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Champs of Yesteryear Turn Billy Conn Bludgeons Knox Blotto Pull : the SelEom !-5Win; Seals On Indians for 8 A's Top Bosox in 16 Frames " DETROIT, May 2M5)-After the pattern of their 1940 suc cesses, the. Detroit Tigers .Wednesday overcame defensive flaws with an . 11 -hit slugging attack to defeat the league-leading Cleveland Indians, 8 to 5, for the thirdsuccessive time. Kicking in with four errors, the Tigers blasted Mel Harder from the mound and finally clinched the game off Relief Hurler Harry Eisenstat after the Indians had rallied to tie the score. Ray AMEBIC AW LEAGl'I STANDINGS W L. Prt W L. Pet Cleveland 28 19 .651 Philadel 19 20 .487 Chicago 21 1 M Boston 11 19 .472 N. York 22 18 .SSOiWshgtn 14 2 J50 Detroit. 21 IS &25.S. LouU 13 23.361 Mack's three-run homer in the seventh chased Paul Trout, De troit starter, and Tireman" . Al Benton received credit for his third victory., " , Cleveland - 5 9 1 Detroit , , ' 8 11 4 Harder, Eisenstat (6), Heving (7), and Hemsley; Trout, Benton (7) and Tebbetts. 16-Inning Win BOSTON, . May: 28-UP)-After surrendering an early 6-1 lead. the Phildelphia Athletics defeated the Red Sox 8-6 Wednesday, in a 16 -inning game, the longest of the current Boston season. It was played before '1400, Fenway's smallest 1941 crowd. Phildelpfaia . Boston ...... . Beckman, Ferrick 3 18 2 8 15 2 (7) and Hayes; Fleming, Ryba (7), Wil son (10), and Pytlak. Browns Belt Chisox CHICAGO, May28-V The St. - Louis Browns, after spotting the Chicago White Sox a 4 to 1 lead ' going into the ' first of the sixth i inning, knocked ' Edgar Smith out of the box Wednesday and went on to art 8 to 4 victory for their second win in a row ov er the Chicago team. St. Louis 8 12 0 Chicago 4 13 2 G alehouse, Auker (5), Harris (8) andFerrell; Smith, Apple- ton () and Tresh. Yanks Top Solons WASHINGTON, May 2&Vfy George Selkirk slammed a home run over the right field fence with the bases loaded in the eighth inning Wednesday night to give the New York Yankees a 6-5 victory over Washington be fore 25,000 fans in the first major league ball game ever staged at . night in the nation's capital. New York , ' 6 7 Washington 11 & l' " I Peek, Breuer and Dickey; Hud son, Carrasquel and Early. Morocco Fuel Halted CASABLANCA, Frnch Morocco, May zs-opr-Tne residency an nounced today at Rabat that it is no longer possible to supply the needs of French Morocco in fuel oil and gasoline. - : Alcoa Given Power VANCOUVER, Wash, May 28 (i)-The fifth unit of the Alumi num Company of America's plant here received its first current from Bonneville dam Wednesday as Paul J. Raver, dam administra tor, threw the switch. ; The First National Bank of Merc ban ts WSG Sprinter Seen Threat In PCC Meet BERKELEY, Calif, May 28.- (iV-A triple-threat act by a slim, fast-stepping Washington State sophomore may steal individual honors at the Pacific Coast con ference track and field champion ships Saturday. r Pat Haley will be entered In the 100 and 220-yard dashes and the 220-yard low hurdles, and is expected to provide the momen turn to Washington State's drive for third place behind California and Southern California in the team championships The young Canadian won all three events in fast time at the northern division meet last week, boosting the Cougars into an easy victory. He has sprinted 100 yards in 9.6 seconds, 220 in 21 seconds, and the low hurdles in 23.8 sec onds among the best clockings turned in on the coast this season. Haley heads a seven-man Cou gar team that includes Bill Dale, conference half-mile champion for two years; Noel Williams, a 9235 two-miler; and Jim Lang, a 133 half-miler. . i In the battle for individual honors, Haley will meet competi tion from Les Steers, University of Oregdhs' unofficial world high Jump champion; Grover Klem mer, 440 and half-mile ace from California; and Bob Peoples of USC, national American record holder in the javelin. Pioneer News - PIONEER Mrs. Howard Cry is taking care of her new nephew Walter Landahl, jr. Mrs. Landahl has been quite ill due to her heart, and is not able to keep the baby with her. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Blodgett went to the coast Sunday to cele brate Mr. Blodgetts 74th birth day. s ' ! 'r: - Mrs. John Calavan and chil dren, Truman and Alyce Robbins, are moving to .Talbot this week. Mrs. Calavan will teach at Talbo next year. I Mr, and Mrs. Lee Hughes and children were dinner guests at the Howard Cry home Sunday. Mrs. Hughes prepared dinner honoring her daughter, Julia, on her sixth birthday. ;i ' T ; PIONEER A number of chil dren from here are attending the daily vacation Bible school in Dallas. Carl Black is furnishing transportation. Those starting Monday .were Jimmy and Carol Cry, Sally Kinion, Shirley Keller and Mary Louise Day. pthers plan to at tend later. Mrs. Frank Dorn becker is teaching , in 4he pri mary department. "What do mom know aboiif-Hiis!? eViiat...jot iourna3 in ifjo paper?11 "llo-thc First Notional M lending nioncit on life insurance policies J of kajf the rate charqed 1 y ti insnranceecmpaniesJ "Lot's qo... I could use that extra coshl" Arivi Branch 4 of Credit for o v c r ( . V On the floor is Baddy Knox, In the Tuesday. Conn, who next tries down thrice la the seventh. A Rookie, Fresh PGA Master's Choice in National 1 By WHITNEY MARTIN , . NEW YORK, May 28, (Special to The Statesman)-Freddy Cor coran called, and with a note of excitement which nearly straight ened out his Hahvud accent an nounced without preliminaries; fl want to give yo a dark horse la the national open Johnny Palmer." He might have been reading from a page in the telephone book as far as we were concerned, as we ; never had heard of a John ny. Palmer, much less a Johnny Palmer, golfer. "Sure, I know his name doesn't mean anything, said Corcoran, whp handles the tournaments for the PGA "He's only been a pro a couple of months, and never did. much as an amateur. Let me tell you about him: "Just before the Greensboro open in March a slim young kid came up and rather timidly in quired how you went about it to become a pro. He said his name was Johnny Palmer, and that he lived in Badin, N. C, and he'd like to try hit luck. r : "Well, he entered, and in that field of star he tied for 10th with a 290 score. His first tour nament, mind you. "He came around afterwards and wanted to know where he collected his prise money, and how mach ft would cost him to t to Asherllle. Ho collected 1123.33 and headed for Ashe Yule. "He didn't do so well there, but the playing conditions were bad so you couldn't tell much about it However, he came around and told me he was glad he came, and he'd learned a lot Whenever he finished a round he'd trot right out on the course again and follow the Sneads and Portland 75 years S f , i V r seventh round ef his fight with BUI y si the champ, Joe Loais, wan by a technical kaye alter knocking Knox From Carolina Nelsons and those fellows, trying to get some pointers. I "Well, the next time I heard about him he had won the Caro lina open,; shooting a 84 at Clay ton Heafner to take the playoff. Then last Monday, at Pinehurst he led his district in the national open qualifying play with 143. "He's a kid that's got every thing style, personality, con fidence. He's about, let's see, about 5-lff and 141 pounds, Td say. About the slse of Banyan. No, about Hogan's slse. That's it, he's like Hogan. He's not a power hitter, bat he's a smooth stroker. a stylist." - Corcoran paused to take on new breath,. then plunged ahead again. ' "You know, every year dark horses come up. In 1938 it was Hogan, Dutch Harrison and Haef ner, the three H's. In 1939 it' was Ed Oliver, and last year we had three more H's Chuck Harbert, Ray Hill and Claude Harmon. "I know not many unknowns Roosevelt Accused of Preaching Fear and Failing to Provide The People Willi All Facts Sen. Wheeler, Isolationist Leader, Calls on President to Reassert Promises of No Foreign War INDIANAPOLIS May 28-VAccusing President Roosevelt of "preaching fear," Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) called upon the chief executive Wednesday night to "reassert his repeated promises not to send 'American boys to fight and die on foreign sou in a foreign war. i Wheeler, contending the Ameri cas could not be invaded and that "slave labor" never could meet competition of free labor, asked the president "to reasserts his de sire to abide by the law of the land and his unwillingness to dis card the neutrality act ; by execu tive order." I The Montana senator. Isola tionist leader, told an America First committee rally -that Mr. Roosevelt's fireside chat of Tuesday night "echoed the sen timents of our warmakers . . . of aU those who would sacrifice lives that are not theirs Ugive," "But I was. informed: over lng distance telephone that the .presi dent at his press conference Wed nesday said he was not going to ask for repeal of ther neutrality act," Senator Wheeler said. "And when he was asked how he was "going to enforce freedom of the seas he stated, 'One way. is to keep American ships out of places where they will be' sunk.' "Which statements do you stand on, Mr. President, your warlike speech or your later statements to the press?" ;l : He asserted the president had said this country should be guid ed by facts but had not given all the facts. "Why not tell the : American people the facts about our de fense program? Is It not bogging and breaking down? . 4 "Why not tell th 'American people the fact that we have few planes suitable for combat fight ing that is, equipped with ar mor plate, adequate fire power and self -sealing cas tanks? Why not ten the people that v army Is ill trained. Judged by anedem standards of war? Why sot ten the people, In short. Mr, Presi dent, that we are wholly unpre pared to fight 300 miles from our shores? 5 "And, Mr. President, why didn't you tell the American people that there Is no possibility of a military invasion of the Americas? Aren't SAND, GRAVEL AND CRUSHED OIL ROCK Properly Graded. Washed Free from Dirt - Ph. SS72 COMMERCIAL SAND & GRAVEL SUP. CO. l 14 I L To- : . mum Conn In their IMttsbnrgh battle Pines, Is Open have won the opem There were Francis Ouimet and Gene Sara- zen, both 20-year-old dark horses, and Sam Parks in 1935. "Why didn't you hear of Palmer as an amateur? "Well, yon never heard of 8am Snead as an amateur, did you? Or Gene Saraaen, or a lot of other star pros? This kid, he's only about 21, Is from a small town and probably was too busy working to play much tournament golf. "He may not go so far in the open this year, but mark my words, you're going to hear from him.-Why, four years ago when Snead came out to the coast to play in tournaments they were spelling his name 'Sneed, and he didn't even know who the big golfers were. He finished sec ond in the open that year, which was, 1937. That shows how fast they can come , up. And this kid has the stuff.' So we give you Johnny Pal mer, fresh from the Carolina pines. these cold, hard facts: "That our bavy is the mightiest in all the world and that it is becoming stronger and stronger? "That the German fleet is incon sequential and was designed for short range fighting? "That to invade either North or South America the invading force would need a tremendously su perior fleet? "That It would require at least seven years for Germany to build a fleet that would equal ours?" Wheeler also asked If It were .not true that there wasn't suffi cient shipping la the whole world to transport an army of minion men and then equip ment from Europe or Africa to the Americas. He asked the president if it were not true, also, that Britain's air manpower was exhausted, that England and America together could not land troops in Europe, that American manpower and air- power could be brought to bear in Europe only through establish znent of a Near East front Wheeler contended available American shipping was inadequate for an expeditionary force of more than 400,000 men, and that such a force would be inadequate even to defend air bases on a Near Eastern front. - : - - - I To Sing at Wedding MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 28-V William L Head has, often sung at other folks weddings. Now hell sing at his own. At the re Quest of the bride-elect Head I on schedule for a solo before the ceremony. Or T. T. Vmm, KB Dr. G. caam. NO DR. CHAN LAM . Cktaese Mealctae Ca. tl Hitk Ukerty CftUIn Pertlaaa Geaeral Elcetrte Ca. OfUce ape Taeaday aad Sat. rav 1 t 1 pjk.: to t p.wm. CaasattaUaa, Bleed areMwe tad urtae testa are tree ef cbare 2S Tears ta BasiaMt! V ' Caps Cop Only II Mix; Rain Stops Solons WlSTUN INTERNATIONAL W I. Pet t W L Pet Spokane 17 S .729!Tacoma 9 IS .409 Yaktma IS S JKOiSalera S 14 JM Vancouvr 14 12 .S3SiWentchee IS Mi Spokane-Salem, rain. Yakiina-Wenatchee, rain. v TACOMA, May 28-tfVA first inning batting attack of eight hits which drove in seven runs Wed nesday cinched the Vancouver TaComa Western International league baseball game here: for Vancouver, with the final Score 12 to 6. ' ifed Adams, Vancouver pitcher, allowed the Tigers only seven scattered hits with but two of Tacoma's runs being earned. Five errors by the Capilanos were largely responsible for the re maining Tacoma runs. Adams also distinguished him self at bat, hitting a homer in the firsf with one man on to finish the, initial scoring spree by Van couver. Six of the first inning runs were made after two men were out. Vancouver 12 19 5 Tacoma T 3 Adams and Brenner; Holmes, McCaa (A). Stephens (9) and Cardoza. . i . - . Memorial Day Traffic Toll Expected High QHICAGO, May 27 Honor the dead, but protect the living! The National Safety council thus called on aU drivers and pe destrians Wednesday to unite In a concerted effort to hold down what threatens to be the greatest Memorial day traffic toU In the nation's history. On the basis of information how available for the first time. the; council predicts that 400 per sons an all-time high will meet death in the holiday traffic jam unless every driver and every pe destrian accepts a personal re sponsibility to use more skill and caution than in previous years. fLaat year, the council reported. 100 persons were killed in Me morial day traffic, with only a one-day holiday. This year there will be a three-day holiday, since Memorial day falls on . Friday Furthermore, the national traffic toll Is running 18 per cent ahead of last year, i l Is Ironic" said Col. John StQwell, president of the council, "that even as America honors its dead on Memorial day, it piles up a huge toll of dead and injured through traffic crashes. The sol dier heroes whose graves we visit gave their lives for a cause, but the'' hundreds who are killed in holiday traffic die needlessly." The council offers this sugges tion for holiday safety: start ear ly, take it easy, play it safe! Clean up Scheduled Rev. Unruh of Pratum has an nounced that clean up will be held at the Mennonite cemetery at t P- ni. Thursday. Workers are asked to bring rakes, scythes and clippers. ; FCNTIAC PRICES EtCtN AT ') A comparison of local delireredi prices will show that a big. economi-, caL trooble-frec Pontiac Torpedo" costs gurprisinglf little more than well-known smaller cars. In fact, the difference is as slight that, when figured into jour monthly payments, vis. R. rOMMERnAT- ST. Bat Way to 8 to 3 Victory; Stars, Padres Bag Wins SAN FRANCISCO, May 2o - joyed a batting f est against Tony mm w . i a weanesaay night, scoring an s to 3 baseDau victory over Sac ramento. ' i ' Freitas left the game after seven 10 hits. ;. " v "-: COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS ' W L Pet! W X. PCt Sae'meat SI 13 .740 Hollywd "23 2 . Seattle Z7 S3 340. Oakland 21 ZS .42! S. Diego 26 29 J10 Portland 30 27 .42 S. Frn 25 27 .48111. Ansel 20 30 .400 Portland-Oakland, rain. : ' , i - Eddie Stutz, pitching one of his better games, blanked the solons for six innings, holding them to five hits. They scored ! a run in the seventh and Handler's two- bagger scored a pair in the ninth. Sacramento L S 11 2 San Francisco ii 8 10 2 Freitas, Caplinger (8) and Wieczorek; Stutz and Ogrodow-skL- 1? Stars Scuttle Suds SEATTLE, May 29-JP)- HiU and runs came in clusters Wed nesday . night as Hollywood de feated Seattle 7 to 6 in a free hitting Pacific coast league base ball game. P Hollywood held an edge at bat with IS hits off three Seattle pitchers, but Seattle, with 24 hits, was threatening right up to the final putout j Runners were stranded like war refuges most of the night In the eighth, Seattle had two men on the bases before there was a putout But relief pitcher Lou Tost struck out the final two batters to end the threat The Rainiers; came back in the ninth for one rim on two walks and a single, but the game ended with a runner j perched on third. Hollywood U.-. - 7 15 0 Seattle U 6 14 2 Bittner, Tost (7) and Dapper; Turpin, Brown (7), Scribner'(9) and Campbell,! FaUon (9). Padres 9, Angels 4 LOS ANGELES, May 28-JP)- .San Diego blasted three Los An geles pitchers for 13 hits Wed nesday night and a fourth hurler was required to stop the Padres as they smothered the Angels to 4. The Angels - got 11 hits off Yank Terry. - but he had much better support ' than did - the local hurlers. Five of the Padre scores were unearned, due to three An gel bobbles. 4 San Diego .. .U...:..... 9 13 I Los Angeles - 4 11 ! Terry and ! Detore; Weiland, ICotfman (8), Berry (8), Flaugh- er (9) and Collins. am Wants Men NEW YORK,! May 28--The navy Tecruiting bureau Wednes day made its second call within 10 days for 35,000 men between 17 and SO for : Immediate service and announced ; the lowering of physical standards, particularly dental nd height requirements. It was pointed out that the call. the largest since world war mobil ization days, was merely a repi tition of one made last week and did not imply that a second group of 35,000 was required. " V - It VJ "tc:::do" six TT A: liavy Ag . ... and you'll hardly notice the- . : difference in your monthly payments 1 it's hardly noticeable. Why not check - into this ajt your Pontiac dealer's? ) DtlivtrJ mi PuttUc, Mich. SUU Ux, ptionsl eqnipmtnt mnd accessories -txtrs. Prices mttd sfecjficmtUmS tmh imxttcbmmgewitbntttcmACenersl Motors Mmstfrfiect. ic:r z:zz M3V - Th'e San Jrancisco Seals en Freitas, their old nemesis, hero ; 4j . ' innings, giving up 8 runs and ' ' '' Takes To Stop Mat at It took City . Officer Marioa , Putnam, an old time sparrini , partner of the Hoosier Hotshot's; to. subdue Jack Lipscomb when that wild matman cut loose' in Salem's armory arena Wednesday' night "-J .J,y Lipscomb, who had laid Referee Harry Elliott low at the ringside, had Walter Sneeze Achiu,; his Chinese opponent, face down on the mat and was bludgeoning his back and neck with a shoe pil fered from a woman fan's foot when Officer Putnam, sided by a half dozen ringsiders, entered the arena and stopped the affair. The Hoosier Hotshot who was making bis first appear ance on the Salem mat In mere than two years, went beserk when Achfa, who had won the first fall of their mala event match, kept swinging back with Just as rood haymaker pnncbea as be waa reeeiTUg. In a wild mix-ip near the - ropes, both grapplers went through onto the floor- with Referee Elliott right" behind them.' Lipscomb turned en Elliott slagged him -down, grabbed the shoe from a, feminine ringsider, crawled back Into the ring behind Aehla and began wielding the foot piece I like a sledgehammer. Fans crowded the ringside, yelling for officials to stop the match.' Two crawled through the -. ropes the signal for Officer Put nam to make his entrance and stop the match. Referee Elliott, revived, crawled v back Just in time to catch an- -other haymaker from Lipscomb's fist, but succeeded in lifting - Achlu's fist aloft in signal of vic tory, i Bulldog Jackson and Billy Mc Cuin slugged to a . draw in the semi-final of the action-filled card, Jackson taking the first fall and McCuin the second. . Prince llaki subdued Young Gotch in the opener, winning the first fall with a Boston crab and the third with a back body slam. Judy Garland Is Engaged HOLLYWOOD, May 28-V Mrs. Ethel Gflmore announced the engagement of her daughter, Film Star Judy Garland, to Dave Rose, 30, composer and orchestra lead er, Wednesday. . Miss Garland, 19, winner in 1939 of the 'Academy award for acting by a juvenile, displayed an en gagement ring. She has known Rose, recently divorced from Comedienne Martha Raye, for sev eral months. i 1 UtANfAIOPU. is '. SALEM, OREGON Mix Armory