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port Sharks HUSKIES9 COACH By Jack Sords By RON GEMMELL If Joseph Barrow Louis, known auite widely as the hea vyweight boxing champion of the world ( although I don't know why he should want to in clude a lot of the current globe) was ever b a d 1 y hurt in his championship chase of nimble Billy Conn, the pictures 01 tne fight do not show it At least these eyes of mine couldn't detect a single Instant 1 T I- WISj Mil iDMir T 11 1 1 W lie II uuuu " -rr - In control of his senses. 1 The film, the best fight picture I' ever saw, shows most distinctly that Louis was stung plenty pert In the 12th round, all right, but other than to cause him to back 'up rather than plod in as he had been doing throughout the fight, the blows weren't evidently dam a urine. In fact, Louis at the close of the 12th was once more carrying the fight to Billy the Kid with no lit tle fistic authority. Had he been hurt as badly as most fight writers said, could he have recovered so quickly? Would he not have tried to hold on and weather tne rouna: The pictures reveal It was Conn, not Louis, who started to ward the wrong corner at the end of the 12th. Louis stalked to his corner with the same deadpan expression, with . the same springy step and, appar ently, as unhurt as he had been In any of the previous rounds. O Referee Right Not for an instant is yours sin cerely attempting to take any cre dit from Conn, whom the pictures reveal did put up a whale of battle and for whom the judges and referee unanimously scored a win up to the 13th round. It's Just that I couldn't see where Joe was ever damaged as much as the .written reports would have us be lieve. Furthermore, the film as 1 "saw it revealed that many of those punches Conn threw in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th rounds hit nothing: more than Louis's cloves or arms. Not all of them, no but a larger per centage than the blow-by-blow radio version and the written accounts suiea. Most of the blows Conn con nected with were hooks, both left and right Any fighter will tell you he'd rather be clipped with a half dozen hooks than one straight jolt that carries the weight of a man behind it Hooks hurt, yes, but they don't jar like the short, straight sock or the uppercut with ' which Louis hit Conn in the 13th'. As for those accusations that Conn was given a short count In the 13th, or that the referee should have let him continue, still them, please. The film shows that Conn got up at the count of 10, all right, but that . he was standing there with his arms at his sides and his mouth open. lie was a wide-open tar- "mm f m m IV MM ."V. Tat Freddie' Fetches Brooks ' CoACd OF TME iWrtgRSTtt 'Vk, 'U, '34, "3T AaJO 94o, fiAiiSrtiA iJCOMO f-vV6 TIMfci AMI? iHIRf FlVftTiMBS EfCovuiGriEAQ Salem Golfers Take Decisive Victory From Corvallis Most decisive victory turned in by a Salem Golf club inter city match team over major opposition in recent years was scored Sunday against a Corv allis Country club team weakened, as may be the nazis, by the necessity for "fighting on two fronts." Eight of Corvallis most gifted "divoteers were at Eugene participating in the Wilamette valley medal play tournament. Poughkeepsie 2-30 SPTS 6-9-2 Salem won by a score of ap Catch Your Softball Here , TONIGHT'S GAMES 6 p. m. Parrish Jrs. vs. Schoens. 7 p. m. Kiwanis vs. Richfields. D p. m. Elfstroms vs. Parrish P. ret. O V 9 p. m.- -4 Corners Ducks. vs. Brass Still Lack Punch If our Senators are to make a bid for a first division berth,, -it'll have to be at the expense of the Western International's two top clubs this week. They take on the Yakimas, who spanked Spokane out of the loop lead by bagging a twin bill Sunday, in a four-game session through Thursday, and then are hosts to Spokane Friday, Saturday and Sunday. - Griffiths' gang is still sorely m need of plate punch. Unless it is provided by big Ed Cole man, when and If he returns to the team, or unless Bates, Berg- strom, Llghtner and Adams be gin to hit around 50 points high er apiece, the chances for a first division finish are as remote as a seat in the US senate for Hit ler. It was well-known and well-advertised at season's beginning that our Solons would be ,the weakest offensive outfit in the circuit, but no one figured they'd be as impo tent as they have been so far. There was every reason to believe that Bergstrom, Petersen, Light ner and Bates would bat up around the .300 mark. None of thenvhas been that high 'since the first week of the season. Therein lies the difference between their current position, a fight for fourth place with Tacoma, and a second or third place spot Page Woolens, no longer a dark horse entry, stretched their City softball league wins to five straight as they whipped Paper Office 8 to 2 Friday night at Sweetland field.. Other wihners included Square Deal, Keith Brown and the Leslie girls. Joe . Herberger s pine lashed out the fewest hits of their un defeated season by picking up but six bingles, but Art Siebens scattered the five Paper blows safely. Keith Brown's moved into a tie with Salem Box at four wins and one defeat when they trounced Blue Lake 3 to 2 in an Industrial league thriller. Marv Ritchie smacked - out a long home run which bounced into the center field stands. Square Deal, last year's champs, staved off a last inning rally to defeat Golden Pheas ant 4 to 2. Rudy Gentzkow hit the longest homer of the sea son. The ball soared up against . the center field stands and bounced back to the shortstop. answer Arnold s Leslies came from behind to win 9 to 8 from the Daisy Maes in a girl's tilt at 6 o'clock. Scores: Page Woolens 8 6 Paper Office ... 2 5 Siebens and Bulkley; R. Maddy Mull and W. Maddy. proximately 81 to 17. Two four somes' scores were missing for the reason that the luncheon follow ing the match was held, contrary to custom, in the grove back of the eighth green and some of the players stopped there without bo thering to send their cards to the clubhouse. A A picnic luncheon was necessi tated by the current remodeling of the clubhouse but both Salem and Corvallis players expressed their enjoyment of the arrangement The visitors also complimented the Salem club on the condition of fairways and greens. Tony Painter of Salem was me dalist with an even par 72. Only one Corvallis player, Denson, scored the maximum of three points. Members of the Salem team were Fisher, McCallister, Painter, Patterson, Harold Busick, Flan ery, Emlen, Day, Starr, Gadwa, Clay Dyer, Roberts, Heltzel, Cop pock, Higgins, Curtis, Gemmell, Hauk, Waterman, Nash, Lengren, Hendrie, Mcendry, Bell, Eyre, and Arehart Eight Clubs, Named For State Meet : PORTLAN D, June 23-(P) Eight baseball teams were invited Monday to play in the annual Oregon semi-pro tournament July 6 at Albany. .; Ray Brooks, northwest semipro commissioner, named for thedou- bles-e liminatlon, week-long event Albany, defending cham pion; Silverton, Bend and Eugene of the State league; Marine Elec tric of the Greater Portland league, Valsetz of the Portland Valley league and Dairy Creek of the Tualatin Valley league. Rectal Soreness Get Relief New Easy Way Sit In Comfort . Pont Brlct Itchy w broken tpots nrn,j.,, rectum. Few placet rs so to InrWutiru A quirk depdkl rliw ( r- o I sorcses U Pro-Jmr-mon KeetmL BrinM ooLhin kim f comfort upo contact, forms protecting lm over or area, helps iksUoT infectioui germ, aitlt Ntur heal up raw, broken tiMoea. No oil no greas to utain clothing, gold on money back mar. antes. Get thi modera relief todar...ak fo r.;oLAnr.;o?j nzcTAt red Meyer Drug Section Keith Brown Blue Lake,.... ....2 6 Ritchie and Lansing; Orey and Morley.- Square Deal 4 5 Pheasants .. ...2 4 -Roth and Singer; Smither and Bennett Leslies Daisy Maes . Arnold and and Calkins. , 9 9 8- 11 Moore; Gueffroy Senators Beat Beavers Adam Near Loop Top NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Pcti W L Pet St Louis 43 21 .672 Chicago 30 33 .478 Brooklyn 42 21 .667 Pittsb'gh 24 30 .444 NewYork 32 29 .523 Boston 22 34 .393 Clncin'ti 31 31 iOOPhiladel 18 43 .295 Sunday's Result Chicago 5-2, Boston 6-3. Pittsburgh 4-4, Philadelphia 1-T. Cincinnati 1-2. Brooklyn 2-3. St. Louis 3-2. New York 4-3. PITTSBURGH, - June 23-V The fat and Remarkable Freddie Fitzsunmons pitched his 13th suc cessive victory over the Pitts burgh Pirates - Monday as . the Brooklyn Dodgers won a 9 to 4 slug fest at Forbes field and inch ed within a half -game of the league leading. .St Louis Cards, who were idle. Fitz's jinx over the locals threatened at last to be broken when he went into the eighth trailing by 3 to 4, but the jinx was only catching its second breath. The Brooks fell on Bob Klin- ger for a cluster of hits, driving the tying run across and leaving two on the bags. Then Herman Franks, the rookie catcher from Montreal, went to the plate as a pinch-hitter for Fitzsimmons and hit a 3 -run homer. Brooklyn . 9 17 2 Pittsburgh .4 7 2 Fitzsimmons, Kimball (8), Brown (9), and Owen, Franks (8); Klinger, Sullivan (9) and Lo pez. omers Yakima Opens 4 Game Series Here Tonight Those rampant Yakima Pippins, who Sunday belted out 25 hits to drop Spokane twice and annex the West ern International league lead, open a four-game series with the Salem Senators here tonight at 8:15. The Yaks are here for a single game tonight, two Wednes- . day night and one Thursday night, before they pull. out to make way Tor the Spokane Indians. Cubs Cop One CHICAGO, June 23-;p)-The Cubs, after losing three straight games 'by one-run margins, saw the scales finally tilt in their fa vor Monday as they beat the New York Giants, 1 to 0, behind the brilliant three-hit' pitching of Claude Passeau. ' The only run of the game came in the first inning, when lead-off man Stan Hack singled off Hal Schumacher and scored on Bill Nicholson's double. Thereafter both pitchers were invincible. New York .1..-.......0 3 Chicago .... : 1 4 0 Schumacher, Adams (8) and Danning; Passeau and McCul- lough. League Baseball SENATOR BATTING AVERAGES B HAvgl B H Ave Coleman 5 2 .400 Bergstm 171 40 .233 Lamfero 183 60 .327 Bates 174 34 .195 Warren 24 7 .292 Lichtnr 162 29 .178 Gnffths 156 45 .387 Tallin 22 3 .136 Petersn 178 49 .274 Dierickx 23 3 .130 Adams 133 35 .263 Oliver 21 2 .095 Helser 32 8 .250 Simpson 3-0 .000 Cameron 88 21 .238, Windsor 6 0 .000 COAST LEAGl'E STANDINGS W L Pet) W L Pet Saeramto 54 22 .711 Los Ang 35 42 .455 SanDiego 42 36 .538 Oakland 32 44 .421 Seattle 38 38 .314 Holiywd az 42 .432 San Fran 39 39 .500 Portland 32 43 .427 Sunday's Results Portland 13-5, San rrancisco 8-9. Oakland 6-1. Saoramento 9-2. Hollywood 18-0. San Diego 3-8. Seattle 1-3, Los Angeles 3-0. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Pet W L Pet Clevel'nd 40 25 .615 Detroit 33 31 .516 New York 36 25 .590 Philadel 28 33 .459 Boston 32 26 .552 St. Louis 21 37 .362 Chicago 32 29 .525 Washgtn 22 39 Ml Sunday's Results Washington 0, Cleveland 0. New York 5. Detroit 4. r Philadelphia 0-3, Chicago 14-0. Boston 7-3, St. Louis 5-12. Caps Smother Cliief s 17-3 In Wild Game WESTERN INTERNATIONAL W L Pctl W L Pet Yakima 29 18 .617 Tacoma 23 26 .469 Spokane 28 19 396 Salem 21 28 .447 Vancouv 27 25 .519-Wenatch 19 35 .363 Vancouver 17. Wena tehee 3. , i (Only game scheduled). Silverton Adds Toledo Salem To Junior Wins SILVERTON Silverton's Jun ior Legion baseball club put away its third and fourth straight wins of the season here Sunday, drop ping Toledo 12 to 2 in nine inn ings and Salem 4 to 3 in 10 Inn ings. until the ninth, when Silverton Salem led 2-0 from the third rallied to tie the score. Catcher Simmons, who .caught the full 19 innings, started the rally with a triple. The Salem team took the lead again in its half of the 10th, but Silverton pushed across two more in its half to win. Toledo .., 2 2 10 Silverton . ..12 9 3 Simmons, Howard and Stanley; Mellby and Simmons. Salem .,. 3 5 4 14 Silverton Highberger and Tomb; Hatte- berg, Seeley and Simmons. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGl'E Baltimore 3, Syracuse 2. Rochester 4, Buffalo 2. Jersey City 3. Newark 1. B. Baer, Simon Sign for Fight NEW YORK, June 22.-JP)-Pro- moter Mike Jacobs announced Monday he had signed the two towering heavyweights, Buddy Baer and Abe Simon, to fight 15 rounds at the Polo Grounds on August 14. Both boys were knock out victims oi Champion Joe Louis. By RON GEMMELL - ' . . . Statesman Sports Editor:"' ' PORTLAND, June 23.-(Special)-Ho-hurri--these class AA Coast league baseball clubs are just plain duck soup for our class B Western International league Senators. Yep, our Legislators whipped the Beavers here Monday night just like they bested the San Diego Padres and San Fran cisco- Seals previously this season. They did it 7 to 5, with Eddie Adams hammering a two run homer over the 351-feet left field barrier to put 'em ahead 5-4 in the seventh, and with Bob Berg strom doubling two more across in the eighth to make it secure. Some 1500 saw the class B'ers best the class AA'ers, no few of them capital city fans. The Bevos Jumped to a two run lead in the second off rigid Roy Helser who hasn't 'lost a game yet this season, but our lads lammed right back with a pair in the third as Adams dou bled and Helser singled home a ran each. They went one up on the Bevos in the fourth when the Little Skipper doubled home Antelope Al Lightner, who had singled in front, but Portland again tied it up in their half when Ted Nor bert busted one over the leftfield walL The Bevos got a single run ad vantage in the sixth off young Chet Simpson, the 17-year-old rookie who set down the Seals. Simpson, who relieved Helser, walked Reich and Gill hit a hard ball back at him that bounced against his kneecap, forcing him to retire, but not before he re covered the ball and tossed out the huge Mr. Gill. Frankie Dierickx, who relieved Simpson, was greeted by Nor bert's single that drove in Reich and nut the class AA boys in front. Griffiths, who hit Monday night's coast league pitching like he owned it singled with one away in the seventh and Eddie Adams picked on the first pitch served to him by Joe Gonzales, driving it out of the park and Griffiths across the plate in front of him. A. J 1 1 J A I uergsirom aouDiea aown uie left field foul line In the eighth. sending Petersen and Lightner, both of whom had singled, across with the game clinchers. Dierickx, who received credit for the win, allowed the Beavers one tally in the eighth on a walk to Reich and consecutive singles to Gill and Norbert, and was in trouble in the ninth until the Lit tle Skipper pulled him out with a lightning double play on Reich's ground smash. Adams, Griffiths .and Light ner combined to get six of the 11 blows the Solons fathered off Gonzales. Each got two, with Adams getting a double to go with his homer and ac counting for three runs. It looked like Eddie was oat to show Schefter & Co., who ped dled him down the river in a straight trade for Eddie Wil son, whom they subsequently released. . The Bevos got but four blows off Helser in five innings, none off Simpson in his one-third frame and but two off Dierickx. Ted Norbert gave our Solons' chuckers the most trouble, whack ing a homer and two singles in three trips that accounted for three of the five Bevo markers. WENATCHEE, June 23 Over! 1000 fans came out to help their Wenatchee Chiefs out of a six game losing streak but stayed to watch them drop their seventh as the Vancouver Capillanos smothered them 17 to 3 in a Westren International league base ball game here Monday night. Alex Weldon, ace Wenatchee hurler, was spiked In the third inning but his relief man, Al Ra mondi, did alright until the sixth and seventh innings when eight Vancouver hits and four Wenat chee errors allowed 12 Cap scores in the two frames. Vancouver 17 16 Wenatchee 3 8 Adams and Brenner; Weldon, Ramondi (3), Wilson (8) and Mayer. Sunday's Scores Wenatchee 1 7 I Tacoma 9 13 ! Raimondi, Libke (2) and Far rell; Porter and Stoeber. Wenatchee 2 4 3 Tacoma 4 5 1 Phebus and Farrell; Holmes and Cardoza. Clouts Earn Kisses tor DiMag a. r 1 V ix.ttv Uit l k i I Joe DiSIaggio was rewarded in New York with a kiss from his pretty wife when he hit safely in his 35th straight game. Joe hit a home run to help the Yankees set a new homer record 18 straight games in which they hit for the circuit at least once. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. Jun 24 Poughkeepsie Entries Drill In Rough Waters of Hudson By BILL BONI POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, June 23.-iP-After four days of hot weather and slick water, the nine coaches whose boys will be rowing in the 44th intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson Wed nesday got a chance Monday to test their boatloads in - rough going. ' A morning wind against a contrary tide kicked up white- After they subsided some- Spokane 11 12 1 Yakima . 12 19 2 Reid, Kinnamon (5), Hayes (8) and Beard; Lien, Barkelew and Sueme. Spokane 10 17 4 Yakima 13 17 2 Budnick and Meyers; McCon- nell,: Bryan (8), Lien (9) and Ev ans. Dubs Decisions Tygh CHICAGO, June 23-P)-Har vey Dubs, 138, Windsor, Ont., scored a clean-cut decision over Jimmy Tygh, 133s, of Philadel phia in a 10 round bout Monday night at Marigold gardens. There were no knockdowns. Box Score Lou Nova Scared but not of Joe Louis; He Fears He'll Get Sidetracked by Conn TACOMA, June 23 Three singles, a wild pitch and an out field out in the last half of the ninth inning provided the two runs necessary for the Tacoma Tigers to defeat the San Francis co Seals,. 5 to 4, in an exhibition game here Monday night. The Seals had taken the lead in the fifth on Don Trower's two run homer but were unable to stop the Tigers' eighth and ninth inning batting attacks. San Francisco (PCL) 4 8 "2 Tacoma (WH.) 5 12 . 1 Kittle and Partee; I Stephens and Cardoza. - 1 By WHITNEY MARTIN j NEW ; YORK, June 23.-(iip)-A wisp of a man 'wandered discon solately about the ringside the the Polo Grounds long after the lights had been turned down and the thousands of . fight fans had drifted into the night babbling of Billy Conn's courage and Joe Lou is' narrow escape and you knew without asking just what was buzzing around in .Ray Carlen's mind. , : He was afraid the great show ing made by Billy Coon vjmld mean another sidetrack for his big boxcar, Lou NovaL and that come September Nova would hoist his sturdy body through the ropes to be introduced in Harry Balogh's inimitable man ner as " leading contender who needs no introduction,'" while Bill Cona waits in the corner opposite Louis for the beU to ring. . 1 Nova : has ; been on more side Carlen knows enough about the ' workings of the fight game to know this his boy promptly would be shunted onto another, no mat ter how worthy his claim or how good his chance of winning, if a larger gate were in prospect for a Conn-Louis encore. Boxing is a sport, but that fact can't inter fere with business. ; Carlen was even more perturb ed than usual, for, from what he had just seen, he was convinced that Nova could take Louis in one gulp. . , "A soft touch," Carlen said with finality. -If Nova doesn't get the fall fight for the title it will be a crime." "Carlen can look at things more calmly now, for yesterday Promoters-Mike Jacobs decided to string along with the champion's managers, who demanded a 'fresh opponent for the September fight, and signed Nova for a well-earn ed title shot? v', : : 'X: ". One man with a real chance ag- Bob6 KaVOS AlfailO amst Louis is Nova. Nova, and in the dun future a pleasant young PITTSBURGH, June 23-(Pr- kid from Tampa named Tommy IBobo, 202, slugging Pittsburgh Gomez, who ' carries ; a cannon negro, Monday night floored cracker in each glove. '. : I Mike Alfano, 211, of New York We can't quite agree on Louis (six times before the referee halt being a soft touch. He wouldn't ted their scheduled ten round bout be a soft touch for anybody with-fin the fourth stanza and gave out a gun, and if Nova shares Bobo a technical knockout dec! his pilot's opinion on that he'd better nudge it out of his head right now. ; t. Like Conn, he Is a little too cocky for his own good, but he has a more rugged physique to back it up. He hasn't Conn"s speed. Nobody else has. But speed wasn't enough to win for Conn. It's going to take a puncher to beat Louis. . That's where Nova comes in. Ana mat s wnere we came in, just to leave the idea that we think in all JosUce . Nova should get the next title shot, and the Impression that he's the gent who . might . have .what it sion. SALEM (7) Lamfero, 2 . Cameron, 3 . Petersen, m Lightner, r . Bates. 1 Bergstrom, 1 Griffiths, s . Adams, c Simpson, p Helser. p Dierickx. p .. Totals -PORTLAND Wright. 2 ... Thompson, m Owen, 3 Reich, 1 Gill r Norbert. r Annunzio, c Brown; .. S 5 4 3 4 3 4 0 2 2 J6 B R H O A 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 11 1 3 2 2 2 4 O 0 1 0 1 0 7 11 27 12 (5) B R H 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 14 Gonzales, p Schultz Coscarart, ss Escobar Reid. p Harkinsf Totals Batted for Gonzales in 8th, t Batted for Wright in 9th. 33 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 O A E 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 27 13 Salem Portland 002 100 2207 11 020 101 010 S t Winning pitcher. Dierickx. Losing pitcher. Gonzales. In runes pitched bv Helser 5, Gonzales 8, Simpson Dier ickx 3i. Reid 1. At bat off Helser. 18. Gonzales 31. Simpson 1. Diericks 14, Reid 1. Hits off Helser 4. Gonzales 10, Simpson 0, Dierickx 2. Reid 1. Runs scored off Helser 3. Gonzales 7. Simp son 1, Diericks 1, Reid 0. Runs respon sible for, Helser 3. Gonzales 7, Simp son 1. Dierickx 1. Struck out by Hel ser 3. Gonzales 1, Simpson 0. Dierickx 1. eid o. Bases on balls off Helser 2, Gonzales 2, Simpson 1, Diericks Reid 0. - - Left on bases. Salem. 4, Portland Home runs. Norbert, Adams. Two-base hits. Brown. Adams, Thompson 2, Grif fith. Berntrom. Runs batter In. Brown 2, Adams 3, Helser. Griffith. Norbert 3, Bergstrom 2. Sacrifice. Reich. Bates. Double plays, Wright - to . Brown to Reich. Lanifero to Griffiths to Bates; Griffiths to Bates. Time 19. Vffl pires. Engels and Jordan. Tcaiglil VRESTLIflG icents TEMI TAG HATCH Tcnighl JACK LIPSCOMB and - BULLDOG JACKSON VSo (1 Hour) GEO. WAGNER and SNEEZEW ACHIU Billy IlcCuia vs. Herb Parks (45 Mlnwtes) v SALEII ADIIOHY TOIIIGHT. 8:33 ; ; Lower Floor 50 Balcony 40c, Reserved Sea J"' J"' Tickets: Cliff Parker's and iieJirAw? ASSjiSU, - . Students 25 - Herb Owens, Matchmaker - - caps what, all the crews but Washing ton got out on the water, with Rutgers and MIT especially anx ious to test their watermanship in a real chop. They were the only crews which braved the river in midstream. Having watched them from Coach "Chuck" Logg's launch. we'd say the lads from the Rar itan may give a surprisingly good account They certainly are big,; enough. As heavy as Washington or Cornell, they powered their shell through the biggest swells without perceptible loss of head way. Late today all of the 19 crews nine varsity, four junior varsity and six freshman put consider able mileage under their hulls aft er the wind calmed down. Washington continued the fa- Ivorite, though Coach Al Ulbrick- son claims his Huskies arent quite the boat they were two months ago when they gave Cali fornia such a thorough licking. California's fine form made them the general second choice, with Cornell, Columbia or .Syracuse expected to make the best show ing for the east Matman Back I j sssr tfu t x " I, Babe Herman Leads Coast LOS ANGELES, June 23-(yf)- Big Babe Herman of Hollywood continued to outhit the rest of the Pacific Coast league base ball rosters today, and Los An geles had a bulge in home-run clouters, but Sacramento's loop- leading Solons topped the field in team batting. In games played through Sun day, Herman was hitting .382. Veteran Johnny Moore and Eddie Mayo of Los Angeles had hit 12 homers apiece, and their team mate, Phil Weintraub, 10. But Pepper Martin's Sacramen to crew hit the ball for a team average of .302, with Lefty OTDoul's San Francisco Seals next with .392. Publinks Draws 2824 Golfers NEW YORK, June 23.HP)-The 20th Annual National Public Links eolf tournament has drawn a record entry of 2824 players, it was announced t o d a y by the USGA, the total exceeding by 223 the mark set last year. The championship will be de- GEORGE WAGNER Matsters Play Tag at Armory Again Tonight The mat maestros play tag at Salem's armory again tonight. George Wagner, always a fav orite in Salem", returns here af ter a year's absence to team up with Walter Sneeze Achiu against Jack Lipscomb and Bulldog Jackson in the tag event Customers who saw last week's tag howled for more of it, so Promoter Herb Owen promptly matched another. In this new form of ring fun, one member of each partnership stands outside the Vopes while his partner takes on one of the opposition. When he tires he tags his partner, who enters the arena and carries on. A 45-minute semifinal, bring ing together Herb Parks and. Bill McCuin, opens the bight's activ ity at 8:30. - cided over the Indian Canyon golf course at Spokane, July 14-19, and most sectional qualifying rounds will be held between June 27 and 30. The entrants will compete for 187 places, with the five former champions, exempt from the qual ifying test boosting the Spokane field at 182. ,',' ihoro u ghbrcd j 0 jjjJ sportswear! jf y . . - - - - . . r I 1 1 tracks than a slow freight, 'and "We have long felt that the takes. .