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Now we know, why San Francisco .Seals Boss Charlie Gra
ham got himself two goats to graze in the outer pastures of Seals
Starlium.' and why, upon hearing of Mr. Graham's success with
his two, Mrs.1 Geo. E. Waters
the i rapidly sprouting turl in
her ipacious "park.' Since the
soldier. clubs 'hereabouts use the
local apple . orchard ' for their
ball games and Camp Adair's
Timber Wolves will be putting
; forth Iwith . the competition - for
visiting nines ere long, the park
naturally needs the upkeep
touch. The other day she had
the i lawn barber ed and when
the large-scale tonsorial- artist
had finished 'she was touched
for. " eight bucks. " So bring on
your! goats' "K They should ust
love 'that grassit happens! to
have grown ; from the highest
grade seed obtainable . . . Unless Legion Leader Ira Pilcher
hatches, some other source for fighters, it may be more than just
a couple of -weeks until we have swingin-sessions a la soldiers
again in the armory. The reason the Camp Adair battlers didn't ap
pear last 'week was "because they, first must decide their divisional
championships at the post. And according to the Adair Sentry, these
div isional 'fiestas won't be getting under way until almost the "end of
this month! So two "arid two must equal nine after all ....'
Mr. Albert Smith, Dayton: There's probably no one la this
neck of the woods who would like-to run the Coast league box
cores in The Statesman any more than I, sir, and particularly now
since some of oar favorites like Charlie Petersen, Morry Abbott,
Charlie Sehans, etc.; are In that league. Yon aren't the only one
who has written asking that we print same. Bat all I can do is
promise that well again ask the company commander.
Here and There With Service Sportsters
New one in baseball ltngo, contributed by Catcher Dale Butler
during Monday's Camp Adair-Willamette scrum: Said Butler to a
" rapid-working and wild soldier lefthander, "We're in for the duration
and six months, pal, so take your time you've got lots of it." . , .
Ensign Joe Murray, WU's boating representative in the navy informs
that he's now assigned to a squadron and palls out of New Orleans
any day bow, for action . . . And Cadet Jimmie Robertson, who has
now changed from his navy air force uniform to that of a marine,
writes from Corpus Christi that the old baseball itch has broken out
all over him but he can't do a thing about it Too busy with the final
phase of his training instrument flying. Says SQverton's LA. Hal Moe
Is turning out for one of the Held nines, however. And Chapman and
Ernie Key, fresh oat of the majors, are there to make some team right
happy, ethers sad ; . . Coast league envy dep't: Look who 2000 peo
ple watched play Jn Tacoma the other day when the Northwest Vic
tory league opened there between the Seattle and Tacoma shipyards
-teamsf For Seattle Alan Strange, Al Lingua, Wally Carroll, Al LJbke,
Damoa Hayes and Ira Scribner. For Tacoma Bobby Garretson, Dave
Goodman, Earl Porter, Pip Koehler and Lefty Isekie. All of 'em from
major leaguers down to darn good class B journeymen . . . Hal Lee,
the Husky hoopster who later turned Western International and Texas
league ballplayer, then went to whistle-tooting In the Northern divi
sion cage circuit, rappy-eacked a homer with the bases full the other
day to give the Fort Lewis Reception Center nine a 5-4 win over the
, Bremerton Navy yard club ...
The Sports Front - - Fifteen Years Ago
May 8, 1928 The Willamette Co-ed tennis team wUl meet
Li afield here today. Pauline Findley, Margaret Morehouse and
Louise Nona are singles players for . Willamette .. . Manager
Johnson of the Portland Beavers yesterday handed to veteran
' pitcher Jack Warhop an unconditional release slip. Then along
eame Thomas L. Turner, president of the club, with the announce
ment of a further ahakeap pending. I'm ready to go the whole
works, Turner stormed. If the prevent players can't deliver, 111
get some who ean! . . . The Coast leagae played to 423,939 paid
admissions the first four weeks of this season. President Williams
announced yesterday. That is a gala of 73,534 over the same pe-
riod last year.
Let's Tb, Grade Schoolers !
Beavers, Salvagers Sponsor
Grade School Tin Can Drive
Grade school 'kids boys and
girls alikeon your marks!
The Portland "Lucky Beav
ers' Baseball club, along with
the Oregon state aalvage drive,
fa sponsoring a tin ean drive
starting right now and ending
ap on May 14, amongst the
grade schools of the state. The
awards will be an all-expense-paid
trip to Portland to see the
Beavers play a game on Tin
Can Day." May 22.
Any schools interested, a re re
quested to contact , William It
Klepper, business manager of the
ball club. Full information will
- be forwarded. : -
, Any three days, during the drive
period may be used for the tin
can collecting. Three schools will
be judged as winners after . the
drive is over one from the Port
land district,; one from any other
city in the state and one from any
. school in any county., - Winning
schools will be selected on a basis
ef the greatest number of tin cans
l collected 'per student during the
three days, and only cans collected
in "the three-da period' will count.
;"-KJags- and - -Queens- will
- aJse be selected from the win-
aers,' the kings to act as hone
V.; rary , bat beys ' for. the .Beavers
with seats eat the players' beach
to beet The neens win sit la
.- box seat as the guests if Klep-
PeSV-'i. - J- ,-,;,,. . -, -e.w
'All expenses will be paid for the
We -Want Your
Dry.
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Green,-'---; LI (
KUYEIt EINCST 1312
. aaMBai ta t ;
" lii"Cr:tzT Zlrttt
-Beavers Move; Into
is seriously , contemplating nmng
day and night, and following the L
game winners will be treated, to
a show. Prizes such as autograph
ed baseballs will also be awarded.
Well, You Can't
Win 'Em All!
PORTLAND, Ore., May 5 -(JP)
Grant snapped Franklin's domina
tion of Portland high school sports
Tuesday with a 3-2 baseball vic
tory. It ended a string of 7 foot
ball, 16 basketball and 20 consecu
tive baseball wins. With the vic
tory Grant took the lead in the
Portland interscholastic league. '
How They
STFAEJ1ID.V.
COAST XEAGVK - - - V- - .
.- W L Pet. - W L Pet.;
utm Aiur li a .7c!oakiana a s .7i
Su Dim 11 7 pHoUywd 10 J7S
PortlaiKi . S t 'Jt33tStUo .S 0 J57
San Fran S T jsbacram J 11 - J13
Wednesday results:
; Oakland a,' Sacramento VC z. I
' Hollywood . San Diego 1.
' San Frncico-Se ttl postponed.
Portland-Lios Angeles poslponed.
AMXKICAK UCAOCS
- W t. Pet. .- W X. Pet.
New Yrk S .tMhfladel S .42
Cleveland S 4 jSS7St Louis ' 9
Detroit ZJI .3 Oiicaco -S -7
Wuhinrt S - S J71 Bcwtoa --S S
.400
ooe
weasteaeay realms: - .- t
New York 4. Boston S.
Washington S, Philadelphia L ' '
Chicago 1-5, Cleveland - 2-1
: Detroit, SU Louis. 1. ; ; J
NATIONAlI LEAGUB V s
. ,W.-I"Pet; --. W L Pet.
Broolclr 10 S .799 Boston ' S ' J00
St.- Louis 1 .S JWS Philadel 1" I , 'J00
Pittsburg V - .538 New Yk S S
Cl""nn 7 ,H!t3icago . 'I?au
- ttedaetday results: ' i- v
New York S-7, Boston 1-3. .
iTooklyn 1. Philadelphia
Chicago S. Ct. Louis X. '
CmcinnaU S. Pittsburgh i.
if , s t f
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CHARLIE GRAHAM
Top;
Spot
Cougars Blast
Webf eet, 14-15
Bubalo
NOBTBESM DIVISIO.N' :
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OSC , , 10 i S 433 WSC -Oregon
T S .77S Idaho
Wasbingt S jST7 . .. .
Wedamdajr resaiu:
WSC 14. Oregon
I. Pet.
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400
PULLMAN, May 8 iJP) The
idle . Oregon SState college baseball
team was kicked into the lead of
the : northern f divisiont Pacific
coast r conference, f Wednesday as
Washington State college ripped
out a surprise 14-5 yicloryl over
the erstwhile leaders,' the Univer
sity of Oregon. T ; ., .-, . '
Oregon State, which had eased
into striking distance, of the cir
cuit lead with a' series "of four
victories in a' Palouse' Hills invasion-
just concluded, has ten, wins
and two defeats; while Oregon,
which stubbed its toe on this first
game of a similar series of .en
counters with WSC and the . Uni
versity, of Idaho, now has seven
wins and two losses. . ; v i
"Oregon had previously beaten
Washington State : twice. - -..
WSC got going in the . fourth
inning and. kept moving, threaten
ing only once seriously when Ore
gon rallied for four runs in the
eighth. ; ; :
' The victors thumped back the
offerings of Johnny . Bubalo and
Harold Saltzman, Oregon1 burlers,
for 16 safe hits, while t State's
Wally Kramer was giving up 10.
Four homers rattled off the two
teams'; bats and - Oregon got its
share, with Bill Hamel and Art
Murphy of , the Ducks taking the
bows. George Davison and Bob
Dau collected one apiece for WSC.
Bergman, WSC shortstop, was
the day's top hitter, getting four
for five. - ..." . ..- ,
Oregon 009 919 949. 19 S
WSC .. -909 41$ 31 14 If S
Bubalo, Saltxman and Carl
son; Kramer and Cranston,
Grenade Golf
Given Preview
By HAROLD CLAASSEN,
NEW YORK, May MS-Lieut
Ray Taylor, former Des Moines
newspaper man, keeps . right on
hunting news items these days al
though, most of the. time: he .is;
learning to hunt tanks for Uncle
Sam's soldiers to destroy. .
Taylor, stationed at Fort Knox,
Ky., discovered a "grenade golf
course while on srrecent Livingston-Stanley
search in the wilds
of Arkansas. ,
The mongrel sport Is the war
time stepchild of the armored
division at Camp Chaffee, Arkw
with the . competitor's strong
right arm substituting for nib- ,
licks and hand grenades taking
the place of the little white balL
And a hole-in-one is a bull's,
eye right, in der fuehrer's face
unfortunately just an effigy;
As the contestantsi play the
course they have the chance to
practice their hurling skill on a
replica of Hitler, a miniature
railroad, a box maneuvered by
ropes and representing an enemy
truck or tank and a dummy 155
millimeter howitzer. Each is the
would be "cup" for one of the
nine holes.
Fire at Pill Box
The grenade golfers tee off for
the first hole with a machine gun
pill box replica 20 yards away.
They may be thrown from any of
three positions, standing, kneel
ing or prohe.
A direct hit of course, counts
as a hoie-in-one Grenades less
than 10 feet from the target count
as two strokes; those landing far
ther than 10 feet but less than 20
the threes; while those more than
20 feet from the 'cup' are four.
Par Is 21. , :
As In standard golf, the ob
jective Is to finish la as few
strokes as possible." Most ' diffi
cult of the nine holes' Is No. 7 '
with the dummy 155 millimeter '
howitzer ee yards, away. ' J
By constant practice, however,
holes-in-one are common events
at this-long distance, reports Lieu
tenant Taylorran indication that
the Japanese and Germans will be
In for some long range firing ev
en when at close range after the
"golfers" get overseas.
Novikbf f Gets
Suspension
LONG BEACH, Calif, May 8.
-P Lou Noyikoff, one of the two
00 hitters the Chicago Cubs had
last year said Wednesday he had
received notice from the ; Cubs
general manager, James Galla
gher, that he wag on suspension
for failure to report. - ' w . -'i
-."Gallagher sent along a carbon
copy of the suspension notice that
he mailed to President Ford Prick
of the National ; league,". Novikoff
said. "This is the first ' develop
ment of any kind in my case that
I know; of since I "returned ; my
contract March 18. The Cubs hay
jent- offered anything -more than
the' $500 Increase over my 1942
salary of $5,500. Be has been hold
ing out for 110,000.' ' '
Chased
Yellow and Black ' Paint Already Purchased for Count's Preahness
. By MAX HILL
NEW TOSK. May 5 The
last time we saw Dave Weeds
he was' In a hardware store
ear Plmlico baying a eoaplo of
cans' of paint, and It wasn't aa
accident ' f that the . colors , he
wanted , were black and .yellow,
-; That's a nice' custom they
have there at Baltimore's hos
pitable horse park painting
the weather vane la the colors
of I the Preakness winner; Mr.
Beauty's Still There, But Where's the Beasts?
i 7
Hollywood' Park, one' of "the nation's most beautiful palaces, of turf dom, has Joined the war effort. The
fashionable track. Vhere; In pre-war day tens'of thousands of fans cheered the whining efforts of Sea
biscuit, Chelledon and ether greats, has been leased by the North American : Aircraft corporation. The
photo shows crated airplanes where once rich and "poor alike rubbed elbowsatehing the r Sport
of. Kings. " - ' - ' . :. V- '.-': vV'-''
Indians Press
Yankee
CLEVELAND. May 5-(P)-Thei
Cleveland Indians pulled into a
first place tie with the New York
Yankees when southpaw Chubby
Dean whipped - Chicago - in - the,
opener of a twin bill Wednesday,
2-1, but fell ; back again' as the
White Sox captured the 11-inning
aftermath, 5-2.; : ; ; x . "-:
Rookie : Dick . Culler's two-run
single in the 11th-of the' second
game ended a tight pitching duel
between Chicago's . Lee . "Buck"
Ross and Allie Reynolds, who had
held ; the Sox. scoreless- after: re
lieving Al Milnar in the third
frame. , '..-.',
Chicago ... 00 909 991-1 9
Cleveland .119 999 999-2 S 1
E. Smith and Tresh; Dean,
Salveson (9) and Rosar.
" (11 innings.)
Chicago ..902 909 90993-5 1
Cleveland 029 999 999 99-2. f 1
Ross, Haynes (11) and Turn
er; Milnar, Reynolds (3) and
Desaatels, Rosar (19). '
Tigs 5 Browns 1
ST. LOUIS, May S-flPFrank
"Stubby" Overmire, rookiejiger
hurler clamped the Browns under
a 4-hit pitching effort Wednesday
While Detroit won its fourth con
secutive game ' from St Louis. 5
to 1.'- . I'; - -- -Detroit
319 199 9995 9 9'
St. Louis ..99 999 199--1 41
Overmire -and Parsons; Pot-'
ter. Sanford (2) McKain (7)
Maacrlef (9) and FerreU.
Amitv Drons Davton -
. DAYTON : The Dayton .Union
high school baseball team lost to
Amity here r Monday afternoon.
The score Was S to 1.
Cameron's .500 aoutine Mark
Leads Bearcat Bash Brigade .
C3int Cameron, half of Willam
ette university's baseball "new
deal," is pacing the Bearcat ball
gamers in -their, hit parade up to
date ' according to compilations
made by Gil Leiser, WU publicity
man. Cameron, is swatting a right
mean ; .500, resulting from .16
bashes in 32 attempts to bash, t
: Ammon Adams, letterman .
pitcher, Is ! second with .455, al- -though
he has batted only 11 .
times. ; Don 1X11 ton. Mo lal la.
freshman, ; Is officially, second
with a .347 mark, followed by
'mate from Molalla Bad Larson
with 23. Three btngles by.
Gene Ackley against1 Pacific
Taesday shoved him .te.333 aJ.;
se, aad . Don Barnlck's J19
rounds " eat the charmed ' circle
awatteraAi-V-:
Ben Schaad leads in the runs
batted in department with 18. -
: Both Adams and Hal McAbee
lead the - burlers with 2 wins,' 0
losses.. Woodburn Willie Hanaus
ka,' other side of the new dealers,
has won 4 times, lost once.
Batuaf records:
AB R
jn 10
H RBI Pet.
Cameron
IS-11 JO0
Adams
at
1
.455
jxa
J333
J10
88
J13S
.220
.211
.200
JC3
Hilton
-4
n
a
17
JT '
IS
IS
11 ,
13
13
as
S1
24
Ackley
Barntek
Schaad
Kunke
Baird..
Hanauska 1
Eceolinl
-51
.42
50
2S
JO
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s
Saxtoa
PltcbefS records tto date)
- - .. - . WL SO BB ERA
Adams ", -' , 'a 0 , 22 " t . 2.S7
McAbee 2 0 20 l J.eo
Hanauska .; 4 -. 1 SO ' 12 M
Saxtoa, 1 I S 1M
i . a 11 .4.00
Hiltaa : 0 1 S 4 S.M
ValmeJt. 0 9 3 10.00
Woods insisted he wasn't play
ing a hunch a week ahead of
time, but black and yellow hap
pen to be the sUks of Mr. and
Mrs. Joha ' Herts, who ewn
Count Fleet.-.
Count Fleet already Is la Bal
timore with an easy win In the
Kentucky derby already to his
credit.
That's only the . first leg en
the triple crown, t but what Is
left to 'make - the Preakness
-
Win-Binging v
Bearcats Vie :
With Linfield
. Weather - permitting, as usual,
Willamette's suddenly win - wha
cky Bearcats 'attempt to make ' it
eight and. nine straight today with
another pair of. Northwest" con
ference get-togethers wjth Lin
field at McMinnville. The State
street sluggers need two more vic
tories today if they aje to keep on
entertaining -.thoughts - of. a .trip.to
Walla Walla next week for : the
league finals. v '- .
Just who Headman Keene wDl
select .from his pitchers, infleld
ers and outfielders to' de. io
. day's moani work Is ' a wait
aad see tosoup. , Ammon Ad- ;
ams, already with . two wins . ea '
the left side ef the ledger will
ao doabt pour one of the tilts.
I Tomorrow the 'Cats go to Port
tland for a pair against the Pilots
and Saturday to Forest Grove lor
another duet with Pacific." Day off
Sunday then Oregon jState here
Monday for onegame and , Lin
fiefd here' Tuesday for two.
Yanks 4, Sox 3
NEW YORK, May 5 (ffy A
balk by.Roogie Anton Karl with.
the bases loaded in -the last ,half
of the ninth inning gave the New
York Yankees, the deciding run
Wednesday in a 4 to 3 victory ov-
er the' Boston Red $ox,' who had
tied the' score with a two-run
fhirry In the top half of -.the
frame. .-..
Boston . 'illjoolm'ot-s '.T J ':
N.- Y. .193 909 0014 9
Haghson; Karl (S) and Pea
cock; Borowy, Murphy, Kol and
Sears. ' ' ' '.
3!
4'1
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CLINT . CAMERON
Preakiiess 'Field ;
Stai.Indefinite;
Co iirit'CutiTime :
BALTIMORE, May
Count'
Fieet . galloped
three-
Quarters ef a mile In 1:17 Wed
nesday' "nnder heavy restraint
and rarln ! f g " . and ".the
track wise lads saw' It .' as last
another reason: why. the 7 field
for Satarday'a 53rd nraaing of
the rich Preakness stakes pre-i
bably weald be the smallest in
54 years. v-Cr.4fi:Vv,.i.t ?. A ',
The twa. certain- starters are
William L. BranaV VweeriUve
and Blae Swords,'. the 'Alien T.
Simmons "eolor 7bearer-' which
fellows.' the : Count as faithful
ly if - not as closely as his
shadow. . .
more than aa exercise gallop
for him? After that he will tie
ap again with a eeuple ef hh
already vanquished rivals la'
the Belmont stakes.
-. And we think he eaa win .all
three with, Johnny Lengden, his
Jockey, sitting stUl like he was
taking it easy in a rocking chair.
Pimlico V 1 preparing f er a
bumper crop ef - fans this Sat-i
nrday, no matter .what sort of
apposition is provided for The
i i
Bums Batter
Phils, 18-6
BROOKLYN, May 5-JP)-The
Brooklyn Dodgers hit the season's
high mark. for. both runs and hits
Wednesday as ' they manhandled
the' Philadelphia Phillies for 23
hits in wiiuung 18-9".
COOPERSTOWN. NY, May; 5
(P)-Tho Brooklyn Dodgers will
play aa " American leagao , team
to . be selected In the annual
Cooperstown major league base-
ball game at . Doableday field,
July .19. The Chicago White Sox
are considered as the Dodgers
probable 'opponents. .
Brooklyn's hits were . good for
33 bases and in the assortment
were Dolph Camilli's second hom
er and a half : dozen doubles, by
teammates. Paul Waner and Augie
Galan'each made four hits.
Phila. .......t00 992 319- f 12 t
Brooklya .. .1429 504 93x-lS 23 3
. ' Fachs and Livingston; Macon,
Kimball' (9) and Moore, Bragah
Reds 3i Pitts 2 r
CINCINNATI, O, May 5-(,jP)
Bucky Walters pitched and bat
ted the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2
victory, over Pittsburgh Wednes
day liight" in the first night came
of ..'the, aeason, knocking in -two
runs - with a '. single and - holding
the. Pirates to five hits: Jr
Pittsbargfi ZH.999 191 999-2 5
Cincinnati ......020 000 10x-3 I 0
. Lanalngv Goraickl" :(t) and
Lopes; Walters and Maeller.
CHICAGO. May 5-iP-Catcher
Chico Hernandez' sharp double
play grounder hopped over second
baseman Jimmy - Brown's shoul
der to score - Heinz Becker from
second with one out on the 14th
1 n n I n g Wednesday and gave
Claude Passeau, veteran Chicago
Cub right-hander a 2-1 marathon
decision over Max ' Lanter,' St
Louis Cardinals southpaw. -
(14 Innings.) . .
St. L. .999 919 809 999 991 Lt l!
CM. 000 000 199 909 01-Z .12
Lanier and Odea, W. trooper.
(I); Passeaa and Uernandes.
Giants Win Two
BOSTON, May 'S-iffV-The New
York Giants swept a doublehead-
er from the -Boston Braves Wednesday,'-5-1
and 7-3, winning the
second , game on the.; strength ,f
a six-run uxttx inning, after jiom-
ers .by Buster. Marynard and Sid
Gordon had propelled them to vic
tory in the opener, r- ' . ":V,
New ; YerkL1.019 209 902-5. 9 -1
Boston; ii.808 010 888-1 4
Melton,Adams (7) and Mas-'
ease; TostrDIehl ) and Klattai
New YeaUi,09t 998 991-7. t t
Boston; 'jLHii9 888-1,8 X
1 - Sayles,'; Mango' (C), Adams
) and .Berresv Manease ; (C);
Salve; Stent "(8), Jef feoat. (8)
Donovan (7), Tost (9) and Po
land. ; a-l-. :'ii"
Solpns 8, A's 1 ,.
PHILADELPHIA, May 5 -(ifV-
Alex Carrasquel hobbled the Ath
letics Wecteesday J. for i the ; third
time this year, allowing four hits
as .the 'Washington. Senators , Won
Wash. CI1 200 4SJ 8 13 1
PluTa.iZ:.809 999 891 1 4 t
Carrasquel, and Early Harris
Beck - (4), Lowery (9) and
Swift, Wagaer (9). . :,-
Fleet.. It will be worth the
price ef admission Just to watch
him in a workout, which Is Just
what the Preakness may be.
The last time the Herts colt
turned It en In Baltimore he
was eat there all by himself
with thirty lengths of daylight
showing between him and the
second horse. That was in the
Walden last autumn.
It's a little early to turn loose
much fancy talk about another
,-.-,.... t '--I Xm . .V-"-i -, v J- .'- - . .. -' - "j
Scdem Orecjon, Thvawcr
Appeal . 'to Stihtson
tor
? WASHINGTON, May 5--Rep: Weiss (D-Pa) .Wednesday
made public a letter he sent to Secretary of War Stimson urging
him to permit"."aviation cadets and all soldiers now being train-,
ed in the! colleges of America to participate 'in spectator sports at
particular" institutions. , ; ;
'Weiss', letter . said ' partlcipa
tion In 'f spectator sports : not'
only would help the morale of,
these soldiers bat weald boost "
the morale of the entire nation.".
He ' wrote that a poll he con
ducted among mem b e r s of the
armed forces . and- war workers
convinced him that they "over
whelmingly favor the continuation
of football, baseball and. basket
ball during this war period.?' ; '
I He added that EngUnd has -continued
spectator sports, even
though the nation Is vulnerable
to air attack, and suggested that
the' secretary permit West Point'
and Annapolis to : play benefit
games In New York, Philadel
phia; j Baltimore "or any ether '
point . along the ; AUaatle sea- 4
board where a great degree of
travel weald not be repaired, by
either the participants or , by,
the spectators.! ; :;,r.:t':- J J
At present an order of the sec
retary of -war prohibits trainees
from participating ' in : spectator
SDOrtS. '- ti ' -i-vA. '
irervais lakes
BBalltitle
GERVAISBy knocking over
Hubbard 4-l at Hubbard yester
day, the Gervaia.Ihigh team
copped the Northern Marion
County B baseball .title. Art Mc-
Call set Hubbard down, with three
scattered ; hits I while Don Husom
and; Lloyd Ferscheweiler led the
assault on' Hubbard ( hurler Par
son with ; three blows apiece. "
Twelve ' GervaiaV-' players were
awarded baseball numerals' Wed
nesday, namely: . Captain. McCall,
Nusom, ' Glen Damewood, Elmer
Jorgensen, Ferscheweiler .and
Chuck Ronge, . all seniors,- and.
Charles Patterson, . ijames Nolan,
Ivan "Rohge, Oscar Phillips, Cirii
Ferschweiler and Blaln Veteto
McCall and ratterson; Parson
and Moore. : . 1 . ''r.'.?-?-
Track Debut
CORVALLIS, May The
Beaver track team , will have its
first regulation dual meet here
Saturday against the Washington
Huskies. ...
Capt, Don ' Findlay ' of . Oregon
State will attempt to - repeat his
.1942 victories over. .Washington. in
the high and broad jump. He also
may run the 100-yard dash.' ,'- -
r Bill f-lShinn, , junior letterman
from. Salem, Ore and Stur Nor
ene, sophomore, 4 are" expected to
press Gene' Swanrey, Husky cap
tain and defending coast champ
in" the 880-yard run: ' ..'.::
j enerson iiaps
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JJE F.P E RSON Jefferson's
baseball bunch' scored a 13-8 win
over ' the I Turner ': high Townies
Wednesday afternoon. The "Jeffs
combined . is. il-hit attack with
five Turner' miscxies.' ': : :
Jefferson's Borna rapped three
hits in five .trips to., top the bat
men; The Jeff ersons now take on
Stayton Friday afternoon. J.
'Petersen . and Hatfield; Malone, 1
Skelton and Hoyes.
AU-Weel
v ftf ;
SMa.a
Clothiers
458 State . ; .' stslewi
wonder horse, but the raiifeinss
think this colt may fill the bill
before winter. Some say he will
be up there on a pedestal with
Man jO' War and Seabbcult and
Gallant Fox and Equipoise and
the ethers.
Just remember, however, that
racing holds Its own with wom
en and weather for being un
certain, and that every so often
a horse Just gets out of kilter
Ithout any reason the best f
trainers can put a finger on.
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ALLIGIITNER
Statesman Sport Kditoe
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i Try ItMgain Today;
New Sclicdulc Issued
-" PORTLAND, Ore., May 5-;P)
The Portland Pacific Coast league
baseball club Wednesday an
nounced a new weekday schedule
as the opening home game of the
1943 season , was postponed be
cause of the weather,
"f -Weekday games here will start
at 2:30 p. m., PWT, said Business
Manager W. H. Klepper, Instead
of 4 p. m., as announced last week.
Doubleheaders and Sunday games
will begin at 1:30 p. inJ, as pre
viously scheduled. ---- - - '
- The - Beavers opener with . Los
Angeles will be played Thursday,
conditions "'- permitting. Wednes
day's postponed game will be
made up in a tw Jnbfll on the An
gels' next tTip to-'-Portland, Klep
per said. - r - -'
Oaks 2, Sacs 1
OAKLAND, May 5-(P)-Oakland
defeated Sacramento 2 to 1
Wednesday to win its second
straight game, of the series. '
It was a tight pitching duel be
tween Henry Pippen of the Oaks
and Bud Byerly of the Solons,
with- Pippen giving up only five
hits and Byerly six. -
There were no earned runs.
Sacramento 000 991 959-1 5 3
Oakland .999 991 91x-2 8 1
. Byerly and Malone; Pipnea
aad Kalmeadl.
Stors tS, Diego 1
HO L L Y W OO D; May
5-UP)
Hollywood's Stars made it two in
a row over San Diego here Wed
nesday; scoring a ,8 to 1-victory.
. The Stars broke a 1-to-l dead-
lock in the sixth by pushing across
four, runs on four lits. The win
ners collected -12 aafetiea whil
Don Pulford and Bill Thomas col
laborated to' limit the Padr to
seven. ' " " ' " ' ' " -San
DIege.199 999 999-1 7 1
Hollywood ..999 914 9lx-8 12 9
DUbeek, Merkle (8) and De
tore; Palford, Thomas (8). and
Yonnkers.
Return Tilt Slated
LABISH CENTER Labish
Center 'school has scheduled a re
turn softbeJI game here with Lake
Labish school on Friday. Buena'
tTrest defeated Labish in a con
test played at Buena Crest last
week.-.:-; ;..,'-. - .
. la every doparnaoat from- Cour
blender to delivery trucks, only
Modem. Ecgaitary oru!pxnnt Is
. asod in . producing . Master
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