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' t. D ii ck ,, Drop Football; Tliree More ' Rumored Ready to Quit MysteryiWhat did Leo "The Lion," Turner do to suddenly land mcdn event spot on Joe Waterman s next Friday fisticjfiesta in Portland and against such a clouter as Woodburn,Joe Ko hut, too? Last time we talked to Waterman (or was it listen ed?) he pronounced Turner as a guy "who v shouldn't be fighting. Physically, the. guy shouldn't be allowed in a ring." warned Joe. That was prior to the Turner Black Cloud mess the village had the misfortune of sitting in on, : the same shindia Water man would have nothing to do with for obvious reasons. Waterman had ' his wires crossed on that ' one lack Cloud was the gent . - who shouldn't have -been allowed ; ?; LEO -toe lion- turner in the ring. Although the competition was nil, Leo the Lion looked and acted capable enough, all right.? ! So now Leo is back in good standing with the firm sudden ly, and gets a choice title fight with Kahut My, my. how things do change! . I Mebbe Leo cut Joe's lawn for him free. Short success story: It wasn't soft pitching or his new stance that made our Charlie Petersen the apple of Lefty OTJoul's eye this summer it was a hat Just a plain brown $4.98 job, but still of the latest cut. While Pete's performance was making the bay city sports spiel ers seek new adjectives in telling the folks how miserable a ball gamer he was, ODoul hung onto "Baldy." For why, Pete didn't even. know. , , : .- ' . Then one day it happened. Af I ter kicking away another game at third base, unhappy Baldy showered, dressed and sneaked for the clubhouse exit. You GoUa'Dress Hey, Pete! Hold up a min ote." came O'DouL Then back ing disconsolate Charlie into a corner the Coast league's best dresser (now that Walter Malls Is gone) verbally undressed our man with: "Ton gotta :i hatr;-t :- -"Never owned one in my life wouldn't wear one of the dam things," answered Pete. '"Well, by gad. if you're goln to play on this nine you're goln to dress AA. Anybody who . plays for me dresses! So go down and buy yourself a bat 'and wear itr So Pete went down and bought himself his first hat, figuring he'd try anything once. ' The rest is history. Pete started to-hit from town to town and in OUoul's own opinion became the - most valuable man on the club. We saw Charlie up in Portland week ago Sunday .still sporting the Dobbs. Took us three glances to recognize him , but he was dressed and how! Only thing is, he wishes somebody would have tipped him off on the bonnet an gle three or four years ago when he was struggling futilely in the WIL. A The Tune Change Guess it was simply a case of "you ean't make something onto nothing at Oregon, but the sudden explosion . from Eu gene certainly doesnt jibe with the recent promises of "football ; by all ; means even I If Vthe coaches ' have to get in ' there and play. n Apparently 1 that . catch-line was bait fr hook-. tog any and all 4-Fs Tand 17 , year-olds possible.' '.;-" 'k " It's no disgrace for a school to have to drop football during times like these, but why the big-build up with the "Oh, sure, we'll play? tuff? Granted also that it wouldn't ; be much fun fetting kicked around by the rest of the schools, including" Willamette. ' But why -wait until the last minute before tossing in the towel? In so doing. the Webf oots have loused up tne rest of the Northern division schedules, and although Willam ette's was quite scrambled al ready, having to forego the No vember 20 date at Eugene doesn't help matters. ' The Bearcats may come out a the boat end of It yet at that. Oregon State turned the 'Cats . dim because the Beaver sche dule was fUled. Now with Ore gon a casualty, two OSC dates, October 23 and November 27, sure wide open. Professor Les Sparks should be glad to oblige the SUnermea by asking fur both dates one at Corvallls and the ether la Portland. At -least nobody would be hurt. . -x " - - - ' nH "wary 1 fw- wwiw wwn ' : - ' ,.-v.. : . . J -A V;; Y' ) ! A - - .... m Golfers Close Opening Round Estey Eliminated As Field Halved Club title seekers of the Salem men's golfing clan waged through first round finals Sunday on the South River road layout, and when the field of 38 finished whittling on each - other, Defend ing Champion Leo Estey was among the casualties. Estey bucked a very warm Tony Fainter in their opening match and succumbed 3 and 2 as he vainly tried to keep up with Painter's 69 round, the best of the day. In ; other championship flight matches, Tourney Medalist Bob Sederstrom eliminated Bud Wat erman 3 and 2, Bunny Mason pol ished off George Scales 5 and 4, Bud ' Thrush downed Glen Len- gren 2 up, Jack Nash ousted Tom my Thompson 2 and 1, Walt Cline, jr., felled Lawrence Alley 3 and 2, Harvey Wahlgren nailed Steve Kraus 3 and 2 and "Dangerson Don" Hendrie nosed Bill Good win 1 up, Sederstrom vs. Mason, Thrush vs. Nash, Cline vs. Painter and Wahlgren vs. Hendrie form the second round competition due this week. First flighters finished as fol lows: J W. McAllister d. Bob Powell 2 and 1, O. F. Campbell d. Vic Convey 3 and 2. O. E. McCrary L "Doe" Hoffman via default, Dave Eyre d. John HelU sel 3 and 2, Ross Coppock d. Bill Stacey via default and Har ry Gustafson d. Eex Kimmell 2 and L. The Pat Petrol-John Em len and Bob King-Eugene Kits miller matches didn't material ise. McAllister meets Campbell, Mc Crary plays Eyre and Coppock tangles with Gustafson in the sec ond round. " Ted Chambers ousted O, E. Thompson 1 up and Millard Pekar defeated Carl Armpriest in second flight play Chambers now plays Scotty Marr," who drew a. bye the first round, and Pekar tussles with A. R. Hunter, who also Jiad a bye in the opening round. f The tournament committee an nounces that all second r o u n d matches must be completed by next -Sunday night, September 26. The course reports an unus nally large turnout battle par on the links Sunday along with the tournament contestants. It has also been reported that next Thursday's play will consist of a flag tourney by the men mash-, era. Five eld golf balls, regard less of condition, win be the entry .fee and war' stamps wffl be the prises. The needed balls are to be turned in for repro cessing since the general supply of useable golf bails 1 srapkDy diminishing. Everyone is urged to ester the froUcklng. Skladany to Boss ; Carnegie TecKll - PITTSBURGH, Sept 23 JP) Joseph Peter ."Juggsy. Skladany, one of the University of. Pitts burgh's footbaQ - greats a decade ago, today was named head grid coach at Carnegie Tech, replacing Dr. Eddie Baker, now in the naval reserve. OSC, Idalio, WSC Listed : Next to Fold PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 21 -VP) With Oregon the latest football fatality, reports spread tonight that at least two other coast con ference schools would drop from the northern division soon, and possibly three. . The rumors were that Ore gon State and Idaho were en the brink, and that even Washing ton. State might follow Oregon in cancelling the sport because of the player shortage. : Athletic directors from Wash ington. Washington State. Idaho and Oregon State met in emerg ency session here yesterday to hear Coach John Warren announce that Oregon would be unable to compete. The reason: Only 18 players were on band. The directors discussed the situation seven hears. They told reporters only that they weald "wait and see If more players turn up in the near future. Of the four northern division schools remaining, only Washing' ton has a sizeable turnout, and this because it is the only navy train ing school. ; J ' . Previously two other schools had dropped from the confer ence, Stanford in the southern division and Montana in the northern division. Both Athletic Director Anse Cornell and Warren will be kept by Oregon to guide the school's physical fitness program for the 1000-odd army trainees there. Cornell stated that football will be resumed as soon as con ditions permit and that the school intends flooring an inter collegiate basketball squad this winter. 32 Out for Cougars WSC 'Sorry,' Remains Mum PULLMAN, Wash-, Sept 20- Washington State college was "sorry to see Oregon withdraw" from the Pacific Coast conference football schedule but had "no statement , to make" on its own plans, Graduate Manager Earl Foster said tonight. : There was no slackening of activity on the practice field as rumors flew around the north ern division in the wake of Ore gon's withdrawal yesterday, which lopped two games from the WSC slate. Coach Babe Hollingbery's squad swelled to 32 with the addition of six new freshman students, in cluding a pair of 19-year-old, 185 pound guards. These were Bon Picardo. all-city player for Seattle's Roosevelt high, and Bill Beal, all-league end from Frank lin high at Los Angeles. Welbes Albany Grid Mentor ALBANY, Sept. ? 20-JP)-Jchn Welbes, Gresham high gridder and Oregon State college gradu ate, will be Albany high school's new football coach. School Super intendent R. E. McCormack an nounced today. Welbes has been teaching at Albany high. Viking Stock Rises 'Nother Vet Returns Coach Tommy Drynan's grin broadened another half - inch, yesterday during Salem high football ; practice when Letter man Les PurceH; blocking back thought lost to the souad this year, showed up and asked for a suit. Weighing around 17 pounds.- Pur cell immediately went Into action with the Red and Blacks as they t prepared for their opener at Milwaukie next Friday afternoon. Pureen lofted the list of Yik . lettermen now out to U. Seattle CGs Champs 1 PORTLAND, Sept. 20- Seattle acclaimed its Coast Guards Pacific northwest baseball champs today. They halted a Portland Coast Guard nine 10-3 yesterday in the second straight win. OSG to Continue, With-. Grid CORTALLXS, Ore Sent 28 (VAthleUe Director Percy p. Lecey tonight denied rumors that Oregon State college is est the verge of droppmg footbalt There has been no change la our football plans for the 1I4S season, he said. Our department will consid Karlinho Crunches iWitli Achieu on Tonight's Mat Headliner; Leo "The Louse ' Karllnko, ""No. 1 bad boy among the Tues day night crunch cronies, takes on popular clearJe Walter "Sneesie Achieu in the top spot on Matchmaker Don Owens weekly effort tonight at the ar mory, and as has been the case in past sessions, the customers are in for another action-packed evening. ' Whenever Leo ; per forms in his tights, there's sure to be considerable activity. Lee was In the same ring with the ex-Ohio footballer last week during the battle royal, but the folks didn't get much of a chance to see hew he stacked up against Sneexle's. ju-jltsu stuff. Achieu and his three "pals" ganged up on the rowdy Russian and slapped him down first thing. As Purdue Downed Great Lakes Bluejackets. ' -v if V" , war ..: Oi m STAN DUBICKL (22). Purdue halfback, lug the ball for n three-yard gain fat the first quarter of the Boilermakers' opener at Great Lakes, HL, with the Bluejackets. Joe Sehwartlng (2S), Great Lakes end, reaches for the tackle. Purdue won, 23 to 13. Middies to th Rescue Or Else Vandal Grid Fate Rests With Navy; 12 'in Suits MOSCOW, Idaho, Sept. 2MJ)-Upon the navy depends the fate of the University of Idaho's 1943 football program, Ath letic Director J. A. "Babe" Brown asserted today. Following the University of Oregon's dropping of the grid sport, , Brown said - Idaho might ' : , follow suit if an estimated 40 naval -rwrr All trainees of the campu, who are f Merman AcUlS mieresiea m looioaii are noi per- mitted to turn out. LL Paul R. Washke, naval physi cal education inspector -for the 13th naval district, comes to Mos cow for a conference," Brown said. He returned today from a conference in Portland with other northern division Pacific coast conference officials. Brown was not optimistic, pointing out that the naval trainees have a heavy classroom schedule and might not be given time for practice and competi tion. An even dosen candidates turned out for practice today. Pelicans Lose Scott to Army KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 20 (AVKlamath high school's basket ball coach, Wayne Scott, has been called to army duty and will re port to the Portland army exam ining office this week. A University of Oregon and Sil verton high school graduate, ; he formerly coached football at Pen dleton and taught at Rainier. His 1942 43 hoop squad won the state championship. His successor has not been named. ' Fresno Soldiers 'i i Softball Champs DETROIT, Sept 20.-)-The Hammer Field Raiders of Fresno, Calif 4 captured the men's cham pionship of the amateur softbaH association "world series' tonight by defeating the Detroit Briggs Bombers, 1 to 0, in the tournament final .before 5000 spectators . at University of Detroit stadium. Dorazio-IIart Co Off . WASHINGTON, Sept 20.-$ The scheduled 10-round heavy weight bout between Gus Doraxio, Philadelphia, and Al Hart, Wash ington, was postponed tonight be cause, of weather. - Promoter Goldie Ahearn said the scrap would be- held indoors tomorrow night r er conditions in the eenf c set-up, but It is our Intention to prooede with football as a mem ber of the coast conference If at all possible."' . Oregon, tote had twe games scheduled with the University of Oregon, which dropped out yesterday. Coach Lou SUner said his squad was organised and that Ross Wants Jo But since Karllnko came back later and whipped Tough Tony -Ross, he was given - tonight's main event role against Achieu, ultimate winner of the reyaL Kess, incidentally, has reques ted n match with the winner of tonight's scuffle and hopes ItH be against a Karllnko. , . Although . the main . event should keep the clients' attention ringward throughout, ; the semi wlndup between Coast Guard Champion Frenchy" LaBelie and Jack KJser might well steal , the show. Both are the strictly . clean type of grappler and both , know and use practically every hold . in the rasslers - manual. They met here some months age -and tussled to a well-accepted . draw.' 1- PpI SP-Ctin II Htl PORTLAND, Sept 20-itf)-Po-liceman Mickey Pease will punch it out with Speedy Cannon, Port land negro, in an eight-round semi-final to the Joe Kahut-Leo Turner fight here Friday, Pro moter Joe Waterman announced today. 5 Grid Loop Slashed MALIN.Sept 2MJP)- Travel difficulties have cut the usual eight football' teams of Klamath county's B league down to three Malin, Henley and Bonanza. Fight Results BALTIMORE, Sept 20 ih Buddy Walker, Columbus, O., hea vyweight used his 17c pound weight advantage to superior ring gener alship to win a decision handily from Lee Oma of New York in the 10-round feature at the coli seum tonight Walker weighed in at 198 and Oma tipped the scales at 181. NEW HAVEN, Con Sept. 20 (iT)-Fighting a main bout in his ninth start as a professional, Her man Badger, 172, of New Haven, tonight decisively outpointed Tom my Campanella, 173, of New York, in eight rounds. ; ; . CHICAGO, ept20 -P- Jimmy Joyce, 132, of Gary, Indl, and Al Gomez, 134, of Chicago fought one of ; the fastest and . most exciting draws 'ever seen ' in the Marigold Gaf dens - in ' tonight's - windup of ten rounds. C ; " Referee Tommy Thomas did not lay a hand on the contestants in the entire ten rounds. Joyce's best punch was his uppercut while Go mez scored repeatedly with body punches. There were no knock downs though Gomez apepared to be, stunned and xeady for the kill in the sixth round. - - Other results: - ' - Jack Hfll, 160,"31oomington, I1L, beat Forest Gee, 160, MUwaukee, six rounds; Fred Allen, 144, t Paul, knocked out Red Hersey, 148, Fort Wayne, Ind third round sched led four: ,. " . Gene Ward, 148, Chicago, and Bill: Parsons, 144, Danville, t EL, drew five rounds. Don Callahan, 167, t Paul, beat Bishop Murphy, 180, Chicago, four rounds. he was ready to go ahead. Sev eral new arrivials today, includ ing a 288-pound center, boosted 4 his turnout to 28. A half dosen more candidates notined him they would arrive within the next few days. Practice was speeded up today with a lengthy dummy scrimmage, passing practice and signal jCrSL Meet Winner V " LaBelle's championship will net be at stake since the match Is bCled as a best-two-out-of three-faIl-30-minute affair. The main event is tabbed for best- -two-of-three in one hour. - : Opening the show at :3 will be Ivan Jones, the Portland TBICA instructor ' and - ornery Billy McEuin. George. -Crybaby" Wagner was supposed to have met McEuin. but Is said to be incapacitated due to a recent "match elsewhere. Better the cli ents know It now than tonight since last-minute substitutions ' arent popularly accepted. : Tickets can be purchased "to day at the Pioneer club or at Maple's. Milt Olson will referee the tilts. i V ''1 Goiri Modern 1 4' J: STUB ALLISON. U of Calif ornU coach, who is Junking the peren nial Golden Bear power stuff for the more modern hlpper dipper grid trend this season. Angel Quartet Joins Bruins LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 JP) Four players instrumental in help ing the Los Angeles Angels with the 1943 Pacific Coast league base ball pennant left tonight to join the parent Chicago National league club in a cash-trade deal.: They are Outfielders Andy Paf- ko and Johnny Ostrowski, Short' stop Bill Schuster and Catcher Billy Holm. The price, not offi cially announced, was reported at approximately $50,000. In addi tion, the Angels will receive four acceptable players from the Cubs next spring. Ex-Ball Great Williams Dies PrTTSFIELD, Mass, Sept 20 (i-John Arthur Williams, 87, one of - baseball's first pitchers ' to throw a curve and prove that it was no optical illusion, died today. A - battery mate of Connie Mack when the venerable man ager of the Philadelphia Ath letics played in his nstive East Brookfield, Williams demon : stratod his -hook" at one timo to doubting Amherst college professors. ;' ; ; - '- ' i ' He received his training from Arthur Cummings former Brook lyn star, who Is generally credit ed with being' the first man to make a ball break sharply from a straight' ctwrsev Qcctc! ScrcnoGS Get CeSef Hew Easy Way SZt la Cootf erf Mhttal la aootck. ' g MtMt ft morm ana. katoa mwm . M Nmtmrm Ml mm raw. Fnsuin:.:c:a nzcrra FRED J.IEYER . Drc3 Section . , .. F i iM MMMIMM nraca Winn mm al Efce B svo's Five Portland Runs in 8th Heat Falls Short; 4th SF Win in Row SAN FRANCISCO. Sept . 20Tfl-The San Francisco Seals de feated the Portland Beavers 6 to 5 today in a thrilling game to earn the right to meet Seattle' in the finals of the Shaughnessy playoff of he Pacific coast league. : ( -The northern club had won the first two games In its home park, but the Seals took the next four, starting with Saturday's , (contest and including yesterday's -n ir . o d11 - i IwllllAI I IliriG v XTid I Ul ViXUiiO 'Of Scramble for Is Only 2 More Weeks Remain in Season NEW -; YORK, Sept iOHfl- There Isnt much left of this big league, baseball season, but never theless there's still plenty of life in the old boy yet in the two weeks hell be kicking around.. Naturally, the chief fuss bell stir up will be the pennant party of the; Mew York Yankees in the junior circuit when, .as and it And although the St Louis Card inals 1 have already . completed their pin-up festivities with the national league flag, the . senior circuit has just as merry a stretch scramble, what with the Brooklyn Dodgers having to carry their fight into the other fellows', back yards to stay out of third place to say nothing of fourth the rest of the way. v ; ; All I clubs take today and to morrow off before, opening the final invasion fling of the western American league teams In the east and the eastern National loop out fits in the west And while they travelled to thei r new . battle grounds, the chief talk for all hands centered around what hap pened to the Yankees in Wash ington and to the Dodgers in the Polo grounds over the week end. Both , the Yanks and the Brook lyns explaain, incidentally, that what happened to them should happen to Hitler, In part Given a chance to clinch the pennant agaainst the American league's second-place set, the Bombers blew three straight to the Senators, had their lead, sliced to nine games, saw their ace, Spud Chandler, trumped soundly and wound up getting ; a two-hitter served to them by Milt Haefner. Now, there doesnt appear to be anything for the uptown thumpers to worry about since they need only , five games to clinch and have 14 to play, starting with a four-game series with Detroit in the stadium. Wednesday. But the way they were walloped in Sun day's double bill doesnt make those 13-20 series odds in their favor look very appetizing to the betting boys. , - The Dodgers wind up with IS games in the. west and seven' of these have a direct effect on just what share of the series pot .they cut These seven scuffles are with the Cincinnati Reds ! (four) and the ; Pittsburgh Pirates (three). As they shoved off for their fi nale, the second-place Bums boasted only a one-game bulge over the Reds and two over Frankie Frisch's Bucs. So they're in a spot where even a collapse may drop them right down into fourth place. And the way the woeful New York Giants thumped them twice Sunday may be an indication that ifs about time for the Brooklyn balloon to go up again. AA Swat King Sold to Sox MILWAUKEE, Sept 20 -VPf Grey -Clarke, 1043 American As sociation batting champion, has been sold to Chicago of the Amer ican league, Milwaukee; President Bill Veeck announced tonight. Clarke, third baseman of the Brewer pennant squad, hit .346 and also led the Association in total bases with 263. Veeck said he goes to the White Sox in a deal for cash and players to be named later. , One Good-Way to Solve Pair of Problem COKYALLIS. Sept tt-;P) Short-handed corn- and; prune growers are grateful to Coach Early McKinney of CorvsKls high school . : Be toughens his football can didates by a dally workout at harvesting. spue DRS. CnAN...LAII Dt.T.TXaiJJ. DrJB.CaaswNJB. CIUNE&2 Cerballsts 241 North Ltherty (TpsUlrs PorUand General Dectrtc Co - Office open Saturday only 10 a.m. to 1 pjn-l to pju. Con sulttuoa. Elood prossuro and urine tests ,ar tree of chars. Practtced staco lill Money Spo 61 " Against suds uuuoicueauer. The Seals went into the th Inning today with a f to t lead. .aaj hn ftma rlKf mm m .f losing. Klghthander Al Epperly started for the Seals and pitched masterful ball, allowing three hits. He blew up in the eighth and was relieved by southpaw Tom Soato with two out and two men on bases, and throe runs scored against him. Seats immediately walked the first batter to face him. First Baseman Larry Barton, to fill the bases. Third Sacker Marvin Owen doubled to left to score two runs and make the count 6 to 5. ' sUghthander Bob Joyce re placed Seats and walked Second Baseman Packy Rogers! Pinch bitter Jock CNeO grounded out to shortstop to end the rally. The locals nicked Ad Liska, submarine righthander, for two runs off three hits in the third inning. The rally was started by Pitcher Epperly, who tripled to right-center to score Catcher Joe Sprinz. Epperly; came home on a single to right by Frenchy Uhalt Epperly started another seor-i 1 Ing rally In the fifth when he singled infield and took second on an error by First Baseman ' Barton. He scored on Uhalt's single to right and the latter . scored en a double to left by eeond Baseman Charley Peter sen. , ' Shortstop Jimmy Adair doubled to right center and scored on Hen ry Steinbachers single to center and the latter went all the way around when Center Fielder Ruper Thompson let the ball get away from him for what amounted to a three base error. ; Port. . ess 5 It San. F. .t02 029 ZOx 1 1 Liska, Cook (8) and Adams, Shea (t); Epperly, Seats (8), Joyce (8) and Sprlns. All Sud-Seal Playoff Tilts In Bay City SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20.-(P)-Charles Graham, president of the San Francisco baseball club, announced today that the entire playoff of seven games with Seattle for the president's cup would be held here, beginning Thursday of this week. Single games will be held i Thursday, Friday and Satur day, with a double header Sun day. ' If the series extends past the first five games, another double header will be held next Monday. All games will start at 1:39 'n. m. Graham's announcement fol lowed a conversation with Bill Mulligan, business ; manager of the Seattle club, who is here. Emii Sick, : president of the Seattle club, agreed to hold the entire playoff here in a telephone con versation with Mulligan. The two teams will play for a 87500 stake, the winner taking $5000 and the loser, $2500. Los Angeles and Portland, already eliminated in the playoff, each received $1250 . while Los An geles, as winner ef the Coast league pennant for the regular season, plekcd up an extra $2509. ... ' 1944 Production Being Planned f Tentative plans for the 1944 production program call, for each state to determine how much of needed crops and commodities it can produce. Early in October, representatives of the war food administration will meet with the state USDA war board and other farm leaders. The nation's food needs will be outlined, and the best contributions this state can make will be discussed. Goals for 1944, to guide farmers in plan ning all-out production, will be. announced soon afterward. 'Jzzz L-i ui omw9 to ET "' " ' fit