrg I Tf30M A IAMB APM IM 939. t-ASf ' V? AR MAP To ASSISTS AfiO StAfttP fbOR POOffLE PlAiS ' Salem. Felle r Saves One for St. Louie Sei-ve ii rs Used as Bosox Top Cards 6-3 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS W 1. Pctl W L Pet Brooklyn 72 .786 Chicago 10 13 .435 St.: Louis 18 7 .720-Cincin'U 10 IS .385 N. York 13 11 XZ Pittsb'gh 1 JH Boston 11 14 .440,Philadel. 8 19 .296 Brooklyn-Pittsburgh, rain. ; ST. LOUIS, May 15-W-Ninety-degree temperature proved too torrid for hurlers in the St Louis Boston game today and af ter seven pitchers saw service the Braves wound up with a 6 to 3 victory. . Four Cardinal pitchers gave up 14 hits while St. Louis was rap ping out 12 base blows off three Brave moundsmen. Max West of Boston suffered a sudden nose bleed in the second inning : and was replaced in left field by veteran Lloyd Waner who enjoyed a successful batting. spree of three straight hits. Boston J. .6 14 2 St Louis 3 12 0 Salvo, Lamanna (4), Johnson (8) ,' and Berres; Shoun, Nahem (7),;White (9), and W. Cooper." i ' - ' T Giants 2, Cubs 1 CIIICAGO, May 15-(P)-Hal Schumacher, breaking through a barrier of tough luck that "has plagued him all season, pitched six-hit ball for victory today as the' Kew York Giants edged out the Chicago Cubs 2 to 1. New York 2 8 1 Chicago . .. 1 6 0 Schumacher and Danning; Pas seau and McCullough. Beds Blow up 1 CINCINNATI, May 15-UP)-The Cincinnati Reds blew . up like a penny balloon in the ninth inning tonight giving the Philadelphia Phillies four runs and their third straight victory over the -world champions ;this year. The score was 5 to 4. Philadelphia . 5 10 1 Cincinnati ...:;.... 4 10 I Crouch, Pearson (9) and War ren; Thompson, Peggs (9), Moore (9) and Lombardi. . .. Canby Net Girls Best Vik Misses ;..!' l ', ' Canby high's girls tennis team took a 3 to 1 decision from the Saleni high ; girls here Thursday, taking two singles and the only doubles match. Results: Singles Eid, ' C, defeated East S, 10-8, 4-6, 7-5; Porter, C, de feated Carkin, S, 6-4, 6-4; Jones, S, defeated Schultz, C, 6-3, 7-5. Doubles Ellis and Marsh, C, defeated Spence and Smith,- S, 6-0, 6-4. ! i 3' ' Jeff Takes Lead V . PORTLAND, May 15-(iiP-Jef-ferson shut out Franklin 1-0 yes terday, to 'take the lead in . Port land high school .- interscholastlc baseball league. Lincoln defeated Sabii,! i 3-2; Benson beat Com merce, 5-3, and Grant, won from Roosevelt 1-0. j i . Ferrell Traded i i ST. LOUIS, May 15-P)-The St Louis Browns ' tonight announced the trading of . Vernon Kennedy, pitcher, to the Washington Sena tors for . Catcher Rick FerrelL " OSC Netnien Win - CORVAiXlS, Ore May 15-(4V The 1 0regon State college tennis team defeated Montana - univer- sity'g traveling squad 4 to 3 here today. i . - : - - ; . ' I I 1 zl J , Ar f Ml.. Oregon. Fridary Morning. May 1 tod Hot for League Baseball SENATOR B Lanifro 46 Orirths 39 Adams 31 Peteran 42 Helser S Bates 42 Bergsm 42 Ligtner 34 Shinn 39 BATTING AVERAGES M AVtl . . B H Avg .167 .167 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 17 12 9 11. 2 10 r -.369 SwoDe' SI J07Homis .12 2 .290 Lieb 2 .162 Warren .250 Dierickx .238 Tenter JH FUm .06 Oliver . J79: 2 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 PIONEER LEAGUE Boise 5. Ogden 3 Salt Lake 8, Idaho Falls 4 Pocatello 6. Twin Falls 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul 4. Minneapolis 3. Indianapolis 7. Louisville 2. Columbus 6. Toledo 6, tie. Huskies Down Beavers 8-7 ? . SEATTLE, May 15-;P)-The Uni yersitjr of Washington baseball team took over second 'place in the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference today in a storybook victory over Oregon State college that made the old poem about Casey at the bat sound foolish. $ The score was 8 to 7. ' More than that the winning run was a free gift. .Still more, the gift was delivered in the last half of the ninth inning, with the bases full, two men out two strikes and three balls called on Batter S. Millikan. Bespectacled Picher Glenn El liott of OSC, fogged the last pitch in hard. He thought it was good, but Umpire John Nenezich called it wide. Both started swinging fists until OSC Coach Ralph Coleman stepped between therri. Oregon State 7 7, 3 Washington ! I. 8 11 7 Elliott and Capka; Jorgensen, Harris (6), Heath (7) and Watson. Students Protest Tiny Hall Ouster SALINAS, Calif, May 15-0P)-Sores of high school students de serted their class rooms today in protest of the loss of Coach Marion-tiny" Halt t At a . stormy s meeting of the school board, Hall's resignation was accepted after school heads had asserted Coach Hall failed to cooperate. : j : The former University of Ore gen football star had coached here since 1938. This; year he won a "grand slam" by taking football, basketball and track champion ships fr; -the ' first time in the school's history. I , . Softball Draws 6000, Portland PORTLAND, May 15-;P)-The city's softball season opened .last night at .Vaughn street park be fore 6000 fans. Some 2000 play ers,' members of 150-odd teams, took parti in the opening ceremon ies. ! ' ' . : Tigers Swanip A's PHILADELPHIA, May 15-P)-Harold Newhouser pitched seven hit ball today while each of his Detroit .Tiger teammates except one hit safely to Swamp the Phil adelphia Athletics, 10-2. " Detroit I ,...,....10 18 1 Philadelphia .L'.:. 2 1 0 Newhouser and Tebbetts; Mar childon, C.j Harris 8), and Hayes Fight Postponed ; NEVARK, NJ, May 15HP)-The Fritzie Zivic-Freddie "Red" Coch rane bout for the world's welter weight boxing championship was postponed Again today until July S because ot an infection in the champion's right forearm. - By Jack Sords "4 - 7 " zZ ' .,v KARRIS' successor lcpt fetp 16, 1941 But He's Lucky At That; Sox Slam Yanks AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS ! Cleveland 21 B .700 rwrni ! l aki 1 Chicago 14 10 .MU.Wash'stn 12 IS .429 Boston 13 10 .563 Philadel. 10 16 JM N. York 14 13 .4S3 St. Louis 9 13 .375 j B 6 3 T O N, May 15P)-The Cleveland Indians captured the opening tilt of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox today, 6 4, but were forced to rush Ace Bob Feller into action to quell a dan gerous ninth inning uprising be fore they salted the game away. Lou Finney started the ninth by batting for relief hurler Mike Ryba and belted a clean single into right field off relief pitcher Joe Hevirig Dom DiMaggio drew a base on balls and that was the signal for Feller's entry.- The Cleveland fireballer forced Stan Spence to pop up, but was blessed with plenty of luck when he faced Ted Williams. The lanky outfielder drew a bead on Feller's delivery and sent a screaming lin er down the first base alley. Hal Trosky leaped high in the air and snared; the pellet With ubflmur arm, then whipped the ball to Lou Boudreau at second for a game-ending double killing. Cleveland 6 II 0 Boston I 4 6 3 Milhar, Heving (8), Feller (9). and Besautels, Hemsley (5): John Son, Fleming (7), Ryba (8v and Pytal." I j Cliisox Wham Yanks NEW YORK, May 15-(;p)- The Chicago White Sox humiliated the Yankees with a 13 to 1 shellack ing today for New York's J fifth consecutive defeat. j Home runs, which cost the Yanks recent games with Cleve land, again were prominent as Joe Kuhel, Taft Wright and , Billy Knickerbocker- smacked out round trippers. Chicago, -..... 13 14. 0 New York 1 9 2 I E. Smith and Tresh; Bonham, c 4 . . c rt v o . i Rosar. j,' ... , .... .' ' Nears No-No WASHINGTON, M a y 15-)-Denny G alehouse, big St. Louis risht-hander, was near the goal of all pitchers ra no hit" game as he blanked the Washington Senators, 7 to 0, with one blow here today. I Jimmy Blood worth slammed a single oyer second base after two were out in the seventh for the Senators' only hit - . St Louis .U;....... 7 9'3 Washington ....... 0 ' I 1 1 Gatehouse and Grube; Chase. Masterson (6), Anderson (7, Zu ber (9),t and Early. ; . 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