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lAnnual Reuort ..: . S9 .' s '": :y-jr S-Xtf . -J ' Salem, Ocegoo V7(inesdar Along The Shorts Trail - By WHITNEY MARTIli , - , ; . . . " r Wld World Sports Cohunelst ' ; 1; ; NEW YORK, Sept.8-nlessJunforseen conditions arise; the : pro golfers will have another tournament tour on their program HPTt winPl" lTri ftvrfrmr (mirninumt'MKntffav v ka Vine? received word from sponsors in i to continue their events if possible, the , tournamenfs indudinj the Los Angeles, Oakland, 'San Fran cisco and Bing Crosby opens. - Corcoran right aew M direct-'-'' Inr a tear which be expects will raise floa.OO far aerrlce cbarl . ties. : Cresby aad Bab Hape, both better than fair golfers, will be . the extra-special gate attrae- ; tlons,- aad will aerfarai with such established stars as Byron Kelson, Walter nagea. Jbamy DeMaret and LsWmb little, ex- hibitions already - have " been played at Biagaaaaton, NY, To ledo and Detroit, witb aanrs-j tewa, Ohio, CiaeJauuUi, Kansas City. Tulsa, OUaboaaa Cltj and Fort Worth also oa Ike sched- - ale. And as added gate bait, Crosby will sing on the t8th greens, as suring a turnout of lads and lassies who thick a hole-in-one is a doughnut Retread Veterans' why is it that wben veteran ball players who haven't been do- -. ing so well join a championship club they immediately become champions? The Brooklyn Dodg ers have had their share of these gents who seemed lo need only a retread job in the way of a change of scenery. JLany French is a case in point, and mere recently - . Bobo Kewsom, although ttobody consklered Newaom quite washed up. The Yankees fished around and came up with Buddy Hassett, who, -although no world beater. has played satisfactory ball. Then, In a last-minute flurry, they hook - ed old Jim Turner and Roy Cul . leabiae, who still is.ung enough but hasn't had a good year. Tur ner functioned capably In relief v role last- Sunday, ad Cullenbine got 11 feits in four-gamesv one blow being argxme wnmirhomer. Rol- lie Hesn&iey hod beea aigned as a stop-gap when Baddy ftosar shuf fled Off to Buffalo to- try to change his ban tat for a night stick, and Hemsley came through when most needed. 'Khatever the champions save must be catching, and we don't mean Bill Dickey and Mickey Owen. :S. Bferman Moaning . Evcrrthlag as -all right Ber ate Biermaa as naawlna abaat the. green team be has at the aary pre-Digat ocbsai at Iowa ' CUr,-altaoaca he has sack per faraaers as'Natt Baiger. Notre Dame varsity ead; Cearge Bea aaa, , Nartawestera -fallback; J all as Kerav'aUaMas.caard; aad BUI Kaiens, IRiaals tackle. It Is explained, however, that Bieraaaa Is -mmk vef errias to the experience of aia odayers, bat to the fact that taey are new, to aim and Urn aysteaa. - f . Had Lucky Break -The national tennis tournament attendance provided a pleasant surprise, but we still think it can't be . traced to- the calibre of the tennis. playere" It largely was due to a itfeky break. Had the Falken- berg clan decided fa remain in Califtirnia the chances are the ivy . draped stadium at Forest Hills would still havebeen ivy-draped and you could have heard the ivy ...... - 'Spm&in Si . , Ow YORK," Sept S.-Some- times you start to UP what seems to be a grood, dabi-inspired Idea only to become involved in a mess -of contradictery figures w hich leaves you dtay. - . v r , We deirieped aa of these. i cheap -drsnks srbZe trying U : prove that Cae oaUt ad!ng sae ? eeaaef tta'New-York Yaakees. ; arss-dae ta a .treat extent to-' I their sil .la aaaking doable t alapa. They are creepiar a oa ; the Jeaxaa recoai of ltt they set last year. ''Z' ' "' '''j v The theory ' 43Ulat -aeem fax .wrong in cewiderinxtheTAmeri can league, as the first division '-clubs were far ahead of the second : division teams -fat this double-or- nothlng business. Taking the fig ures threap August 2 .the Yan kees bad 173 twin killings. Clev land 13t, Boston IS and St Louis 122. The geoond division clubs . ranged from til on dawn. Ah, there was the stary right there. HU1 tbea two at a time , and .wilk Ttr Cie.tsi-as. Jest ; by ch&aee are gtsaeed at the Na- tUsal Itxrs Cjares. Tta, it was like LuLldins; a bouse just before the hurricane struck. What team da you think was leading the Hjlional league? Tlie rhils, the perennial open date on tlie leasue-achedule! They had made II 3. two snore than Cincin- ;C;7- ,Z-Vr:....kriaialcd Safety; Morplivj. September '91842' iz California that they would like climbing, as there would -have been little noise inside. One cute, j nigniy puoucizea maivMuai, sucn I as a sister jinx would line fans who wouldn t care if she didn t j know which end of the racket to hit with. And, taking no chances aiier me jinx naa kii, we uolia bad the Mitcnel field band and a i review of the American women's J volunteer-service units as added attractions on the final day. Lo! Beavers Lose 100th Of Season PORTLAND. Ore, Sept 8- The San Diego Padres unleased a seven-run attack in the fading 4 0 A Z 1 2 1- & 4 league game Tuesday to pin thel vva M-i.-va vs hk avauivit vu av Portland Beavers, 10 to C The assaalt leaaae ia the eighth tuning with Saa Diego traClag. C to X. It was U min ates befere the Beavers eoald set the raarea eat. . aad after that there was osdy tfaae-for Fsrtlaad to get ia a tare at Twflight .game (eight innings): San Diego 003 000 0710 19 1 Portland 103 110 00 C 11 1 Garland. Pillette (6), Poffen- berger C8) and Salkeld; Fitzke, Schubel C) -and Leovich. - LOS ANGELES, Sept k Two home runs by outfielder Barney Olsen gave Los Angeles Lu its runs and a4-l victory over Hollywood today. HoDywood .010 000 0012 Los AngTs..OO0 013 OOx 4 11 Joiner Barisoff (I) and At and wood, Breazel (8); Lynn Campbelt ' Max Schnieling JSnSLTS'.SS' : weight boxing champion, was injured so severely in the battle of Crete he would never eater the ting again. - uetnman With Portland PORTLAND, Ore,'- Sept WP) Bob Dethman of the Oregon State college Rose Bowl football cham pions, Tuesday .; signed to play with the Portland Busters in the Northwest ,; War Industries pro football league. : . ; Coach tarry Wolfe said Defh maa probably would be as sigaed the aarterbaek post. Badly Injured Dial: patl and St Louis, tied at 124. The Phibj have since lost the lead to the Reds, but as late as August 28 they were tops. . 1 The ' only explanation of the Phils, record would - seem' to be that everybody hits against .them and that they'd snake a goodly number ef double plays just obey ing the law-of averages, as they'd get more-chanceav,-: y Te checked hack sua farther to bo sure the laDs reeerd was a atak lephaat and not at all ; fat keeping with the assal situa tion ta which yea would expect a teaaa with a good atoaale play , reeerd to rate well ta the staad tags. The sarrey .was eotfaslng.' - to say the least."- . ..- - - When Cleveland set . an Ameri can league record of 187 in -1928 the club - finished seventh. - Cin cinnati set the present National league record of 194 the same year and the Reds finished fifth. All of which would indicate that the number of twin killings does cot necessarily serve as an accu rate yardstick in figuring' a team's success. It might be safer as a rule to measure witb the hitting and pitching records. .. Not that double plays have noth ing whatever to do with a team's success. We stia Ciink they're had a lot to do with the Yankee vie tories. always bearing in mind f Playgrcraid Prdses Vork New Swim Record Set i The-Muiual report of the Sa lem summer .recreation Droeram wja 'released! fltBA.he office of Gurnee. .Flesher, playground ; di rector.-Tuesday lauding the 4142 season as very successfuL ; Net only did the playgrounds' Tile Injuries to Its "ens-; Umen" bat the kum mark ef . 141,112 participants la swisa ; mlng was a new record, bet : tering the eld standard by scv ;eral theasaad. ! The popular feminine lifeguard staff composed of Barbara lSPfSE flfi xin, Phyllis - Gueffroy and. Leah Smith, "maintained a high stan- dard of safety and discipline" Flesher said. Their work was an improvement over men water safety instructors, at that, Flesher stated. A (rand total of 238.738 attend' led the Salem playgrounds during tne enure season but that figure was down due to crop saving ef- forts. The high swim record was divided between Olinger with, 70,014 and Leslie, 73,098. Super i vised play increased to 47,438 while picnics also was up," 5702. Far the first time fat tdstery - aa instrumental mih coarse, directed' by Vernon Wisest-sen, was conducted with the play greaads aad the public seheel system. Same Sltt chOdrea saw activity in that dirisiea. Louis-G)im t Date arfl 1 1 WASHINGTON, Sept -UP) Corp. Joe Louis and Pvt Billy Conn will meet in New York's Yankee stadium October 12 in the first - heavyweight championship match in ring history between two soldiers. The war dejntaatal save Its ofrletaf ateastag to tfra beat Tuesday m an aauueuieeaaent wtdeh aaid (he retara BCUek af oa af the bast title taasate ta reeeat Tears weald be Xaaght for ihe beaefU af array caaey reltef. TheaaUra net ceaaa af a sate watca at expect ed to reach at least half a mll Uoa daltars and aaarxo as high as a atiniaa. will be tamed aver to the f aad. Neither of the fight- en, or. far that aaatter, any private aaterest wtU roeelve aay .retara. . . Although the war department did not -announce the time or place for 'the bout it was learned in New York that Yankee -stadium has been selected as the site and that present plans are to make it the first 'day-time heavyweight title clash since - Jack Dempsey outpointed Tom Gibbons under the broiling run at Shelby, Mont, 19 years ago. Football Fandom Housing Shortage S Foreseen, Hotels PORTLAND, Sept t-VFoot- a a - out xans wno expect no Lei ac commodations at the major Port land games this fill must have advance reservations, hotel man agers indicated Tuesday. . In recent months hotel have been crowded an weekends, re versing, the eescetuae tread. The Oregon Washingtoa game usually packs all hotels ia the city and with most ef them al ready well filled, fans withoat reservations for the October 10 weekend are. likely to be with out rooms, managers said. v There will be no difficulty in housing teams, however, they saidU that the bats of Keller and Gordon and Henrich and Di Maggie have had something to do (wrdi them lOO. ' ' -i M I i k (ii i . For some reason or other the Aseeriean league has alte'aa edge oa the Naflaaal la the doable play departafent and the saest lagical explaaatiso Is that the Junior circuit has the edge ta classy keystone eosabiaarlons. You can't- belittle the skill of Phil Rfezuto and Joe Gordon of the Yanks, and Lou Boudreau -and Ray Vfack of ,; the Indians, nd Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr f the Red Sox.' - . .And if, as they say, strength throughTthe middle is what makes a ball dub, j does -that mean-the American league clubs have the edge on the rival loopf Were. Just asking.---.--; ) i ' -;- ,v -ine -American league is -sup posed to be a sluggers' league, with the .National more hiclMed to play for the run. The tight game of the National league would seem to be more fertile ground for double plays, and yet the records indicate otherwise. ' It's an a UttJe eeafosing. All we know is that the ra&kees are leading their 1 e a g a e In doable plays aad are first Aa the standlags and the Phils were leaisg their league la damble plays aad are last ia the standings. Fieh TheyniCyth&:BaU:Idrreai Lakes V awnM. .ii Among outstanding collegiate football players who wOl wear the grid antforms of the Creat Lakes, I1L, Naval Training Station team this fall are the. four pictured above. Trom the left are Bruce Smith, All-American at Minnesota last year: Bob Sweiger. a star Ulnneaota back in Pete Kmetovle, who .did bis ball carrying for Stanford, and John Popov, who played with the University of Cincinnati. The boys are shown working out at Great Lakes. Brooklyn By Three Pete Dives Four Points Now at .324 NEW YORK, Sept -(VPte Reiser, Brooklyn Dodger outfield er biddiag for bis second consec utive National Jteagae batting championship, is giving his rivals every opportunity to grab . the lead away from his. Pistol - Pete," returning - to ac tion last week after mi layoff 'due to an iniury, dropped four points to 334, but 'actually gained . one point in the race for top honors. Ernie Lombardi of Boston is hit- ting329, .butbas been -at bat only 285 times -so is omitted from the list ol loaders. : ;-. bos Slaaghler af the Cardi- aala, la sassad pUea-a week asa. : dropped -sevea paints, aad also to third placets hat teaatatate. -Staa Maatat galaed fear pslata to take over secsag with aa av erage of 28. ":y - -:- ' The select circle of hitters-after last weekfs play -was made up of Reiser J24, . Musial .320, Slaugh ter .313, Joe Med wick, Brooklyn, 307; Stan Hack. Chicago, 20; Lou Novikoff, Chicago, 03; John ny Mise, New York, .302; Bill Nicholson, Chicago, .235; Bob El liott Pittsburgh, .295; Fletcher, Pittsburgh, .291, and Cooper, St Louis, 291. ' Dr, Rayner Club Guest For Tonierht The Salem Hunters and Anglers club will present Dr. H. J. Rayner. chief biologist of the Oregon state game commission, as principal speaker in a colorful program to night at the Eagles halL r - ' f , - The pablte is heartily lavited. Colored slides will be displayed and described by Frances Labeth, Multnomah county treasurer. His slides are , those collected as hobby. ; - Ben Claggett, long Identified with the game eafareesaeat In Oregon, wCl present several rails af colored film depicting the game eommisslon's it moral of aataral aad naaatharhted ab stractions, to fish mhrratloa In Oirgea streasns. --,f". , A dutch lunch will follow the meeting..--;- - j-t NcwParETPlaii - OGDEN, Utah, Sept' -(yP-Do you thmk'this plan will work? With the 'Pioneer league play ing season over, Wiluam C ic Corry, manarer of the Ogden clixb. Tuesday ' ordered . the - baseball park and adjacent buildings left unlocked over winter.'" McCorry explained. "Kids will , break In the doors and prowl through the buildings anyway, .We thought we'd - fool them -and leave the place open so all they have to do is walk in. wflXsave doors." It ( The electrie light bulbs were re- moved, toa . . "That will remove all incentive for kids to shoot at them.' Uc- Corry added. . Cards Add Hurler ST. LOUIS. Sept .8-AdJ lag more streegth for the final pennant drive against- Brook lyn, the . St Louis CarCnals Tuesday annoonced purchase ef EH1 Beekman, veteran gllcher, fraaa Kachester af the laleraa tlosal lrsraa. 4 ''' f - - f v y - . 4 S - Leads! National Pack Full Game Margin Beat Pirates, 4-0, in Only fjoop Action BROOKLYN, NY, , Sept -) The Brooklyn Dodgers, battling to hold the National league lead against the challenge of the . surg ing -St. Louis Cardinals, handed the Pittsbuigh Pirtes a 4-0 wrdp4 ping "Wednesday behind the neat The National Hague champion ship binges largely on the end-of- the-week series the Dodgers add Cards win play at -Brooklyn. By their victory today, Brooklyn led the cbase this way:" Games To W L Behind Play Brooklyn 04 43 17 St Louis ...01 - 41 it . 11 four-hit pitching of 'Rookie Ed Head. and increased their margin over the idle Cardinals to three full games. .. . Once he get Past the first ia alagbea the Pirates eollacted two ef their fear safeties aad flHed the bases wUh-only one oat Head Was in complete can troL "A single by Pete Cesearart a the third ianmg and another ae-baae Wow by Frank Gas tine In the eighth represented Pittsburgh's offense the rest of the way. -,o. Meanwhile' the Dodgers pecked away at left-handed Aldon Wflkie for enough - runs ta give Head something to work on. Bill Her man's double, an infield hit by Pete Reiser and a single by Dolf Camilli gave the Dodgers a single run in : the first inning - and the defending National league cham pions added two more in the fourth on Mickey Owen's double. a single by Arky Vaughan and an error by Ed Stewart, Tilling in at third base for the injured Bob Elliott- Joe Medwick's double and Owen's .-single accounted s far the fourth Dodger' run In the fifth;: Pittsburgh -.000 000 000-0 4 Brooklyn 100 210 00-4 10 Wflkie and Phelps; Head and Owen - 1 . .'PuPZiC ;.. EIvaTED ; : ADMISSION FREE T" ; Open Meetimr . ; SALEM HUNTERS & ANGLERS CLUB - WEDv SEPT. ith - EAGLES HALL . 8rC3 P.M. - - " - - m law .-. ' Dr. n. J. nayfcsr; -Speaker ef the Eresin:; ' .. 'Dr. riyaer as Thief tiala Laiat of taa Oregrea atate-; xasae easaaolsslea wf3 speak . aa the Interesting ant Jeet of. gasne aasxutgesaent, taad tho . program af game eonserra- tiaa now being carried oat by the gizse caa&izl5a There -wCl bo other speak- ers .and eatertalanteat aad the club ails yon to come aad bring year wife or lady friead aad a soldier If pos '.sa:!e. (Dctch Lcneh) J SALET.I IXUZsTErJS - AND rAT GLEHS CLTJ3 r-"i spaiajjasj. 4 0 V' Ted Appears Sure for Bat Championship CHICAGO. Sept t-P)HAny day now Ted Williams can start building that addition to bis fire place mantel to make room for the American league batting cham pioaabip cup, his second -straight. Joe Gordon of New York is tied with John Pesky of the Red Sox at .33 1 with Stan Spenee of Wash ington close behind at .230. Then come George: Case of .Washington with .320 .and the Yankees Joe DiMaggio with 309. The rest nl the top ten is Walter Judnkh, St Louis, .302; Barney McCosky, De troit, S01; Bobby Doerr. Boston, .339, and Vernon Stephens, St Louis, 23. .- .'- ...You can spot it every time TlKLl "winning a' letter, Xj others takesan extra jr-in taste in quality . The finished art that comes goes into the making of Coca of flavor-essences merges CocarCola into a unique, . Everybody recognizes this clean, exciting quality taste lo Coca'CoIju There are many waysto quench your only Coca-Cola retrnshes like Coca-Cola. CoxitrAfxnent coxnea when It aasasal sbr popular aaeaea soacantretrieewliy v abtircvlatasaa, Tbare-wby too bear Coca-Cola J WUCok, CoaCobvaad Coke aaean the" T'. .assae thing... the real img.a slnglo gains coaalag troaa a atagle well known so the Tlx best is chrajs l!;s y 'Fy, XOTTLED AUTHOrJTY Of TH2 COCA-CO IA CO-VPANY DY COCA-COLA BOTTLING. COMPAIIY Ot SALEM - , , ' '" "" " .. Cdea, Oregon - scficol TTTT M A greatly altered Athletic coaching lineup for the Salem public school system was approved Tuesday night by the Salem school board. ; - ' - .r--- ' '. '" .')' The approved ; plan affects no fewer than eight members Broivns, Nats, Indians Post American Wins DETROIT,; Sept S-AW-The St Louis Browns ' put together five straight singles for three tuns in the fifth Inning Tuesday, which, combined with Walter . Judnich's At the moment the American league chase looks like this: ' . ' yy:-.:.::. Games .-: To L Behind Play 45 ' ' . 18 55 0i 15 New York 83 Boston . -.84 homer in the fourth and - Steve Sundra's four-hit pitching, gave the Brownies a 4 to 1 victory over the Detroit Tigers and an even break for their 22 gunes this sea son.- - - St Louis .000 130 000 4 9 4 Detroit - .000 001 0001 4 0 - Sundra and Terrell; 'W h 1 1 e , Henshaw (5), Trout (8), and Par sons, Tebbetts (8). - Nats 15, Sox 11 WASHINGTON, Sept. t-i) The Washington Senators trounced the Boston Red. Sox 15 to 11 Tuesday, in the first game of -a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was called with the visitors at bat in the fifth to let the teams catch their trains. The score was .1 to 1 at the time Boston ..M2 202 00211. 17 3 Wash, 300 2031x IS 18 x . Judd. Wagner (1), M. Brown (I), Hyba (7), Conroy (t) and Peacock; Scarborough, Oarrasquel (7) and Early. (Second game Called at end of fourth.) Indians 10, Sox O CHICAGO, SepL t-JP)-The Cleveland Indians ' defeated the Chicago 'White Sox. 10 to O. Tues day, but the second game was postponed and probably will be played either September -24 or 35 in Cleveland when the White Sox visit there fort the last time this season.-- 1 ' H:iy:4 devel'nd -201O2023O 10- IS Chicago .000 000 000 O - ' 7 -4 Post and Desautels; Lee, Perme 3) and Dickey. ' Second game, postponed. ' ; keeping out in front of the something. Coca-Cola has it in refreshment. ; . from 57 years of practice - Cola. A special blend all' the ingredients of original taste of Its 'f, - thirst, but you connect Y.Lh tettt Ivyl v - I .v. SI m , fSr?? OOp; of the physical education system. the personnel program which has V been under organization' since early summer.: - - :; - i. ' ' Of high interest was the ap pointment af - Frank - Brown, popular , P a r r I s h " junior biga eaaeh. to the sealer -hlglt -Baaketban aasigasneat - - Brawn, a veteran of seme IS years eoacluag experleaee.' will con , tiaae at rarrisb, however, -aa physical edaeatioa and lairs- nnral Instructor.- ; ' ; j 1 In conjunction with the newly introduced physical education too ticsa program consisting of rig orous intramural athletics Cur- nee Flesher was named head of the physical education department and director of the intramural pro gram at the senior high. : Flesher, a Willamette university graduate and former Leslie junior high, school coach, .. win also handle-.-baseball coaching duties. bi uiau was oscnea aa track . eaaeh, latraaaaral assist- . aat and . instructor in, physical edaeatioa for boys. Dryaaa Was moved ap' from Parrish where his sneeessfal football and track records were particularly brilli ant Herman Schwartzkopf, former ly of Roseburx. will act as as sistant coach in all sports and as-. sist with the intramural program at the high school. : - -; - Bob Keaseher. G r a a t giade school sixth grade teacher aaat . recreattoa advisor, takes Dry aaa's poalttaa'at Parrish whara he will assist ia ceavdactlag tate fatraaiaral plan. . '.' :)i:y. ii-.-; "y ' Duane Mellem, instructor at both Salem high and Parrish aaat year, will move to Leslie for di rection in the intramural system. He will replace Flesher.. - J. F. Swigart, Wolf Creek and. Grants Pass man, was chosen suc cessor to Loren Mort, now in of ficers training, at Leslie and is e be connected with the mural pre trmy:yy-yf.ry - Wesley Boeder was retiaaad aa teaais ssaeh a4 the Vfli fB lage aad Fraak Beer alse re tams as -assktaat ta tbe isv traaaaral work wtth the Ytk- '4nga.-v- :;y :;;'.:,v;jVA:V -' The selective service status of Frank Brown and Duane Mellem have been seriously 'affected. Al ternate in the event that.itber shbuld be inducted in the aimed I forces will probably be- serected from grade achool ranks. f myym:miy$my i - : ' f f : I war, theres less Coca-Cola. ' J yy:-ykr-zJ f -y?ry-- mmm:. jhn'idMM-'. y pyL y:x jyyy:Vyy&:yryyyyy - --. y ri y---y,y Cca-Cola, f4rat choice, seua not nrw aoaaetlsaes anay not be In the red, cooler. Words waUirrt for . . f.ue times wben TLa'CokeVlnV