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Fightin' Irish Backfielders Angela "Bombsight BerteUl (left), the passing wizard. Is the only regular la this Notre Dame summer football backfleld combination, BertelU Is shows passim the bsll to Bob Kelly, Chicago, first year right halfback. Banning interference are Jules Rykovfea (third from left); fullback freshman at Bii- , sols last year and new la the marine training program at Notre Dime, and John Lajack (right), left half of CennellsvUle Fa. Short shots: Al Schacht, baseball's clown prince, goes over seas soon for a tour of army camps. Still think it too' bad the navy can't see fit to turn I A. Wesley P. Schulmerich loose on a like tour, as the mayor-on-leave of Beaver 'Holler could wow 'em second best to nobody. Wes is said to be in Hawaii at present, incidentally. . M Nanny Fernan dez, Yakima's crack shortstop in 39-40, has now hit safely in 37 consecutive games for the Army Air Transport's 6th Fer rying Group"" nine (of ; Long Beach, Calif. - My, my, could Nanny's parent club, the Bos ton Braves, use some of same at present? Could a college use a V-12 program these days? . . . Ray Dumont, boss of the na tional semi-pro- baseball tour nament at Wichita, must be AS GILXEISEK I ; either a forgiving or forgetful soul, or both. We're told "Umpire" Doc Regele, the one and only, accompanied the Portland Firemen club to the tournament, not as rooter but as one of the meet's boys in blue. Rather odd, since it was only last year (or was it the year before?) that Arbiter Regele was given the bum's rush right in the middle of the classic Looks like the game isn't only hard up for ballplayers after all . . . Comes a complaint from "Fifty Per Cent" rucncr; now coins inu ruiy m vcriik iiuu: uu truvu. tueu iin same breath), "You know darn well it's only 60-40 on the split with the boys." ... . p.. Aphletics9 Restricted to Mermaids"' : ' ' Note from GO Lelser, most recent ex-WU pnbllcity man, on nuasnipman s uie at fjoiamoia u tens or a scarcity 01 sports par Ucinatton m far for himself, Art Baird, Bob Hamilton and Dick Staeer, bat since they're all stationed on the 10th and 11th decks of the "shin, and are, therefore, quite high np, they at least get a fairly good view of some athletic shapes which sunbathe daily on neighboring rooftops, j - . ? Probably the only dry-land ship in captivity which has real .live mermaids so near and yet so far. - f Seriously, though, Gil reports the five (WUs Hal Adams Is there, too) former Bearcat think navy life grand, although thus far considerably tough. Worse part of it for Leiser seems to be the nps and, downs of 11 flights of stairs 10 or 12 times daily, and there Isn't an available elevator within miles of the place. Even Garrison Thought He'd Lost A little late and possibly untimely due to muchly appreciated vacation, but can't overlook this note from Russ Newland, AP western sports editor, concerning post-Jimmy Garrison-Rodolfo Ramirez happenings.- - ! - . . i Quote: It might Interest yon to know, and I have told this to no one else. Garrison, Mrs. Garrison and Jimmy, Jr spent an hour or so after the fight that night In our rooms at the Benson. Garri son, a splendid young chap, felt terribly bad. Be thought he had let his Portland followers down by not winning easily. And he, himself, vela a tartly said ho thoaght ho had tost the fight. This mach mast be recorded In Garrison's favor. If he had not forced the fight and been the aggressor almost every minute, it would have been ex tremely dull, as the Mexican is strictly a counter-ponener. TJaoaete - Best regards, RUSS NEWLAND. What were you saying. Mr. Gregory?, t . ; UtahVU Signs Coach 5 Years SALT LAKS CITY, Aug. $-") Utah university's board of regents decided Friday to .tender a .new five-year j contract to. , Football Coach Ike J. Armstrong. - Armstrong, who came to Uath from Drake university in 1925 and has brought 1 numerous Rocky Mountain and Big Seven cham pionships JtoSaJtLakeCihM How They gTTAKrilD .... r'n ai tw.An.trwt w l. Pet. w z. Pet. Sen Fran T9 41 431 San OIC M A34 Seattle 5? M 314!Oakland 4 M .429 : Portland SS S .485 Swamt . Zi T Jlli rriday results: At ScatUo S, HoUywood S (twilight At San rranciaco S. San Diego t. At Los Angeles S-l. Sacramento X-X. AMEJUCAN EJBAGVS K.w Yrk M 37 JtllClrt& 4T 47 JOS Waahinga M 47 .533 Boston 4 50 .479 Chicago 4 4 Jl St. Louia 41 5J A1 rwtroit' 4S 47 JSOS PhUsdel 40 M .401 - rridsy results: - 4 " At Detroit , Chicsg o 0. At Boton 3, Washington 4. At ClerelaiMl 1, St. Louis . . At New YorK o. Phiiaoetpnui a. mnniiit. lFcm - . W L. Pet. W X. Pet. gt. Louis 4 31 Chtcago .45 51 .489 . . . u. . . cjf it Jt AAA dnnnmm hi 4 J531 Boston ... 4 M .444 Brooklyn 52 4 .SSOjNew .Yrk 37 1 JS7 . Fruity results: : ; .... : v' . At Brooklyn X Boston 4 (10 Innlngsk At Philadelphia SVT, Kew York 4-4. At Chicago T, Cincinnati . At St. Louis S. Pittsburgh (night game).' .,. ,fii-'-T ft. Lis been receiving $7100 annually in recent years. The board earlier had approved a one-year salary appropriation for Armstrong this year. !' BIG SIX In Baseball ' By th Associated Press BatUac Ctbree leaders in each league) Player and dak ; O AB m H Pet. Muaial, Cardinals M 391 M 133 J49 Appling. White Sox 95 SM 27 122 J33 Wakefield. Tigers w 41ZM 134 JXa Herman. Dodgers 101 381 SO 124 .323 Curtrlght. WhiteSox 7 357 '3 S3 .323 Hack. Cubs 90 373 S3 US 312 Kurowskl. Cardinals OS 330 4S 103 J12 - Sim batted to: Nati.ail League Aaaerleaa League Nicholson. Cubs ISjZttea. Yankees 72 Herman, Dodgrs WJotmson. Yanks M Elliott. Pirates CJiLaabs, Browns 0 : Home runs: :. ; - . NaUoaal League: Aaaerleaa League MidHHaoo, cum l,KeUer. Yankees 17 Ott. Giaata 144 York. Tigers IS DiManie, Plrta UjStepbeaa, Bnra 14 Boe, Elk . Applications for special doe deer and cow elk tags are earn-' lag in rapidly, according to the Oregon state game commission, particularly for the Grant coun ty doe deer and the northeast ern Oregon cow elk areas. For ; the' latter two areas, at least. If appears that the qaota wt7J be oversubscribed by August It, which will necessitate a drawinr to determine to whom .: tags am to be Issued. Anyone wishing to participate In the drawing must have his appli cation In the office of the game , commission before, five o'clock ; the afternoon of August It. The drawinr will then be Acid at ten o'clock, Thirrsday ntornlng, August It. at tie game cora- v C I "" - .-4 1 1: '1 State Legion Ball Tourney Starts Today Woodburn vs. Alb in a In 1 :30 p.m. Opener . WOODBURN .The annual Ore gon state American Legion" Jun ior baseball tournament to deter mine the championship team of the state starts, this afternoon' at 1:30 in Legion park here. Four teams Woodburn, Albany, Wisco of Portland and Albina of Port land win j engage' in the four game meet, Woodburn and Albina tangling today at 1:30 and fol lowed by the Wisco-Albany clash. Today's losers meet for con solation' Sunday ! afternoon at l:3t. Immediately following, the -championship game will be fought off by the two Saturday "winners. All four! teams are reported to be in top shape. The Portland City Champion Albina nine, with its ro-run no-hit hurling, star Don Johnson 1 e a d i n g the . way. Is looked upon as .the tourney fa vorite. Johnson, who has five run less and hitless games to his cred it already this season, will prob ably open ion the mound for his club today.- Tony Ott ' or Frank Beilmeier will be Coach Pete De- Guire's choice for WoburnvY" The Albany club, . last year's state champion, hi . also . firmly backed to repeat this year. Coach M. O. Wilkinson has a fast club which rolled ever op position easily la past games. He has not announced his start ing pitcher for today. Indians Nudge Brownies 1-0 CLEVELAND, Aug. H)-Allie Reynolds shut out the St Louis Browns with three hits as the Cleveland Indians notched a 1 to 0 victory before 15,986 in Cleve land stadium Friday night. Reynolds opponent, knuckle bailer Johnny Niggeling, doled out only two b ingles, but the Indians combined one of them with a hit batsman and a double play to pro duce the game's lone tally, x St. Louis . ft0 00 000-0 0S0 Cleveland 000 100 00x-l t 0' Niggeling and Ferrell; Rey nolds and Rosar. ; National League (Friday Scores) Cincinnati 050 040 000-0 12 1 Chicago -..003 000 202-7 15 2 Starr, Beggs (0) and Mueller; Hanyzewski. Derringer (2), Shoun (3), Burrows (S).Erickson () and Livingston. ' ' First game! Philadelphia 000 010 011 0-3 9 3 New York J-210 000 000 1-4 8 0 I Kraus, Kimball () and Padden, Livingston (6); Feldman, Sayles (8), Adams (0), Trinkle (9), Fischer (10) and Mancuso, Lom bardi (10). v r ' Second game: - Philadelphia -002 002 102-7 13 2 New York 000 002 110-4 9 2 Barrett, Lee (8) and Moore; Chase, Mungo (), Allen (7) and Lombard!. Tag' Applications 'Numerous 'missloa offices la 1 12 Oregon buUdlng. Portland. For those areas for which no drawing is necessary, tags ' will bo Issued for the applications oa hand and thereafter appli cations win be filled fat the or der received entH aH tags are' For the Grant county doe deer area 2080 tags wHL bo Issued: for the Steens Mountain area 1000 tags; and for the Lake Klamath area 000 : tags. - Ap plications may be made for on ly one of these' three areas. -Open season Is from October 1 to November 3. J - : In addition one may apply for either a back' or doe deer tag" or for both for the federal Cart Olcon, Wagner S< Olson and George Wag ner, the - crunch cronies wh stole last TnesSay night's ar mory wrestling show with their thanderoas semi - windap session have been rematched and hiked to the main event on From ter Don Owen's weekly card for If next Tuesday. .. j 'Wagner and Olso. last week ULT fw staged what was readily - re garded by the near fall hoi the most hair-raising slam slea ever seen la the groan tem ple. The match went to a draw finally after both had taken a s t r o n PORTLAND. Ore, Aag. 5(ff) Henry Armstrong hammered oat his 22nd comeback victory Fri day night, defeating Jimmy Gar rison, aggressive Kaniss City welterweight, in an andlspated ten-ronnd decision. The Los Angeles belter, 140, ; floored Garrison, ' 148, twice In the seventh round, once for n nice count with a left hook to the Jaw, and at the finish was whaling Garrison mercilessly. Garrison was game all the way, though, and stood too to too with Mr. Perpetual Motion, slagging It oat in sack fury at the end that neither heard the belL. The referee stopped them after several staling extracur ricular blows. . : In a slow semi-final boat Speedy. 'Cannon, 15L Saa Fran cisco, gained a six-round decl- Montana State Quits Sports MISSOULA, Mont Aug. -JPf-Montana ' State university an nounced Friday it would withdraw from Pacific coast conference ath letic competition . for the coming year. - -' ,;.'.-:;.r: :-:- Refusal ;of the war department to permit, army trainees,.to par ticipate in varsity sports prompted the decision, said Graduate Man ager Kirk Badgely. Why Not Try Our Bearcats? SEATTLE, Aag. C-CPr-Men- Stato anlversity's decision to jsbandon Paeifle coast confer ence athletic - competition ' for the coming year left the Univer sity of Washington with an open football date October 30. Ath letic Director Roland Belshaw said an effort would be made to find a substitute opponent for a Seattle game. Sacs, LA Split LOS ANGELES, Aug. - - (JP) Sacramento snapped .out of an eight-game losing streak Friday by beating Los Angeles in the second contest of a doubleheader, 3 to 1, after dropping the opener, 5 to 1. Sacramento ..000 000 100-1 4 2 Los Angeles. 000 032 00x-5 11 t Pin tar, Leganlt (f ) and Ma-. lone; Lynn and Holm. Sacramento 001 002 9-4 10 Loe. Angelea.000 000 1-1 2 9 Byerty and- Peterson: Raf fensberger. Baker (f ) and Sar- American League (Friday Scores)' Washington 001 300 000-4 & 1 Boston 100 000 1002 10 1 Leonard and Guiliani; H. New some, Ryba (4), Brown (6) and Partee. . , Chicago . Detroit .000 000 0000 6 S 002 000 04x 10 2 Grove and Richards. Tresh; Trout and Mean tain reserve special deer hunt from October t to 24. There win bo 250 back deer and 400 doe deer tags issued for thhr area.i-Y:'-:' There wCI be 2889 cow elk tags Issued for the North - Powder-Wenaha Open season- far from October 20 to November 3. ,, v C Antelope tags win be limited to 2500 and the open area is la 'certain portions of Lake,' liar- -ney and Malheur coon ties. Open season is September 12 to Oe- -sober J. - Fees for the special tags are ; as- foUows: Doe deer, resident 13.50, r non-resident 15; Cart Ileimtala, . IJJJ and 25; Cow Arm Rematch Set Tuecday-Night fall, but the folly lOminnto long aftermath between the two gripeds gladiators had most of the fans - standi" r - straight p and bellering f oVmore blood mostly Warner's. G o r g e o a a George did lose some as a result of an Inch-long gash opened np over his left eye by Crowd Fa vorite Olson. . ; After the beUhad supposedly halted things last week Wagner refused to leave the ring until Referee Mel Peters gave' him the match. Bat In between try ing to keep the pair separated and numerous bat' unsuccessful attempts to get them, close enough together so that he , could raise both their hands for the draw, Peters only Ignored Gorgeous George's protesting wails.' : -- g : Wh i p stoa over Spider MeCallam, 149, Jtfrwouls, Moat. Armstrong, faster and hitting harder than whoa ho stopped Lew Jenkins hero last year, was never in trouble, although Gar risoa outpointed him in numer- oas rallies. : i They opened oautioasly with . Garrison forcing - the issue throagh the first round, bat in the second Armstrong began to open up. Garrison hit the can vas once in that round, bat It obviously . a slip and was cored i as a knockdown. - t By the fourth round the far mer triple crown-holder was warming ap. Be slammed hooks to head and body and for the first time Garrison gave ground. By the end of the fifth Garri son's left eye was almost closed.' In the sixth Armstrong sank a right into the midriff and Gar Rodeo's 'Miss V .3 1 T . . t - 'T- One of the chief attractions for "War Workers.' day" at the 47th an nual Cheyenne, Wye, Frontier Days rodeo was Letltia Schunk, 2L of Stanley, Wis, who was voted "Miss War Worker" by employes l; at United Afar Lines modification center -where she Is a project mechanic.; Red Cross to Benefit Wood's Titlists Hagen's Team in DETROIT, Aug. oVOPV-Largely because of an enormous edge in competitive experience, blond favored to repeat its 1942 triumph over ageless Walter Hagen's challengers in a two-day renewal this week-end of golfs WODL WSC to Take On Air Fort3e PULLMAN, Wash, Aug. S-QPr-Earl V. Foster, graduate manager of Washington State college, said Friday the new Spokane army air field, football team would take the place of Montana State university on the WSC schedule Nov. 6. , National Meet Dated NEW YORK, 'August VPr The national AAU. men's swim ming championship meet will be held at New London, Conn, Sept 3-5, the Amateur Athletic union announced Friday. ' elk, 25 and $25. Antelope, 22J and 25. 1 To apply for a special tag, a person should forward the ne cessary fee and Information as to type of tag desired, kind and nnmber of his hunting license, and Ids name and address. Ap plications should be mailed, to the Oregon State Game Com mission. ; fit Oregon Bonding, Portland.: . r-; v Printed copies of the official synopsis of the hunting regula tions as well as of a map show ing the special doe deer, cow elk and antelope areas and the . .closed army maneuver area . wC3 be available at all license agencies thronfhoot the state about Acxcst 15. Since both Wagner and CUoa ' were once Faetfle Coast Kitt heavy belt holders, Owen has been asked by both that the winner of ' Tuesday's - clash be given a ' shot.. at Tough Tony Ross, the present titleholder, for . the championship a week later. Ross, however, has eyes only for.. Bulldog Jackson, whom he thumped last week.' ' V;V ' Tough Tony wants another crack at Jackson, for the title or not, since he figures he did n't . mens np the Bulldog last week half as mack as he wants to. . The balance of Tuesday's card will be . upcoming from Owen later. Tickets for the brawl wCI be available at Cliff Parker's first of next week.' - -;" G a r r i s o h rison's legs wobbled. Clever feinting saved him and by the. end of the round be was meet ing Araastrong on even -In am. Armstrong coasted throagh the ninth and Garrison anleash ed a heavy head and body as sault, bat the negro shrugged the blows off, then came back with a two-fisted attack that had Garrison's face badly swol len In the tenth. The Associated Press score card g a v e Armstrong six rounds. Garrison two, and call-: ed two even. Other results: Mel Roberts; 122, Portland, and Leo McCormlck, 140. Port land, draw; Jack Blddle. 157. Seattle, and : Joe Albina, ltL Portland, draw; Joe PoUnsky, 145. Portland, declsloned Billy Roberta, 138, Poeatolle, Idaho. War Worker V- - Vfc- 1 4,".J;' Favored Over Craig Wood's Ryder cup team is series, expected to raise 330,000 for the Red Cross. J 'In an 18-hole four-ball match at Plum Hollow course Saturday, 50-year-old Ha gen wfll return to Ryder action paired with young Melvitt "Chick" Her bert of" Battle Creek, Mlch, to oppose doughty Gene Sarazen and Wood. Four 1 rann vnrm points are at stake Saturday, with eight more up in eight singles matches Sun day. ! Other four-batt matches are (cup squad listed first): Byron Nelson, Toledo, and Harold "Jug" McSpaden, Philadelphia, vs. Willie Goggin, White Plains, NY, and O' Neal "Buck" White, Greenwood, Miss.; Jimmy Demaret, Detroit, and Sgt. Vic Ghezri, Fort Mon mouth, vs. Lawson Little, Hutch inson, Kan-, and LigMhorse Harry Cooper, Minneapolis; Lloyd Man grum, Los Angeles, and Frank Walsh, Detroit, vs. Coast Guards man Jimmy Thomson, San Diego, Calif, and Sammy Byrd, Ard more, Pa, .' " "'- Troop Corrroys to Use LTishways This Veekeiid BEND, Aug. 6H,H5antim McKenzie highways will be used by troop convoys this weekend, state highway officials warned motorists here :'": il The officials, headed by Engi neer R. IL Baldock, conferred in Deschutes county Wednesday "with officers in charge of the north west array maneuvers. Ryder Play SfiummMiinig. Dodlgers s Drop 8lh HraigHi . ! 1 Homer. by 7orIaiiian in lOlIi. Frame 1 Nets Braves 4-3 Win Over Bums ; . BROOKLYN, Aug. S-Pjr-The crumbling Dodgers, who fell from second to fourth place oni their most disastrous western trip in years, returned to Ebbets field for a twilight game Friday and took it on the chin for the eighth straight time. . KeaversEven: Acorn Series, Take 4-1 Y7in Veteran Ad Liska " Sabmarines Victory - PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. OWA3) The Portland Beavers evened a Coast league series with the Oak land Acorns Friday, scoring a I 5 to 1 victory behind Ad Liska's six-hit. pitching. Each' team has won two games. V The Beavers didnt eoUeet a ; hit off Ylneent Diblasl vnUI the fifth inning when Larry Bartoa got a- single, moved ap : oa. a sacrifice and an Infield oat and scored when Caalfleld fumbled . Adams grounder. : In the sixth Spencer Harris hit a home run for the Beavers with one on. They added their fourth run In the seventh on singles by Owen and Adams and a deep fly by Thompson. 7 .. ' " The Oaks got their lone run off Liska in ' the second on a single by .Scarsella, a walk by Luby, and Devincenzi's single. Oakland 010 000 000-1 0 1 Portland 000 012 10x-4 t 1 I DeblasL Cneilnl (7) and Rai- dl; LUka and Volff Sutdues Yanlcees 4-0 PHILADELPHIA, August The Philadelphia Athletics shut out the New York Yankees 4 to 0: before 14,377 fans at Sbibe park Friday night, behind the ef fectice eight-hit flinging of Ro ger Wolff, the knuckle ball ar tisL -. -.t i Pete Suder lifted- a homer into the upper left field stands in the sixth.,; 'V-.: - . . -.1.. N. Y. - 000 000 0000 3 0 Phila, L.-,Jfl 001 OOx 4 11 j Basse. Donald (7) and Dick ey; Wolff and Wagner. I Wounded Vets To See Henry I SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. -a5-One hundred: wounded veterans who were in the front lines of the campaign for Attu in the Aleu tians will be "up front"; . when Henry Armstrong and Joey Silva of Mexico meet on a fight card here Aug. 14, Orion Gross said Friday. r- .v-4 -..... Gross, president of the Victory Boxing club, said a- block of ring side seats had been reserved for that many of the soldiers now convalescing at the army's Baxter general hospital. More will be ac commodated it they can come,. ho said. ; Hv,v;'"V-" ' , ' Schanz Bested By Bob Joyce . SAN FRANCISCO, Augl d-P) Behind five-hit- pitching by Bob Joyce, the - San Francisco Seals made it four in a row over the San Diego Padres - by defeating the southern club 2 to 0 Friday. Charlie Schanz, ace right hand er for the Padres, was the losef. San Diego 000 000 000 t S 1 San Francisco 000 110 00 2 2 . Brink Battled For Net Title KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. -(P) -Two Calif ornians, Bob Fal kenburg of Hollywood arid Herbie Flam of Beverly Hills, gained the singles finals Friday in the Na tional Junior and Boys. Tennis championships, respectively. The 17 - year - old Falkenburg downed fourth seeded ; Eugene Garrett of San Diego, Calif, 6-2. 0-4. Flam, 14, whipped GUbert Shea of Los Angeles, 0-1, 0-2. Falkenburgg opponent1 for the title Saturday win be second seed ed James Brink of Seattle, who outlasted third-ranking Jack Tu- ero of r New- Orleans, recently crowned western champion, 6-4, 1-6, t--Vri-r-::-: ); V-, j-'V 1 V CIIAN ... LAI I ' Df.T TXjuaJX J. Dt.O.CaaaJ4J i : " Jmr;rC3 Cerbarsta -: ; .I1 "211 r.'srth Liberty ! " v tTpststrs Portland General Cectrtc Co Office opea Saturday only is am to 1 p.m.: to pjja.Coo nutation. Blood pressure and urine tests ere tree of charge, Practiced ince liI7. . A three-run homer by Charley Workman in the top of the tenth inning gave the Boston Braves a 4 to 2 overtime victory. Workman also helped snuff out a Brooklyn rally-in the last of the tenth, his throw home of Dixie Walker's single catching Frenchy Bordaga- ray at the plate for the final out. Boston . 080 001 080 3-4 2 1 Brooklyn ..000 100 080 2-3 9 1 Tobla and Maal; Wyatt, Web ber (7) and Owen. ' Sevell Halted By Cardinals Butterfly-bailer's ! Skein Broken, J5-3 ' '. - '" , ST. LOUIS, Aug.-6-iTV-Tbe St Louis Cardinals knocked the prop from under Rip SeweU Friday night, 8 to 3, ending his streak .of 11 .consecutive pitching triumphs and handing him his third defeat of the'season in the first of a fourr game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh ..100 000 200-3 1 St Louis .S00 020 SOx-6 11 3 Sewell and Lopes; Lanier and W. Cooper. Suds Win Again 5-3 SEATTLE, Aug. 6-P)-Seattle came from behind in the late in nings Friday night cashing in on a new pitcher's wildness, to make it four straight over Hollywood, 5 to 3. It was the Rainiers 12th victory in 13 Pacific coast baseball league -games. Ronnie Smith, the first of the parade of four Hollywood pitch ers, was jerked in the seventh for a pinch hitter. Russell Messerly, who reported to Hollywood only Thursday night was charged with the defeat. Hollywood ..000 100 110-3 0 1 SeatUo tOO 002 21x-S 11 2 Smith. Messerly (7). Mc Laughlin (7). Escalanto (8). and Brensel; Speeco and Sueme. States to Get Wildlife Grants WASHINGTON, August 6 -(A1) Interior " Secretary Ickes an nounced Friday the apportion ment of $910,000 to various states for Improvement of wildlife con ditions. States are required to put up 25 per cent more in order to obtain the federal grants. The total amount which thus may be made available for federal-aid wildlife work this fiscal year will be $1,223,333. ) Federal funds used for the pro gram come from the ten per cent excise tax . on any ammunition and sporting arms. Although ear marked for wildlife restoration work, the money can be spent only as congress' authorizes? The authorization this year was $1,000,000. Eight per cent will go for administrative purposes, $9000 for restoration work in Alaska, $1000 to the Virgin islands, and the rest to participating states. The largest sum is set aside for Michigan, which can get $54,143. Texas ranks second with $47,592 and Pennsylvania third with $43, 646. Among allotments to other states are: Oregon, 220447; Idaho, $18.41 J; Montana, $27,474, and Washing ton, $22,792. Rent Control From EUGENE, Ore, August 6 -A1) David B. Simpson, president of the . Portland . chamber of com merce, Friday demanded decen tralization of OPA rent control. "We -are not opposed to OPA rent control, but we do oppose the way it Is being mal -administered nationally by theorists who fan to recognize sound economic prin ciples," the Portland realtor told the annual conference of the Ore gon Association of Real Estate boards. , o-;-ed f ,?rSS Vre .5- tiliis. is. Ore 1 - us...- ; r A . Ore- Sizzling
