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m m Bundcrr Morning, Jan 21. 1942 I il ways ballplayers attempt to break those gosh-awful slumps they gi into from time ta time diange their stances at the plate, change this, change that. change their likker change anything to shake fhs slump. But the supreme payoff happened right in our neighboring Pacific Coast league on the Sacra mento Senator nine (no relation to the Salem legislators, al though Sacramento plays Port land today and Salem plays 'em Monday mght (plug).) Bouncing along In last place a few weeks back and unable to even look like the swash buckling speedsters of last sea son, three of the Sacramento regulars -decided that in order to bust the slump they should shave xieir heads bald. If you've seen this week's Sport ing News ycu'll also see what we mean. Steve Mcsner, Deb Garms and Lee Handley were the boys who cooked up the hairless idea, and agreed that neither would wear a hat off the ball field in lieu of forfeiting of $25 to with the dome "covered while down town, etc. Evidently the screw-ball agreement has paid its dividends, as it isn't the Portland Beavers leading the Coast circuit today, and it was Garms who hit a home run off Byron Speece the other night to add anoftier win to the Sac side. And -as it would happen, the three Solons, needless to say, reluctant to doff their caps in front of the crowd at Sacramento, were victims of a conspiracy the national anthem was played and they had to unveil the freshly mown pates, much to the uproarious crowd's Relight. Senators Could Stand Clipping (Suggest that the Salem Senators go to the nearest barber for a head clipping before every Jaunt to Vancouver at least they couldn't do any worse If they were bald- headed.) Which takes us back to the time San Diego played Salem here last season. Padre Catcher George Detore, who doesn't need the clippers to be bald headed, was caught midway be tween the dugout and the catcher's box when the seventh in ning rendition came forth, and much to his chagrin had to hibit his pet peeved something heordinarfly never does. - Jacob Had the Right Idea Appease that Bay Jacob was right about Spokane first acker Vic Buccola. Jacobs claimed that Buccola had really "arrived" this season, and lust as soon as the 19-year-old youngster puts on a little- more weight will make some of the scouts do considerable figuring on fust how much they want to give for the spindly-legged flash. Vic broke in wrfh the Spokes last season as an understudy to Frank Milani and consequently saw very little action. But Jacobs handed him the regular assignment this season, and one look at the daily box scores or weekly baiting averages shows feat there wasn't any mistake made in the assignment. The sweet-fielding smoathy is hitting along at a neat .308, good enough for the No. 2 spot in the league, has hit seven triples and as many doubles and is third in the loop averages in those all-important runs batted in. An idea of his speed is borne out by the fact mat he has stolen 17 bases already. And when a player on a last place dub, which is generally always behind, is up in there with -his stolen bases, he doesn't get them the easy way. Watch Out for BUI Johnson Speaking of stolen bases, the Messrs. Mallory of Van couver aad Baccola will have to keep hustling after those thefts if they expect to beat out our Bill Johnson, who gets our vote as being one of the best base runners ever in the circuit Five times this season Bill has swiped home, and the better part of the rest of his thefts hare been those of third base. Most fans don't realize it, but it is much easier to steal third than it is second. Shhhh don't tell the pitchers. Brooklyn 'Uncrucials' Card Series With 3rd Win in Row BROOKLYN, June 2b - (JP of whatever was crucial about Cardinals Saturday, pounding 10 to 4, for their third successive men, ; The Cards came late Ebbets field twe days sge riding high a a scvea-gsme winning streak sad wit high hopes at cutting into the National league leaders' pace setting i at s r gtar" .After dreaatar twe elese enss sad then seeing four of their pitch rs waltoped f or IS hiia SaU urday. the Redlrfra feand themerres tramag ar twm uad OMe-half game aaud bm Dodgers enjoying tbdr biggest advantage of the season. Tbe flaal ' two games of the series will be plsyed Sandajr. ' -- .' ;- -1 Jo Medwick contributed throe augles -and a double te the Dodg ers' attack and stretched hi bat ting, . streak to 23 consecutive games. He drove In three tallies sa did Mickey Owe with two : singles.- , ..'.,' St Louis 022 000 COO 41 Brooklyn .-020 023 11!- 1 15 3 Warneke, - Cumbert (8) Krist (7) Dickson (8) and Cooper; Da vai, Casey S) and Owen. Additional Sport Oa Pafje 6 AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor SEC. 1 PAGE 5 VIC BUCCOLA each of the other two if caught - The Brooklyn Dodgers took care their series with the second place the St. Louis club into submission, victory over Billy Southworth's Oaks Smash Stars For 3rd Straight OAKLAND. Cahf., June 20-(Jf) -Oakland clinched its third straight victory over Hollywood Saturday - with a three-run first inning, but the Acorns went on to make their margin 8-1 before the loosely-played game ended. Hollywood 000 100 000-1 7 J Oakland 30QI00 20x-4 8 '. Hilcher, Peres (4) and Bren zel; Buxton, Yeiovic (8) and Rai mondi. Phillies Can't Solve Qncinnatis Riddle PHILADELPHIA, June 20 -P) Elmer Riddle retired the first 20 men to face him Saturday, then went on to chalk up two-bit shutout against the Phus as the Cincinnati Reds won their sixth atraight game, 7 to 0. Cincinnati .012 020002-7 11 0 Philadelphia .J000 000 000-0 2 2 Riddell end Lemanno; Melton, Beck (5) end Livings too, Wax- Z ' rn to. , if J ? 4," -'. 'yy Hogaii,Turuesn All Even in Hale Tourney Blazin Ben Comes , From Behind; Final Round Played Today By CHARLES DUNKLEY CHICAGO, June 20-;p)-Tiny Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., in a dogged challenge, came from be hind Saturday to tie Mike Tur nesa for the, 54-hole lead in the Hale America national open golf tournament at Ridgemoor Coun try club with a total of 203. The Texas-born Hogan, leading money winner among the profes sionala for the past three years, led Turnesa, the White Plains, NY, pro, hy a single shot going to the 18th, but there he was un lucky enough to drive his iron tee shot into a trap at the left of the green. His second was barely on the edge of the carpet, '13 feet j short of the cup, and he took two putts to hole out for a bogey 4 the first time he had cone over par in 38 holes. Turnesa started Saturday's 18 hole third round with a three stroke lead, in his 131 total, but the heavy conditions of the fair ways, and soggy greens slowed him down' to a 38-34 72, even par. Hogan was not bothered by the weather, however, and posted a 33-3669. Their cards: Par out 455 8444S4-38 Turness eat ..465 435 414-38 Hogan .lit . ...454 244 433-33 ' Par In 434 455 443-S 72 Tnrnesa In .. .424 455 442-94 72 Hogan in 434155 444-3649 Thus, It appeared certain that Turness and Texas Ben weald battle it oat in the final IS holes Sunday. They- may face sertoes opposition from Jimmy Dem aret of Detroit whs scored s 35.3469 for 205; Lswson Little of Monterey. Calif, with a 35 3671 for 206; Herton Smith, Plnehurst, NC, veteran with 36 3571 for a 206; 'Byron Nelson of Toledo. O. with a 37-32 69 for 208, and Jim Ferrier of Elm hnrst. 111., who shot a 35-3368 for a 208 total. Tigers Treat Spokane to 12-6 Lacin SPOKANE, June 20 -(ff)- Ta coma's Tigers dined delightedly Saturday night on Spokane In dian steaks, ripping out a 12 to 6 Western International league baseball decision over the team that handed them a two-hit blank last night The win evened the series at three games each. - Lefty Al Lien kept the tribe in check while his Taconta mates, led by Joe LoForte and Dave Molitor, were abusing three Spokane pitchers with 14 hits. LoForte hit safely four times in six visits to the plate and MoHtor connected in three of five. r There was never much doubt of the outcome after the Tigers batted around in the fourth to tally four runs on four singles, walk and a hit batsman. Spo kane replied with three runs on Clint Cameron's double, . a walk, two errors and a single, but it was merely a gesture. Lien walked three men and hit one, but struck out six. Hank Bushman was pounded off the Spokane hill hi the fourth, Jimmy Hicks dealt far twe frames and A. Murray O'Flynne finished shakily. Tacoma 002 422 200-12 14 4 Spokane 001 802 00- 6 7 4 Lien and Spurgeon; Bushman, Hicks (4), O'Flynne (6) and Pol ster. WKSTBBN INTERNATIONAL W L Pet. , W L Pet. vancover 33 23 380, SALEM ' 36 28 MX lacoma 30 27 .528 Spokane 21 33 .339 Mcaruj-s result: At Vancouver a-. SALEM J-S. At Spokane . Tacoma 12. COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. W L Pet Sacraeno 46 31 .57! Seattle 37 3 .487 san Die 44 34 J64OaUand 3S 40 .467 Lob An 42 32 -58 Holly wod as 45 .43 aan rran J a WlforUana US 46 2Tt Mwrvays recana: At Portland 2. Sacramento S. At Loa Angeles 9. San Francisco S. At Oakland 8, Hollywood 1. At Seattle-San Diego not reported. AMKSICAN LEAGUE - W L Pet. W I. v New Yor 42 IS .700 St. Louis 31 OS .404 Boston 34 24 -5SS, Chicago 34 3S 40? Ctevtbsd 34 AW Phikdelp 2S 41 JSSt ueinni as M waamnft 23 20 J71 Cleveland I. New York ft. Detroit T. Washington S. St. Louis 3. Philadelphia J. (Only games scheduled.) national league - Brooklyn 42 is .-mpittsbur van ? V"1 ? 5 -"Chicago so s kss gp ) ZVi. 4. - Boston 4, Pittsburgh . - amekicak association St. Paul 11. Indianapolis 4. - Minneapolis 5-6, Louirrllla 6-T. Other game postponed. i . U TL ... Hale 'America P. "A f-3 .-:-w.-x A Hale America tourney galley watches ss Byroa Nelson, (left, en green) tried unsuccessfully te sink s long putt on the 18th green at Ridgemoor Country club. Chicago scene of the tournament. Await ing their turns are Paul Runyan Senators, Caps Split Twin Bill; Play Portland Monday Night Swope Gets 9Em Back in Win Column, but Kelly Can't Hold 9Em There Our Senators engage the Portland Beavers in the first game of their annual exhibition series in Portland Monday night at 8:30 p.m. Hollywood optionee Eddie Erautt will probably draw the Salem mound assignment against the Bevos if he arrives by that tune. VANCOUVER, June 20 - (CP) streak with the Vancouver Capilanos, Salem's Senators won the first game of a daytime-nightime doubleheader here Saturday, 3 to 2. Burton Swope did the pitching for the Senators and held the Caps to six hits in chalking up his fifth win of the season. Bob Henricksen was coasting along with a 2-9 lead for the Caps, obtained on three hits in the fourth inning, until the Sa lem half of the seventh. Jack Warren got one of his three hits and Bill Johnson doubled. Eddie Adams walked and ad-, vaneed to second on Henricksen's wild pitch. Warren scoring, then Jack Richards drove Johnson and Adams home with a single. Those three runs were all Swope needed to give Salem its first win of the series. Jack Warren led the eight-hit Salem attack with three singles in four tries. Henricksen stopped Claude O'Connell's hitting streak cold for the first time this season by hang ing the horse collar on the Salem outfielder in four attempts. Vancouver came back in the nightcap, 4 to 2, on five hits off BUI Kelly, who helped lose his own game because of wildness. Salem got both her runs off Pete Jonas in the first inning on three singles, but Vancouver tied it up in the third when Kelly walked two and served a three base hit ball to Bill Wright. The Caps got single runs in the seventh and eighth, another walk and Salem's lone error figuring in both tallies. c. Jonas pitched seven-hit ball lor tbe Caps and after the first inning was invincible with men on bases. The nightcap win gave the Caps i : m: -'4 uitr Bic3, live games iu imc First Game: Salem AB S H O 2 0 2 2 1 3 12 4 1 A 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 3 Granato, s ...4 .4 ...4 ..2 ....4 ..3 ..4 Petersen, r Warren, 1 Johnston, 3 O'Connell, m . Adams, c Richards, 1 .... Cailteaux, Swope, p 2 .3 Total . 1 27 17 O A Vancouver Mallory, 3 AB .4 J 3 -.4 .4 -.4 1 3 2 1 0 3 S 2 0 Mullen, 2 Maddern, m Donovan, 1 . Wright, 1 Russo, r ' Sueme, c 2 Kretchman, s 2 "Henricksen, p 3 Total 29 2 S 27 Struck out by Swope 1, Hen ricksen 5; base on balls off Swope 4, Henricksen 2. Wild pitches, Henricksen. Passed balls, Adams. Left on bases, Salem 4, Vancou ver 4. Two base hits, Granato, Mullen, Johnson. Runs batted in. Donovan, Wright, Richards 2. Sa orifice, Kretchman. Stolen bases, Mullen. Double plays, Mallory to Wright Swope to Cailteaux to Richards, Granato to Cailteaux to Richards, Mullen to Wright. Time of game 1:30. Umpires, Valerio end Stevenson. Senator Swat: ' (Averages do not include Saturday's doubleheader at Vancouver.) ABHm. JUBHPCt. 0Connen 14 11 jStl Adams i ,. 43133 Swope 30 19 J3 Moore ' 30 7 JOS Johnson 17 SO 305 Clow 3T 7JH RasmusRn 14 S 00 Smith ' ' 4S JDO Warren ltl 56 JS3, Granato 123 24 .15 Petersen tat 65 391 Keuy ! - IS 1 .190 OaUteax 1M S3 JSS! Dterickx ' IS OjOOO Leiningr .1S34SJKK Richards 7SS0 .287 Qallery Eyeing Crack Golfers T i i ? 1 (dark sweater) and Harry Cooper (far right). - Snapping a four game losing Second Game Salem AB R H TO A E Granato, ss 3 0 0 2 4 1 Petersen, cf .4 110 0 0 Warren, If 4 112 8 0 Johnson, 3b 4 0 2 2 10 O'Cqnnell, rf ... 4 0 1 2 0 0 Adams, c 4 0 0 2 0 0 Richards, lb 3 0 1 0 0 0 Cailteaux, 2b ... 3 0 1 4 2 0 Kelley, p 3 0 0 1 5 0 x-Leininger 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 24 12 1 x Batted for Kelly in 8th. Vancouver AB R H PO A E Mallory, 3b 1 10 110 Mullen, 2b 2 1112 0 Maddern, cf .....2 0 0 3 0 1 Donovan, If & 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 Wright, lb 2 0 1 10 1 0 Russo, rf 4 0 110 0 Ball, c 3 117 0 0 Kretchmar, ss ...J3 0 1 2 4 0 Jonas, p 3 0 0 0 8 1 Flaugher, z. 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sueme, If 1 0 0 10 0 Totals 25 4 5 27 11 2 z Ran for Mallory in 7th. Innings: Salem .200 000 000-2 Vancouver 002 000 llx-4 Runs, responsible for Off Kel ly, 3; off Jonas, 2. Struck out By Kelly, 2; by Jonas, 6. Bases on balls Off Kelly, 9; off Jonas, 3. Hit by pitcher Wright, by Kel ly. Left on bases Salem, 6; Van couver, 10. Three-base hits Wright, John son. Two-base hits Russo. Runs batted in Johnson, Wright, 2; Donovan, Sueme. Sacrifice Maddern, Granato, Mullen, Jonas. Stolen bases Petersen, Warren Mallory. Double plays Granato to Cail teaux to Richards. Cailteaux to Granato to Richards. Time of game 1:50. Umpires Valerio and Steven son. Score Friday's Salasa (C) AB B PO A J4 1 2 2 Granato, as Petersen, cf - Warren. H Johnson, 3b Adams, c Cailteaux, 2b O CanneU, rt Richards, -lb Smith, n - Totals i a 2 110 3 2 a 4 see s 11 -.4 -S3 eat SS 10 Mallory, 3b Mullen. 2b Maddern. cf Donovan. K Wright. 1 4 -3 1 4. a 1 14 Jonas, rf Buenw, e fCretentnar. aa Flaugher, 9 Babich, p , Russo, rf . -x-Ball ; - Totals Salem JBS e sria .000 212 1006 Vancouver JBOIOOS Two out when winning run scored. x uaiwa xor motcn in stn. Winning pitcher Babich: innings pitched, naugher S. Babich 31,. Hit rff 1auher . BeMch 1. Sum off Ylaucher S. JBaJbich 1. Runs responsible 4 lor, smith a. flaugher . Babich Struck, out by Smith 2. Babich Bases on balls off Smith S. flaugher 4. Babich -X Left pa buea Salem 1. Vancouver T. Homo Tuns. Richards. Sueme.- Two-base hit. Mallory. Runs batted fat Mullen. Rtananls X Johnson. Grwtato. Maddern. Wright X Sueme, Donovan. Sacrifices, FlauKher. War ea.- Stolen bases. Johnson 2. Granato Double play. Kretchmar to Mullen to wrignt; Mullen to wrtgnt. tbm l.-3 umpires, Valerio- and Stevenson. New Job l t ,'. ;. : v...-. y ' JIMMY PHELAN Jimmy Phelan Named Coach At St. Mary's MORAGA. Califs June 20-(P)-St Mary's college an nounced Saturday that it has hired Isaacs Phelan. former football coach at the University of Washington, to aet as Its bead coach "for the daratlon of the Phelan will replace Norman Strader, who has received a navy commission and is now in train ing at Annapolis for service as an instructor in the navy's pre-flight training program. The former Washington coach comes to SL Mary's after 12 years at the Seattle school. He was re leased at the end of last season. Phelan, now 49, has been In timately associated with foot ball almost continuously since 1999, when he was the baefcileld ssarkplag for a Portland, Ore, high school team. He quarterbacked the Notre Dame varsity under Knute Rockne In 1914 and continued at that position in subsequent seas ons until the first war called him into overseas service with the army air corps. Is It Yes or Is It Becomes More By WHITNEY MARTIN Wide World Sparts Columnist NEW YORK, June 21 Head lines of the time: "Germans closing in again on Tobruk." "Billion dollars a week- is US war outlay." "Asks suspension of state,' coun ty fairs to conserve rubber." "Stimson says Corp. Joe Louis must complete training." Is there just a touch of in congruity there somewhere? An ant strutting along in a herd -of elephants? You've - guessed "It, With the war news grave, with fantastic earaeaditarea emphasising the magnltttde of the Job at band, with citisens asked te forsake hoaaoly pie res, the secretary or war Is obliged to toko pre-, clous moments front his multi tude of chores to clarify the status of a corporal in the army. It is an odd situation when an enlisted man assumes such im portance in the public1 eje at he shares headlines with news of world importance, and draws a statement from one of the "na tion's busiest and most important men. " The word "clarify" as it concerns- Louis' status, is used ad visedly. The statement made it dear that the heavyweight cham oion would not -engage in title defense this summer, but it still Cleveland Stops anlfa Again 1-0 Lefty Smith Single, Bests Bonham CLEVELAND, June 20-P-Throttled by Lefty Al Smith's one-hit pitching, the pace setting New York Yankees dropped their fourth straight game and their fifth in their last six outings today as the Cleveland Indians took a 1 to 0 pitching duel. Smith, who stopped Ernie BonhanVs string of pitching vic tories at eight games recently, again outpointed the Yankee right 'Dina Oiphan Gives Shut Out Good Beating Races One of Fastest 1 Miles Ever to Down Derby Winner By SID FEDER NEW YORK, June 2HJP)-the three year old racing situation became as scrambled as a platter of boarding house eggs again Sat urday when Shut Out was sound ly beaten in the Dwyer stakes by the Texas flier, Valdina Orphan, in one of the fastest mile and a quarter races ever run. Victor over Alsab In the Ken tucky Derby and Belmont stakes, and generally . conceded to have a strangle hold on the championship of three year olds, Mrs. Payne Whitney's choco late colt came from last place Saturday to ran second but he conldnt do s thing to catch Emerson Woodward's high speed galloper over Aanednct's lightning-fast layout. For, with a crowd of 23,833 looking on in amazement after backing the son of Equipoise down to 13-to-20 in the betting "The Orphan" led from end to end un der Jockey Carroll Bierman's blistering ride to hit the wire in 2:01.23 in the 54th running of this ancient grind. And- in dis proving the theory that he could: n t run that far, even with an outboard motor, the pride of the Valdina Farms stables posted mark that has been bettered only rarely in racing history. The 1:59 45 St. Andrew II chalked up at Brighton, England, three years ago, stands as the tops for the 10 furlongs. At the finish, it was The Or phan by two lengths to pick up tbe $21.15 pot ' gold waiting there and return his backers 17 for each $2 win ticket. Shut Out was $2.41 for place, and Joseph M. Schenk's Lochlnvar, who ran third, eight lengths farther back, was S2.40 for show. The rest of the field of six ran so far back they didn't resemble horses in the distance. Bud Ward to Report For Training Soon SPOKANE, Wash., June 20-JP -Corporal Marvin H. "Bud" Ward, national amateur and western amateur golf champion, is sched uled to leave for an officers' training school in Florida im mediately after his defense of the western title here July 7-12, sec ond air force headquarters dis closed Saturday. Ward entered the army last No vember as a private and was ad vanced to the rank of corporal early this year. He was to have left for Florida last Saturday, but was granted a request to remain in Spokane for the western. No? Case of Joe Confusing Than ) left the major question unanswer ed, that is: ''Will Louis at any time while i the service be allowed to fight for personal ain? If the government has made p Ha mind a simple yes or no would end all speculation, as there Is ne arguing with such finality. That would be that, aad that's all, regardless of the merits of the decision.. Admitting that the Louis case is unusual, and that the govern ment might have incurred a cer tain moral bligation in permit ting the champion to fight for charity, complications ere certain to arise should he be permitted to fight next fall for personal profit. In .the first place, it generally is conceded that Billy Conn, an other soldier, would be the logical opponent Now were Leads permitted to fight, taking a month to train and keeping enough meney to pay his $117,600 income tax, would it be logical that Con . should be asked to fight with et ifju uner atlan? - - And if Conn were to. share In the receipts, every man in the army could with logic argue that he be permitted month's fur lough , to go home and make a little extra money for himself. Thousands upon thousands have personal obligations, and tax Allows One bander with the Indians pushing J over the lone run of the game in tne seven in on successive singles by Ken Keltner, Les Fleming and Buster Mills. Joe Di Maggie, whose U game hitting streak was broken 1 last year by the combined pitch- 1 tng of Smith and Jim Bagby.' got tbe only hit off tbe Indians' southpaw a doable in the second imnJbng. Di Maggio and Buddy Hassett, safe on Smith's error m the seventh, were the oauy Yankees to get on base as Smith didnt Issue a pass. He fanned five. New York 000 000 000-0 1 0 Cleveland 000 000 10-1 I Bonham and Rosar; Smith and Denning. Schmidt JLoses Vandal Grid Stars to Army MOSCOW, Idaho, June 20-UP) Bill Micklich, University of Ida ho fullback who scored tt points to pace the Pacific Coast confer ence last fall, is out of football for the duration. Coach Francis Schmidt said Saturday. Micklich is included in the Latah ewsnty selective service ota for June and he will re port for induction Into the army Wednesday. Two other Idaho athletes, distance runner Vie Dyrgall and football-track man Mil Anderson, also will report with Micklich. Schmidt said the fullbacking chore this year would fall to Joe Malta, who understudied Mick lich last year. Del Owens, a prom ising froah fullback, will be In eligible for varsity competition, the coach said. Angels Smack Seals, 9 to 6 LOS ANGELES, June 20-(JF) Los Angeles evened its series with San Francisco at three all Satur day, whacking the Seals 9 to 6 for hurler Ken Raffensberger's eighth victory of the season. The Angel pitcher wasn't around at the finish, however, San Francisco chased him to tho showers with a belated five-run splurge in the eighth frame. Raffensberger pitched six-bit shutout ball for six innings. John ny Moore of Los Angeles and Brooks Holder of the Seals hit home runs. San Francisco 000 000 051-8 9 I Los Angeles -.210 021 30x-8 14 Jansen, Harrell (2) Stutz (g) and Ogrodowski, Sprinz (8); Raf fensberger, Flores (8) and Todd. Sac Star Injured PORTLAND, June 20-0 -Manager Pepper Martin of the Sacra mento Solons, currently leading the Pacific Coast baseball league, said Saturday regular seco.nd baseman Gene Handley will bo out for a month or six weeks with a broken right hand. Handley was injured last night during batting practice before a doubleheader with Portland. Louis Ever to Fans troubles, but they serve in si- ? lence. The Louis oase tracks back tt - his two charity bouts, aud he ii put in the unfortunate position oi ' appearing to be asking for a re ward for his donations. It is in conceivable that his astute ad visers were not aware of his tas -obligations at the times he fought for nothing. Yet nothing was said about the debt until it appeared ; doubtful that the champion would be allowed to fight again. Then it was disclosed, with th natural public reaction that in- -asmuch as Louis had so charitably.,: donated his services he should be permitted to fight for himself. Charity begins at borne, aa ' they say, and Jee innocently. r I was tnflaeaeed to practically aive away a shirt which ha sorely needed himself. If hia . advisers bad net been given to J understand be wo eld be al lowed to right far himoeir later ; n understanding h w h 1 e a ' ; weald have Ignored his tax eb- ; liamitons. for the sake .Wehar-'"-; ty, we matter new worthy. ., - Anyway, he has been 'shipped to Fort Riley,: Kas far from the , scene of hi light promotions. . Whether he fights again or: not will make no difference ; iq the outcome of tbe'war.-vij', - But It would help matters- a lov if the army authorities would just say yes or no. v , .