The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 23, 1942, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text3L : You can't have your cake and eat it at least ''Gloomy Gus" Vern Gilmore couldn't eat all his. Just -two weeks away from obtaining a preci ous master's degree at the Uni versity of Oregon, and racing against time to get it .before Uncle Sam's navy beckoned him for a lieutenantcy. along comes Yern's orders to report for mat tary duty. Imagine that! Just two more weeks of midnight oil burn ing and the degree was his an other instance where war waits for nothing and, nobody. . , I "Sure I'd like to have finished school before going into the -ttrrlce,". says Vera, "but then I was really anxious to be ac cented Into the navy, too, and H Just Jurned eat that way." The gloomy One, for 12 years coach, director, official, etc., in and around Salem athletics, says he didn't realize just how much he was going to miss the old town' until it was time to go. " That'$ Enough for Me , Local baseball fans have had their , last opportunity . to ride Tommy Drynan as an umpire'. r EX-UMPS DRYNAN Tuesday nlght'ij riotous affair at - the ball park convinced Tommy that hell take his in the grand- stand and not on the field from '.- jbow on.; . '--Tr-.-i -. "v, "That's enough for me,", says - Drynaa. "I tried to do the best I could, inexperience and alL '.because' they didn't have any- ; ; one else. But had I known it r was going to be like that there still wouldn't have been any one else when they called"-on tne to help the situation out. Boy, the stuff a fellow has to - ' taker . i" Jake in the Majors? I Evidently WI President Bob Abel thinks Manager Ray Jacobs . is in the majors, or vice versa, as Abel relayed the wrath of the league onto -Jakes shoulders to the tune of a $150 fine and a 30 day suspension for the ruckus up 'Taeoma way last week. Incident ally, that's the stiffest jolt ever passed out by the six-year-old loop and makes one actually won der If Abel doesn't think perhaps this is a major outfit Instead of : Just class B. Lippy Leo Durocher ' and Jimmy Dykes oh their worst tdays ger by- as cheaply as that, and some of the things they pull Jart much more flagrant than try ing to keep two umpires off one - ballplayer. ' By the way, how come Uncle Sam can't throw his draft drag- . i: net toward- some of these um- . fires anyway 7 . Could be Hhat v t they're deferred because of eye- sight? Could be and probably Is the reason why, ;' " lUichards, Kelly Next? , -Keep your , fingers crossed, you ; followers .of our town baseball 'v Senators, as both Jack Richards . and Wild Bill Kelly are expecting . those, '"welcome into the army? ! ' , ' v 4 ' - .papers any day now. Kelly has " taken his .physical exam and has , ; been classed 1 -A.. Richards missed 'Tuesday night's game because he 'was taking his day-long physical Cr M Portland and couldn't get back ' ' In turte to play. As the clab Is down to 14H I ; players right nowwell, yon ' ran flxure out the rest Or, bet : ter still,' maybe yen can tell us '.i. Just, where to look next for re i placements. Who was it said , this season would bo one of the greatest t- In baseball? Yeah, where b that '- My? . . . V' - ' Lien Shows 9 Em . .7 . Lefty . Al Lien, (Salem's glad ; Trisco bought him) did ar right I nice Job against Oakland Tuesday night in a relief role, but his mates P couldn't make up the difference t f a 6-0 first inning lead for him. lie took' over after Sad Sain Gib - cn;had been pulled to start .the Second inning and gave the Oaks ' just two hits and no runs the rest .of the way.- - Atlditional Sports On Prs 11 5 Scene of Grand ti, i"-:: :4k-' ":: --' r-: t -'i " " ; - -. ; ; - f;; .::y.-;:., ...... , - , ' - - - -w r A,-:)t'.i -U;f . . n t ' Tr - .' i,..r.!t:-......-.: 1. .t,..a.i.. j 'f .- S,l .w....w-......y...,.-t ,f ........ y.'. ,1 HJ1 The Salem Trapshooters club, pictured daring the Grand Pacific International Trapshootinr association's meet in 1939, and the scene of the continuing through this Sunday. the competitions for $4020 in prises, the gunners hailing from practically every state west of the Rock- ' lea, and including British Columbia and Mexico. Senators Slug Qut Third In Row Oyer Spokane, 11 to 8 Tiges 'Tiippedii For 3rd Time By Caps, 7-5 VANCOUVER, BC, July 22 (CP)- Vancouver Capilanos made it three straight . Over Taeoma Tigers In their current Western International baseball league ser ies here Wednesday, night,' de feating the Tigers, 7-5. Vancouver started the scor ing In the third when Bill Wright slammed out a home run with the bases empty. Three singles brought In two more runs in the same inning. .The Caps went further . ahead in the fifth,, scoring three runs on four singles. , Tigers scored two runs In the third, another in the sixth and two in the ninth. Catcher Al Sueme'of the Csps added three '.errors let a awlk and? a single to give Taeoma their last inn log counters. Taeoma 002001 002-5 11 : Vancouver 030 300 10-7 12 I Schanz and Spurgeon: Elliott and Sueme. Smngin9 With the SOFTBALLERS By DAN MORLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS W Pet. 1.600 .833 .607 .400 .333 .000 .000 Papermakers . 3 5 4 ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 . 0 a. Keitn Brown ... Golden Pheasant . Soldiers a PM Office Ramages PM Machine Windmillers Bob Freeman and Percy Crofoot continued their winning ways in Wednesday night's softball. doubleheader on Sweetland -field, Freeman pitch ing Keith Brown to a three hit, 3-0 victory over Paper Mill Of fice, while Crofoot led the Paper- makers to a 7 to 2 triumph over the Soldiers, The "Brownie" win over the PM Of flee was protested by the latter when it was revealed that Freeman had pitched a " game In Portland Tuesday night In which game he hurled . the Oregon Chiefs to a 10-J victory - over Portland's top ranking Boilermakers. Protest was - the Office's only hope for victory In ' the game, however, Freeman scattering their three blngles over ' three separate Innings. Meanwhile the "Brownies", were gathering five blows off previously unbeaten, Ralph Maddy, Including Freeman's' long home run" In the fourth which scored Applegate ahead of him. A decision en the pro-, test will be forthcoming from league officials at the earliest possible date. - - The Soldiers.; were unable to check Papennaker bunting sprees in the second and fourth innings, bunts accounting for nine of the Makers U safeties and all seven of their runs. Otherwise the Sol diers outhit the Papermakers, al though they only garnered three blows, one of which was Moran's circuit blow in the first inning, which - also .scored Santay to ac count for the Soldiers pair of Keith Brown r-- ,L. 3 S O FM, Office ; L..0 S I .Freeman and -Applegate; R, Maddy' and . W. Maddy. ; Papermakers . ,; ..7 11, i Soldiers ''t'T'C 1 ,.2 K- 3 S . Crofoot and McCaffery: Mack and ,Moore. ' -r ' Firemen TvTiip Albany' ' ALBANY, July 22 -(- The Portland Firemen whittled Eu gene's - lead in the , Oregon State baseball' race again Tuesday night with a 1-5 victory over Albany. PITA Shotgun Sessions This Week same scatMraiin get-to-gether starting today on the club range and Over 200 topflight shotgun artists are expected to participate in Smith, Gaitis atn Finally; Johnson Home A q " By AL L1GHTNER It's been a long, hard journey, for big Ron Smith to get his eighth win of the season his last twice by, 1-0 scores and in the mates could get him no more than one run per game but the drought ended Wednesday night at Geo. E. Waters park, the Senators cutting loose with a barrage of base knocks and tallies trip the Spokane Indians for the third straight time in the current series, 11 to 8. . . Jumping on A. Murray OTlynn for six runs in the first two in nings and chasing him to an early bath, and taking it. up from there J for five more tallies on .nine hits off "Battlin" Bob Molitor, re instated just before game time by League President Bob Abel after the umpire row In Taeoma last week, the Solons gave the sur prised Smltty such a lead he just coasted along. - The Indians smacked Smitty for two tallies on four hits ; in the second inning, and from there un til the ninth he had little trouble. He got his share in the ninth, how ever, passing three consecutive Salem baseball fans are In for a double dose of treat in Friday n i g h t's doubleheader with Spokane at Geo. E. Waters park, as A. Murray OTlynn, who could make a good living as a baseball clown, and who has Informally entertained ball fans during every game Spokane has played here, has agreed to don his "full dress" clown at tire, throw In his wide reper toire of gags and gestures and stage them formally during that night's twin bill." OTlynn, noted for his clown ish antics throughout the league, has put on his skits In his home town Spokane, and reports from the Inland Empire say "he's better than Al Scl t, baseball's professed No. 1 funny man." " Along with the added attrac tion by A. Murray, Friday, night will also be TGE social club night" That particular night was originally slated for the night of July It when. Taeoma was playing here, but was rain ed out. Over 100 members of . that active organization win have a special section roped off in the grandstand. ' Tribesmen and giving up a sin gle and a triple, tossing in a wild pitch for five.runs. ; ' . Before r O'Flynn's departure, . he' was made' victim No. I n another beautiful theft of home by hustling Bill Johnson. Break ing with the pitch In the four run Salem first. Bill swiped the dish -f clean ; for . the third run. And in the second Inning, after Buttimer - SEATTLE, July 22-(JP)-In the first upset of a seeded player, Ken Clegg of Seattle, a veteran who figuratively brushed the cobwebs off his racquet " for the ' tourna ment eliminated Harry Buttimer of San Francisco from .Washing ton amateur title play Wednesday. Buttimer, seeded No. 2, went down In straight sets, C-3, 4-4. ' Clegg, normally a high ranked , Seattle player, was not even seeded because he has been play ing Infrequently In recent years, but he caught Buttimer with his game at its peak. Mel Dranga, another Seattle veteran, defeated Clarence Swen son of San Francisco, 7-5, 6-1," to become Clegg's Quarter-finals opponent Eighth Win Swip es four times out he's been beaten other two games his Senator BILL JOHNSON the Senators had batted clean around in the first, Johnson poured lit on again by laying into a 2 and 2 curve ball pitch and blasting It far over the left eenterfield fence for a mighty homer, scoring Jack Richards, who had doubled, ahead of him. All In aU, Willie hit home four runs with his homer and single In four times up. Richards, who had caused con siderable worry with his absence since Tuesday, showed up just in time to start Wednesday's game and proceeded to lead the 14-hit Solon assault with three for five as well as turning in a bang-up exhibition on the initial sack. Every Senator from Curly Lein inger on down got at least one hit off OTlynn and Molitor, Manager-Pete and Smith being the other two who picked up more than one; - one of Pete's a two ply sock. Vic" ' Buccola and Gordy Cock roft paced the 10-hit Spokane "at tack with two apiece, one of Cock roft's a slashing double. Not only did Johnson enjoy an other big night with the wiUow, but was on the" starting end of Salem's only double, lay in the sixth after Buccola had ou traced a bunt-hit ; ' V v The Solons grabbed tallies after the 5 four-run first ' in : clusters, scoring twice in the second, two more in the third and three times in jthe fifth. MoUtor found his (Continued on Page 11) ; Beaten in Nick Carter, San Francisco, seeded No. 1; defeated Colin Clegg, a brother of the Seattle "dark horse,'!- 6-2,: 6-4, while Harry Roche,' San -Francisco,' seeded No. 3, had a three-set struggle in elim inating Paul Dibble, also of San Francisco, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.. " --. In women's singles, the No. 1 , star, Dorothy Head of Alameda, was Idle. She meets ' Lorraine : . Rhoades, Portland, Thursday for; the right to play Ruth Dleguez, San Francisco, In the semi-final round. Barbara Krase, San Franelseo, defeated Fag Greenup f Taeoma, 6-2, 6-4, to move Into' the semi-finals' la the upper -bracket She wilt meet Daphne Buck ell, Berkeley. ; In junior girls' competition. Miss Hits Homer T i r;. - m v -: i Y "'"'"'llm. GfandPacific Trap Starts Salem. Oregon. Thursday DiMag's Hitting Streak Snapped, But Yankees Snatch 11th Straight CLEVELAND, July 22 - P) - Wednesday but Rollie Hemsley Yankees scored four unearned runs in the tenth inning to stretch their winning streak to 11 games at the expense of the Cleveland Indians, 5 to 1, incidentally boosting their league lead to 12 games. Till the overtime stanza the between Atley Donald of the Yanks and Lefty Al Milnar of the Indians. - Cleveland's big southpaw not only ended DIMaggio's hitting string at 18 consecutive games, hitting him with sv pitch once and walking him on his final turn at bat In the tenth, but limited the world champions' scoring In the regulation dist tance to one run Charley "King Kong" Keller's 12th hom er of the season. It was the tenth hit in four games with the Yankees for Hem sley who was released last week by Cincinnati because he ; had made only 13 hits all season and had a hatting average of. .113. He now is batting .588 for .the world champions. ." . . : The Yanks hacked up Donald with four double plays, bringing their total to 123 in 91 games. New York .010000 000 4-5 10 0 Cleveland ....000 000 100 0-1 10 2 Donald and and Denning. Hemsley; Milnar Chisox 2, Bosox 0 CHICAGO. July tt-CJPJ-Luke Appling's double with ; , two mates on base In the sixth inn ing Wednesday broke up a pitchers' duel . between Buck Ross and Charley Wagner and gave the Chicago White Sox a 1 to 6 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Boston 000 080 000-O 5 0 Chicago 000 002 00-Z 4 Wagner and Conroy; Ross and Turner. A'g 11, Brownies 8 ST. LOUIS, July 22-tfP)-Over-coming a 6-run lead, the Phila delphia Athletics upset the fast traveling . St. Louis Browns, 11 to 8, Wednesday in a wild slug ging affair featured by nine extra base blows. Chet Laabs hit his 18th homer for St. Louis and Harold Wagner hit his first for the A's. Philadelphia 000 063 110-11 18 0 St Louis ..-.010 500 020- 8 12 1 Besse, Wolfe (6) and .Wagner; Sundra, Hanning (5), Appleton (7), and Ferrell, Caster (8). Nats 2, Tigers 1 DETROIT, July 22-JP)-By Cullenbine's home'-run with a teammate aboard In. the fifth Inning 'gave - the Washington Senators a 2 to 1 victory over the Detroit Tigers Wednesday la a twilight game. Sid Hudson held the Tigers' to five hits. . Washington 000 020 000-2 t Detroit -.JOO 100 000-1 S O ,:; Hudson and Early; Bridges,' .Trout (8) and Tebbetts. Albert Gets Hitetied C ' GLENDALE, Calif J July 22-(ff4 jtsign jt rans: juuuen Aioert, au American quarterback at Stan ford university In 1940 and 1941, was married here this evening to Miss Martha Jean Barringer. ; . Tennis Head's opponent also was Miss Rhoades,' and the Alameda star gave 'a convincing demonstration of what may be expected in the senior division match. . . Miss Head routed ; the . Poruander. 6-0, 6-1. Sue Springer, San Francisco, beat Betty! Ann McClung, Seattle, 6-0, 6-2, and Gladys Ross, Seattle, beat Bobbe Lagasa, Taeoma, 6-4 and by default of the second set at 3-0. Junior, hoys competition pre Med an upset as Jack Lowe, Seattle, defeated Monte Meyers, ' the Oregon state prep champion from Beaverton, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2. Jim Brink, SeatUe, seeded No. 1, beat Jerry Golhy, Portland, 6-L 6-4, and Dkk Oswald, Seattle, out-lasted Bob Wolf ord, Port land; 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. - on . Salem t J I s v XL UGHTNER Statesmao Sports Editor Morning, July 23. 1942 Joe DiMaggio didn't get a hit collected four and the New York contest was a tight hurling duel Seattle Sinks Beavers by 4 to 2 Count ! SEATTLE, July 22-i)-Seattle won its second straight. Pacific Coast I league - baseball , victory over Portland Wednesday night, 4 to 2, behind the six-hit pitch ing of ; Larry Guay. He bested the veteran Ad Liska, who 'yielded i hits to the Seattle team which in the past has found him. to. be one of the league's toughest chuck - ers. ' r -' - ine viciory was a costly one for Seattle as the Rjuniers lost indefinitely the services of Catch er. Bob Collins. He suffered ' a broken: finger oh a foul tip from Liska's bat in the seventh Inning. Seattle led all ' the way, with runs in the . second, third,". sixth and seventh ' innings,' r each time on the combination of a pair of hits. They Included doubles by Jo Jo .White and Earl Torgeson. Portland got both its runs in the seventh with only , one hit, a single . by : Marvin : Owen , to open : the Inning. Two errors loaded the bases. A - walk ' to Lindsay Brown forced In one run and the second came In af ter an outfield fly. Portland .000 000 200-2 6 2 Seattle . ...011 001 lO- 10 2 Liska and Mayer, Leovich (7): uuay and Collins, Beard (7). How They 1T AM AD WESTERN rNTERNATIONAX. W L Pet. WI.M v ancouvr Si 30 .M6 SALEM 3S 45 .SS Taeoma SO 41 .549 Spokane S 53 .404 rt innnoi; Jieiuiu SALEM 11. Spokane L Vancouver 7, Taeoma 5. COAII LEAGUE H W L Pet. WLPct Los Ang 69 39 .639 San Die6 57 95 M9 sacrmnio m 44 .000 Oakland- 40 63.422 Hollywd 47 60.410 Portland 4163.387 Seattle 50 52 J19 San Fran 54 53 09 WeanMdax'a Btsvlte SeatUa 4. Portland S. Loa Angeles 3, Hollywood 1. san JJiego 7, Sacramento 4. San Francisco 6, Oakland 1. NATIONAL LAGcir ' WLPct, . WLPct, Brooklyn" 04 27 .703tPitUburgh 41 40 .471 St. Louis. 50 32 .036 Chicago 43 49' .479 Cincinnati 47 43 .S22 Boston ' 86 57 .400 New York 47 43 .522PhUadel . 24 05 J70 tsrooitiyn , cincinnau 1. St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 0. r . Chicago 2. Boston 1;-,' " (Ctely games scheduled.) , AMERICAN LEAGUE : WLPct. WLPct. New York S3 J8 .0921 Detroit . - 47 4S .495 Boston' - 5038 J63j Chicago SO 40 .452 CloveUnd 51424SPhUadcl 38 50 .432 St. Louis 4S 45 JSW Washngta 35 37 JSO WadMseay's KuoIU - x .. New York - 6, - Cleveland 1. (10 innings.) . - - a Chicago 2, Boston 9. . - Philadelphia Ur St. Louis t. Washington 2, Detroit 1. Scndtbr Swat: (Averages do not include Wednesday's . " aairie' aaatnat SDokane. ABHPct. A n rci. 0012 42 29 1. 172 41 tJ71 45 9 .167 12 SJ07 0 1467 34 3 425 Johnson 300 95 .317 Smith Richards 182 50 JOS Robbe Ceiltaux 270 79 .284 Clow -Petersen 255 71 .279 Moore Leiningr 290 70 .257 Kraut -Adams 145 24 .234 Babich Taormlna 44 10 27 Kelly .-.ft .. " i . t . : Announce! - . -: . . . ..? .Tune In z'- t -National fEat" Ware t Slzlicn CDtC Corned Beef, & .Cabbage Every Tues. 50 and Tnurs. 11 a: it. Wt r. m. Fresh Corned Beef Hash Friday 25 c 179 COUItT ST. gMi!i Tourutey Range West's Best Scattcrgunners . Ready to Compete for $4020 In Prize Money, ' . By AL UGHTNER ' What will orobablv be the biggest shoot in the history of Jthe Salem Trapshooters club, according ,to Secretary Qarenca Townsend, gets under way at 1 pjn. today when scattergunners from practically every state west of the Rockies and then somoj launch the 12th annual , Grand Pacific International Trapshooting association's bang-fest on the 25th and Turner road range. "AH is In readiness for what we think win be the biggest shoot yet said Townsend Wed nesday,; "and I wouldn't be at aU surprised to see 250 con testants participating by Sun day, the final day of the meet Two hundred thousand rounds of. ammunition are stored in the club's rooms waiting to be spent on two carloads of target birds. equivalent to another 200,000. The traphouses are loaded to capacity awaiting opening firing, Which will continue through Sunday.. Seven big events, each includ ing 16-yard, handicap and doubles divisions will form the program along, with other various, purse, class, - handicap and shoot-off events. " t - - Seventeen winner and runner- up trophies and numerous .other special awards including $4020. in cash prizes, win. be made during the course of the four-day pro gram which . are. as follows: r : '.. Winner and runner-up Sin gles -championship. Winner and r nnner-np Handicap championship.' - : Winner and runner-up Dou bles championship. - - ' " Winner and t runner-up--All-around championship - . '- Winner, and rupper-up Ladle's ' championship.' Winnerj J u n 1 e r champion ship. ' "; ' . Winner F a m 1 ly champion ship. ; ' ; ; - : - ; W I n n rPreUminary cham pionship. - - Winners of ' four class cham pionships during Friday's shoot Ing. - Special trophies for high over all in class A and B on champion ship targets and high over-aU In class C. and D on championship targets wjll,' be awarded by "Tad Shelton,. for" many years one of the northwest's high gunners and now Marion county assessor. " Townsend announced Wednes day that numerous reservations had already been placed by out-of-town and state triggermen, namely: V. S. Baxter, Fauon, Nevada; Paul Barber, Bill Wood and George Haras-right, an of ' Seattle; Bob Barton, Cempton, Calif.: Barney Oatfield, San Francisco, j Calif.; W. J. Stone, Sacramento, Calif.; Jim Morris, Salt Lake1 City; J. O.. Cotant PocateUo, Idaho; J. H. Hopkins,' Sacramento; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Harold, San Franelseo; Mr. and Mrs. Cal Bay, Ceo.uUIe, Ore and Herb Parsons of Tennessee. Parsons comes as a representa tive of the (Winchester and West ern Arms and Ammunition com pany, and wiU give a 45-minute exhibition of skill and trick shoot ing as a special free added attrac tion on Sunday. Charles Dockendorf, . of Stan wood, Wash, will cashier the ' a ; SIPLQt CP -V . JOVO Copt tO v r r ... r J CIH DaviV Distributor, SaXesa Today Trophies CLARENCE TOWNSEND don HuU of Salem. - The Grand Pacific Internation al will be making Its second op pearance in Salem when today's firing begins, the same meet hav ing been held here in 1939. Today's firing wiU be limited to three "informal peacetime' eventsr-event A, 06 16-yard targets, event's, 80 target from 11 to 25 yards and event C, si pairs of doubles. Trophies will go to the winners and runners ua. Coast Leaguo HOLLYWOOD, July 22') Los Angeles 011 001 000-3 10 t Hollywood 001 100 000-1 6 k Gehrman and Campbell; Gay, Thomas (8) and Atwood, Bren zel (8). SACRAMENTO, July 22- San Diego ... 202 012 000-7 18 Sacramento 000 100 030-4 T Dasso. Poffenberser f8- Santeld; Lyons, Nelson (4), Pint er ,) and Mueller. OAKLAND, Calif., July 22-(Jp) Night" game: i San Francisco 000 410 100-6 10 PITA and will be assisted by Gort Oakland ...eO0 000 001-1 6 Joyce and Sprinz; Buxton, Di bias! (4), Yelovic (8) and Gleni Sort Cops to Uck Jopt raw,, .. . .'' ' '"-' - "' ) '' " ; S ' : - ' t 1 U ,t I I win - mnn -iv Iff, ) ;ttt: S I V; s- -' r i i f ! '