Leg .Set -. y.. . .. , id, ; ft ;i ,7 iLjf fr ib cy Couldn't halp but notice the splash by the great Gregory 'where in he allows as how something is definitely wrong with the Port sgt. iqxman Encn best to grandmother In the foot Yet in game after game Shea possible and the- badly needed the opposition fields the punt ana footed gent who's supposed to In all the Portland games we've seen and' the : many more- we've listened to, the sacrifice play has ' seemingly backfired on Shea at least 10 times to every time It has worked. He hasnt got a running club, nor for the most par a hust- . ling dub, so should begin to re alize that running play - and the Bevos don't mix. Gotta Hit Em, Not ' Bunt Em Around 7 Shea's get a herd ef ball gamers whe can't be banted around the sacks they've get te be hit around 'em, and front the looks of the dab in actios most - of the time, just one base at a ; time at that. If he persists In making them bant, might not be a bad idea to show most of the boys how It's done, too. Maybe friend "Gregory wont agree with us on that since he has to be more gentle with the home town favorites and can't call 'em so many glue-footed bums. But even in our five years, of stumb ling through the bushes we've learned that if a club isn't a run ning club the only thing that will save it is base hits and more base No Flyers, No Ball GantePhooey' Saturday : shorts: Babe Bath, who always' did have a hankering to skipper a major league elub. gets his chance Monday. The Bam bine' has been "signed" to man age the Big-League AO-Star team which plays the Boston Braves at Boston en that day, 8eme of the stow servicemen Stars- wholl look to the Babe for signals are Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Don DiMaggie, a fair trio for any body's major league nine ... If ' the local Legion still hopes to get the Pasco Flyers here to play the Timber Wolves It had best be snapping its rubber. Seeing where the WAVES are starting to replace the Bittners, the Browns, the Am- erals, the Martinez: and the Mc , Cormacks at Pasco spells not only : Snis for. the sailor sluggers as a ; unit but ditto for ballgaming here with the TWV if something Isn't done but quick . '. William Bill" Sine, the hustling catcher for the Seagulls here last Sunday who ballhawked a play so effee : tiTely that be almost made a put--out at first on a ban hit to his " : eratie Infield, has been takes en by the , Timber Wolves as a re plaeemeat for Lowell Calhoun, : lost to the team for good . . . 'and i some 'erroan Reich, .. ex-Tacoma and Portland ballgamer who gave ud sergeant's stripes when he v switched from army at Fort Lew Is to air force at Gray Field has t already earned back - the chev : rons. He's athletic director for the Gray fielders but stpi is allowed to play on the Fort Lewis nine, as . the Timber Wolves will probably find, put today and tomorrow And 1s the knew" reports fi ' the .Leslie swimming. pool mf that "Cody Kid Leah Smith is .ssxlously. awaiting the boy friend's training parlor to end at Farragut, ;Ida ao- they, can get ,. r married - FisHin' Prospects -Fair to Good PORTLAND. July 9-(AV . Fishing eesdlUons in , Oregon this weekend wUl range from fair to good, the state game commission's weekly bnlletin , Indicated Friday. County by county report: Columbia Trout angiing stCl ' should be fair In the Nehalem river, with spinners and bait . snost effective. - Polk Streams beeemlng eulte lew and clear. The Little Luckiamute Is fair. Marion The Santlam Is Im J proving . steadily', with good catches being made on files. High lakes producing seme good catches. - Lane -Good fly fl&hing re ported In Willamette 'river above Oakrige-and in South ..Fork cf the 7IcHenzte. Clue river filr. Lakes gJI. Tillirrsci Came tlaebacLs 1 lit : J It land Beavers. Meaning of course their losing so many games by one run. ", - 1 From ; where we- sit to look and listen we'd say Manager Merv Shea is running the club wrong, or at least backwards. A glaring fault of the erst while pachyderms of the PCL has been the fact 1 that only about' three at the most could run 7 faster than i their 4 invalid grandmothers. v Today the be loved bums, have the amazing aggregate total of approximate ly eight stolen bases for the : season, proving that the Klepper kids are still coming , in-second races. calls on the sacrifice to set up runs. And in game after game tnrows out Dy a mue ine giue- be advanced to scoring- position. ;- DUANE MELLEM . Mcllem Takes Eugene Job Duane Mellem, since 1941 con nected as coach: with the Salem school system, yesterday obtained his releascfronv the local system and accepted a contract to coach at Eugene f. high., schooL He re- places Ford Mullen, who recently resigned at Eugene. Mellem came to Salem from the University - of Oregos la , 1941 and began coaching at both Farrish Junior Ugh and the senior high school. He was head mentor of the senior high golf and swimming teams ; and t took over baseball when Lt. Harold Hank entered the navy last year. , A year 'ago Mellem was shifted to the athletic directorship at Les lie junior high and served in that position' until the present vaca tion term. s V7- Originally : from Minnesota, Mellem came west te Oregon Is 1939 after graduation from Con cordia f university and post graduate work at the U of Min- : nesota In 193. He coached be tween t 1936-59 In southern " Minnesota. ' ; . ; Whether Mellem will take over Mullen's head coaching job in basketball and baseball and as sistant to Head Grid Coach Fritz Kramer ; at Eugene is not known. No successor; to Mellem at Les lie junior high has been announc ed by Superintendent of Schools Frank - Bennett Coast Lcaguo ! (Friday Scores) Oakland i 9929 919 Mil 999 291 999 MM Lots. Lys Holm, Seattle ' 999 9399 lll-t 7 1 Sas Diego 999 199 999-1 4 9 Speeee and Ssesae; Cecil Salkeld. HoUywood 999 119 S29-T 11 1 Seat Frasw 999 999 199-1 9 9 Blantos and HU1; Seats, Werle (S) asd OgrodowskL ! have bees takes from Nehalem river and s big run Is expected withis next two weeks. - Lincoln Silets river produe- Ing some bmebacks. All streams are moderately low and 'very clear. Fly fishing Is expected te Improve. Curry Few catches of cut throat treat reported. Josephine Larger streams yielding good - trout catches. Limits J have bees taken with files en the Rogue. . Jackson Rogue river fair for trout. : . : " Crook Streams Ja Big Sum mit district fair. ' - Jefferson McteUas, Crooked -and Deschutes rivers fair. niamath Xlany limit bags en troll have been takes in Upper Klamath an d Agency lakes. North and South Forks of the ;rsgE8 yklllsg limit catches i ... . " . .L, 1 iTfo . It1, ismc Ji ill iici In Main -Event; 26-Round Card ; : ... : . ; , ..... . - r- Capitol Posters Merge 7ith Jack Abralianis To Revive Pro Punching Parties in Salem The American Legion has gone and done it again. Apparently set on not letting sports in general die such' a hor rible death in the village these yesterday ' merged with newly and self-appointed Matchmaker Jack Abrahams of Portland and next Thursday night, July 15, will usher in the first of what is hot revival of the professional punching parties in Salem. -Abrahams, , said to - bo once t connected with the Chemawa Indian school as a: boxer sad trainer and new operating a private stable of fighters under the Oregon Athletie dub, eos l tacted Post Commander . Ira Filcher this week and bared a plan wherein he could supply the punch artists If the local ; Legion would do the promoting. - Abrahams assured Filcher that ; he could round up 25 or 29 good ' boys la the northwest, most of I them shipyard workers itching for a fight, but had no place te shew ; them, So Filcher and bis posters, figuring tune's a wastin', t e ok en ; Abraham's proposition, i1 - Result? An opening i card fea turing Leo The Lion" Turner and Indian Pat Black Cloud in the eight-paneled main event of 28 - rounds of 1 boxing " Thursday night ; - . -:i - I ' L ; j ,:, ' I: 1 ; i; r; r Mlddleweixht Turner, we II i knows in these parts and whose -last wuting was es one ef Joe Waterman's National Boxlsg . club 1 cards - is Portland some - weeks ago. Is said to be Is A-l ., - shape. ' Abrahams . reports that Turner has been working out regularly at the Vanport Ship- yard athletic club asd Is weigh- . ing l5S pounds now. --rj Black Cloud,; also a Swan Is land' shipyarder has' also fought on the i Portland cards. A ' 158 pounder. Black ; Cloud decisloned Billy McGee of San ! Francisco twice and' flattened Jimmy Col lins of Portland recently. Abra hams claims the Indian southpaw is tired of waiting for better roles on- Portland .' cards, so is more than just a little happy at get ting this - shot at Turner. : . Wasting' so time probing the bushes i for battlers, Abrahams has already matched up the supporting card for Thursday's epeserv, Most ef these lesser lights are aloe right out of the shipyards asd have .pitched punches at one time or another es Waterman's whaling, sesleus.- Speedy Cannon, ! 140 - pound colored quicky from San Fran cisco and Schoolboy Mel Boberts, 143-pound Portlander, draw down the 8-round 1 semi-windup. Can non is thought of well , enough to have been given a spot, on the opening , fight card in Seattle Monday night, reports Abrahams. Roberts is one of the most popular youngsters In his tows. He's - only IT but plenty ef leather asd holds wins . over such men as Billy Roberts, J o h n n y - Benjlman and Lee - RomanleUoall well ' known In Fortlasd. Ti-:- '-A ' tin-.'-'-"Ace" Pratt, Klamath Indian from Eureka, Calif, at 148 pounds meets Johnny Benjiman, Portland colored boy, 14? pounds in one of the three 4-round prelims. Ben jiman also fights on the Seattle opener Monday night. .The other two bouts, both four rounders, pitch together Kid Ramirez, 154 - pound Mexican from Monterey, Mex . and Billy Ray, 150-pounder of the Portland Multnomah ' club and P a n c h o Lupe, ISO pound Mexican from Los Angeles, CaL; and Alex Ship pen, 130-pound Umatilla . Indian from Pendleton.- r " r-.' Pneher assouseod that ticket for the, opening brawl would e m Cubs 5, Giants 3 , NEW YORK, July JHAl though Ernie Lombardi socked five hits in five times at bet, in cluding a two-run homer in the ninth to tie the score at $-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the Giants Fri day 5-3. ,.;'. - : r :c Chisago 911 999 199 992-5 11 1 N. Tork..99 999 192 999-3 19 S Wise asd MaeCailough; Wlt tlg. Adams (9 asd LombardL Commission on eggs asd worm bait. Seres Mue and Wood rivers also good. Malheur Owyhee river pro viding reed catches. Limits of sOversides and rainbows have been taken at Beulah dam es spinners and worms.: ;k i i:l DHS. CHAN . . . LAM Dr.r.TXuaJn.D. l Dr.O.ChaajNJ CrnNXSS nerbailsts '. ' 241 North Liberty (Tpctalrs Portlard General Clartrle Co. Off to open ' Saturday only 18 a.m to 1 p m.; to 7 p) m Con fultaUon Blood pressure and urine tests are free of cbarxa. Practiced i txnee isit. i L ' ' i r ' " ' ' ' ' t Hi ii i mi J- Ij neoGa war .days, the Capitol Posters hoped will turn out to be a red Beavers Sock Sacs, Climb Back to Third SACRAMENTO, July 9 -(A3)-Portland defeated Sacramento, 7 to 4 In a free-hitting Pacific coast league contest here Friday night to take a five to one edge in their current 10-game seriesr : jv I The Beavers scored in the second and fourth tunings asd thes drew ahead with three more Is the sixth after the- So-' loss had pounded homo four counters in the fifth.;.--. ': -r The Beavers added a pair of unneeded tallies In the eighth. With one man out, Stan Rogers, who had a perfect day at the plate, singled to center, took second on a wAd pitch, moved on to third as Malone threw wild. In an at tempt to : get him at second and scored on another wild pitch. Wil son singled, went to second as Rupert Thompson was walked and scored on Les Floyd's base hit to left - . -.... - .,- u Fortlasd 919 19S 929 T 12 1 Saera. .999 949 999 411 t iWilsos asd Adams; Pin tar, Pillette t) and Malone. Knott to Hurl Opening Game CAMP ; ADAIR-(Special)-Man-ager Jack Knott of the limber Wolves baseball dub, former pitcher for the Philadelphia American league club, will start against the Fort Lewis . Warriors Saturday in Portland as the two clubs open their two-gsme series. Just who Manager4 Morrie 'Arno vich of the Warriors wUl counter with is not known. Knott held the Pasco Flyers to six hits in seven innings in the all-star game at Seattle on the Fourth but lost 3-1. " The two clubs wffl shift to 2 Albany for a Sunday' clash at 2:39 p. m. es Central field. Knott wfll probably start one of the following en the mound Sunday: Sig Langsam or Jim . Barnes, I righthanders, or , Lefty Bob Karlln. Barnes b) a new comer to the already powerful Wolf nine. ... Cooper Twirls 3-Hit Shutout BOSTON, July 9-(JP)-Morton Cooper won iis 11th game of this season for the World : Champion St' Louis Cards Friday as they shut out the Braves 7 to 0 in the first game of their; series. The Braves made but three hits with only 28 men facing Pitcher Coo per,: probable.- starter in the all- star game Tuesday. r " St ' Louis.401 999 929-7 11 Boston 909 999 990-9 3 1 : M. Cooper and W. Cooper; Barrett. Farrell (4) and Poland. BIG SIX In Baseball ' By, the Associated Batttag. fSaroa teMen m each leasee) ' rtayes and eiak O AS S H Pet. Curtrtcht. -White Sox ST. MS SO Si J3 Stephens. ' Dtotuna . , ,. 80 SS3 SI 7S J&l Wakefield. Ttaera 10 SOS SO 100 J30 Muslal, Cardinals 75 2S3 47 93 J30 Hack, Cubt Tl 17S J7 SS JBt Herman. ZVideers 78 SM 3 S3 JS21 rMhlcren. PhiUiea . ,.TS S71 SS S7 431 kattee ta: Wattsnal League Aamerteaa Loagae Herman. Dodgr . sitEttea. Tankeea S3 Nicholson. Cubs 49 Stephens. Brew 49 DUUaggto, Plrts SSliuibs. Browns 4T ., i ,. '--'i- Johnson, Senat 4T Besae runs:''- - Nattonal League Amortean League Ott. Giants UXeller. Yankees 10 Nicholson. ! Cubs 9 Lambs, . Browns 19 DiMassio, plrata 9 Stephen. Brow 19 LitwhUer. Cards 9! York. Tigers 19 .u IN. LC3 ANGHLT3, July 9 -(3 EeTore you bet all your clsnder on Gtmder the wonder, ILtca te a word from a track coach whe is one ef the veterans of them all: Dean -Cromwell - says - G3 DodJs ef Eos ton is ready te run the twe-mSe. is less than nine minutes Saturday. With practically everybody SparMers All-Star ballgamers far the National leaguers m their dream game against the American leaguers next Tuesday nighty Jaly 13, are (left) Stan Muslal ef the Cardinals, outfielder; (center) Mel Ott of the Giants, outfield, asd (right) CSly Ileimas of the Dodgers, Inflelder. Very Important Theft, Indeed Wally Moses (sliding) of the Chicago White Se steals home with the wmninx rus Is the 14th Inning of s recent game with Bootes Bed Sox. Victory case with the- slide, 3-2. Bootee Catcher Bey Parteo tries to find Moses In the cloud of dust. Cobb vs. Bambino Again Georgia Peach Says Baseball Should and Will Survive 7ar DETROIT, July eVTyrus Raymond . Cobb declared Friday that baseball by all means should continue in war-time and fur thermore tljat he saw no, reason why It couldn't survive. Without mentioning his old How They' STTAMUD .... COAST LB AG UK - i W L Pet.' W L Pet LOS Altg SI SS .728HeIlywd . 40 45 .471 Saa Fran 4S SS J78ISeatUe JS 49 .459 Portland - 41 41 JOOiOakland -SO 4S AS9 San Dies 43 43 V4MiSacTame SS 94 .341 . Friday results: At Sacramento 4. Portland 7. : At San Dies 1. Seattle S. ' t At Lot. AnfclM S, Oakland 2 (10 Innings), t - .. At San Francisco 1. HoUywoed 7. NATIONAL I.KAGITS ' - - - - W L Pet.- - '' W X. Pet. SL Louis 49 14 S3,Pblladl 34 39 .484 Brooklyn 45 33 J77tBoston -Jit 37 .464 Pittsburs 37 33 J29lChicao 3I 41 All Cincinna ST M J07lNew Yrk SS 44 - Vridav reeulta: At Brooklyn SV. Pntsburgh T (19 Innings).' . . -v v - At Boston 9. St. Louis 7. At New York S. Chicago S (IS Inn- At PhnadeTphla 4, Ctncmnolt '11 (nicht. sum). h- : .' AafXSUCAN LKAOUaU W L Pet. W--L Pet. New Yrk 39 -S9 JM CleeeUd -4 SSv499 Detroit J7 33 jaSIBostoa 4 37.479 Chieaco 3533 ASSSt. Louis 73 34 473 Wasbinst 3 SS J14IPhnadtl 4S .42T Friday results: ; - .-- - - -, . At PhUortelnMa Detroit 4. At Oeeelane 9. Waahmgton 1 (U At St. Louis 17 Boston 4. . , (Only : games scheduled.) Sox Lose KoUovriy ; : Chicago, July i-iffi-Don Kollo way, 24-year-old second baseman for the ChlcagoVThite Sox, passed his army physical . tests x Friday and was notified to report : to Camp Grant, m, on July 39. L . -jrt'i' JUL speccliilzx- en the- probaUe outcome ef the benefit Carnival of Cham; Ions . feature ' event, plttlag Gusdar LTaegg, the Swedl&h cham?, against Dodds, the divinity student, asd Bobby Ux&xtJ. iWJUlt California dis tance galloper, the views ef the University ef Southern Califor for National Loop V, rival specifically, the 56-year-old former Georgia peach , thus-took 'another shot at Babe Ruth, who was - quoted recently ; as saying that major, league baseball was losing money fast and would sure ly have to close shop. . T think baseball should con tinue by all means,1 asserted Cobb, making a business trip to Detroit where he served two decades as player asd manager. T was sery te see - the Texas league -and seme ethers fold up ' without putting up a stronger fight to keep going. "Baseball deserves the right to operate. It's a great American in stitution' and, in - my. opinion, - lt has done much to prepare young. men physically and mentally for war." American (Friday Scores) TTash. tot aaa ass ate MM Clove, ate 40t C8t ttt - S " lesard, Scarborooch (11) rXaefner (1J) and Early; ltagby Boston J41t est 3f 4 11 1 St. Leuis M3 ttt ltl 11 t Bughses and ; Conroy, ' , Poa eock (t)i Ussertef sad nayes. National Lcaguo (Friday. Scores) Cincinnati tit tS 113-11 IS 1 PhCadeL. Ul C5J e09-4 13 3 neusser. Sheas (C asd Muellen Kimball, Diets ..' (t), Fschs (t) and Flaley. TO EAT 1 r i i i - r : fc-W i ,! -in anm-nni- I i.iw.wl I . u ; ----- II H i -pin j CITE 15 n - t . 'ai em nia clafer mentor ladutltally sts&3 ecf. " ."' Tve bees watching - Dodls asd he's la top shape," reported : Cromwell, seasoned " buCder ef champions. "Dodis ran six laps faster than LTaegg ran the , same distance La their recent Chieage race, and he seemed te have . plenty left. So the Swede may bo getting more than he bar- All - Stars Bums X7in Wild One From Bucs I BROOKLYN, July sur prise" squeeze bunt by Billy Her man with the score tied, bases loaded, j and two .put, climaxed a four run tenth inning rally to give Brooklyn an 8 to 7 victory over Pittsburgh Friday. The Pirates apparently . bad the game by scoring three en four hits off Ed Head i and Xirby Elgbe la the top ef ; the tenth. but the Dodgers, bounced right back against Bob Klinger. fourth Pirate hurler, who failed te retire ony of the five sues he faced. , Here's how the Dodgers did it: Augio Calan singled, Dolph .Ca milli.and Bobby Bragan walked, filling ( the bases. Galan scored when Pete Coscarart fumbled at Glossop's grounder. Pinch hitter Dee Moore walked,' forcing In Ca mmi and bringing ; BUI : Brandt to Klinger's relief . Arky Vaughan and . Frenchy- Bordargary hit grounders on which Berkley, run ning for Bragan, and Glossop were forced at the plate. Joe Med wick then beat out an infield hit scor- ing Moore with the tying run and setting the stage for Herman's winning bunt.- ""' ' Pitts iltt3 ttt ttt -3 7 13 3 Brook. fet tit SOt 4 13 1 nerbert, ateslgno (7), Ger nJefcl i (3) . Klinger (It) Brandt (lt) asd Lopes; Newsem, Head (S) EUxbo (It) and Bragan. Get your Lawn Furniture in shape for, summer fun. So easy to do yourself, and ivhat fun! v mu m mm mumm HOUSE PAINT Yom boxna is your bis i gest and best t investment. Protect it thoroughly, Lastingly,. with America's favorite house paint! White, colors. (Cost less per t r nxllon ia 5-v w 3 gallon palls.) w i PrgaL We Will Be Glad to Sell You Paint for Larrs or Small Job ' tnl rmmfnpid rff!rft P liters to Ar"lr It n rw 4B) gs M. galas for Cturay. 1 -IIzsawLIIe Hae;g asl ' Lli trainer, tlx StcIawalL reticent a b e s t ths tttlj Swede's workouts -es the Coli seum oval asd on hew he sur vived the transcontinental trl. Gander has been strealls; faithfuSy aboct the com;os:i!aa track at odd tours when he hasn't been visiting Hollywood. Tigs Trininpli DETROIT, July fiHVThe De troit Tigers cut the New York Yankees lead ' to two games by shutting out the Philadelphia Ath letics, 4 to 0, behind the four-hit hurling of Little Hal White In a twilight game Friday night It was White's second win sgainst seven defeats. The Tigers collected 11 bits off three Philadelphia pitch ers. : ' .i PhUa. -...., ttt tot est a 4 3 Detroit J8t tit ttx 4 11 1 ! - . - , ' Christopher, Fsgas (7) Cesse (3) asd Swift; White asd Rich ards. . - Public Invited To See eSivim9 DOldier- bivim Just what the seloetod repro seststlves ef the armed forces have learned during the Inten sive St-heur course Is water safety as taught by Americas National Red Cress Field Repre sentative D. C Westerhout this week Is Ollnger playground swimming pool will bo demon strated publicly this morning r. ! i e.ejk mm. mm iiw e.w e - - -rmai exams'- in mo course ; will be given by Westerhout and 1 the publie is Invited te attend. The troops have been learn- ing hew to swim fully clothed, hew te swim with full pack. how to keep firearms dry while in water, how ' to enter and i leave water silently, hew to transport - an Individual on a . airetchar In water, how to awlm . through burning ell and debris asd hew te bailees shirts, trous ers asd barracks bags for sub- stastlal buoyancy. ... r- Apparently using a sew sys of enticing bathers, the pool again outeounted the . Ollnger yesterday. The at tendaata ts charge havent di vulged what the sow system Is, but yesterday lt lured C21 swim mers at Leslie while Oliager checked through 4S7. troxjAsrs Pabvts ILvi. 1 t. 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