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PkC 2 T Tho CrrCQTI STATESMAIX. Calam. Ortcon. Wednesday tlorclau. October C. 1SI3 Yankees Bovn Cardinals 4-2 . ... - .- .. . .-' In Wild Opener (Continued from Page 8) from second and ' Johnson from first to third. r: went ,- w .... Lanier finished fanning Gordon, and then Bill Dickey, the old war- ivr rf th Vnlr honsted sin gle Just ' out of Klein's . reach In right center for another run. Lanier, after giving seven hits ani striking ?- out seven, subse- auentlT was removed for a pinch hatter in the eighth - and Harry Brecheen, also a southpaw, com pleted the pitching chore allowing the Yankees one tut In the Inning he worked. I fc The Cardinals' runs were taint ed with the same sort of misplays. They took a 1 to 0 lead against Chandler in the second inning and seemed to have him in the same aort of I hole as last year when Ernie White beat him with a 2 to 0 shutout. . - . ' , On the first piUh In this - frame Walker Ceeper boaaced a single off Third Baseman Johnson's glove and was saeri- fleed to second on a perfect bnnt by KarowskL Sanders struck at and Danny Litwhller walk ed, the only pass given w by Chandler dnrtns; the day. Then with the count one and one, I Marios sliced the ball Just ever " Etten'a glove and down the riant field fonl line scoring ' Cooper. . : . . - -I The other St Louis tally-in the fifth, temporarily tying the score, 'started with the silliest bonehead of all. Sanders beat out a hit on a rrounder which Gordon stopped in back of second base with remarkable eriore. '"- First Baseman Etten, recruited from the Phillies this year by the Yanks, was enraged by the decis- - inn and threw the ' ball on the ground toward home plate and the Yankee dugout. While Dicxey chased the balL Sanders reached second. He moved to third oh a Imk flv bv Litwhiler and coasted home when Lanier dumped a sin gle into short center. As If thor things that were happening on the Held were not eneoghto keep tho fans frant ically an the .edge-of their seats, a giaapaf heavy army bombers circled over the stadium daring : tho late stages tho fame and : two -or three times the pianos were no low they barely aklm- ' ' fit tho flaraoles. After Mayer LaGuardia intorm d President Edward . G. Barrow in the stores ' It I H THE ... ... ... of the Yankees that he Intended to complain to - the army about the incident. The outcome of the contest was i on which scarce! v could satisfy i the Yankees about the future of the series and left the Cardinals mostly in angry silence. As far as its effect on the series Is concerned, it put the two clubs in exactly the same situation they occupied after the first game or the 1942 series at St. Louis, when the Yankees won only after a bad scare and when the Cardinals, al though defeated, were far from convinced that. they had lost to a better ball club. For the second, game which will be played here; tomorrow. Manager Joe "MeCartny nom inated Ernie Jumbo" Bonaam, big righthander who has won IS - and lost tv while Manager BUly Senthworth said he would use MoFt Cooper or Alpha Bra tie, the latter a rookie south paw who eame ap In mid-July, from Sacramento in the Pacific Coast league. - Cooper, 'who started twice in the last World series and was hammered 1 hard both times, has won 21 and lost eight this year while Brazle's record Is 8 and z. "The outcome of the game today did not contribute to any indeci sion on Sou thworth's part. Before lh nwlent etirted he Mid he let the Yanks worry overnight bout his second same pitcher, no matter which way' the opening engagement turned out. ST. LOUIS (NL) AB BOA S Klein. 2b i-.:. : 1. 1 i i i' x: Walker, et . : ., MusiaU rf -.' W. Cooper, c Kurowski. So . lie t 3 ' ', 1 - S Sanders, lb- i Litwhiler. M ' , - Marion, as -r... S - , Lanier, p- , . ...... Garms. :. Brecheen, p ; 10 11 a. . l t t S4 t a Sth. Totals 1 Batted for Lanier in N. TO CAL AS a O A Stateback. rf J Johnson. Sb . : 1 . ; ' Keller. If , i t l , Gordon, Sb .. S , 1 Dickey. --, .. ,.- .71. T Ltndell, cf ? " .i 5 2 New Yora al. - batted ! to Marton. Gordon. Lanier. Dickey. Two. boss bitjsarion. nama-ruiv Gordon. Stolen bSso-rCro- ketti. Saarifiee K urwkl. B plasra Klein, mmmb - an -Gardaa. Creeem aad Btteo.Earaed runaSt. Louis ML) 1; New York C AL) 2. Left on oases x. T: Mew York (AL) S, Base on boUs-otf Chandler. 1. (Litwhiler); otf Breechen I (Gordon). Strllseonts-by iAnier J (Johnson. Keller. LindeU Stotaboek. Chandler. Gordon); by ' (Sanders. Walker. Garms); by Breech on 1 (Dickey). PltchJnr summory La nier 1 nHs, 4 rnns to ttoiteg: M 1 hit; runs In 1 toning. Wild ptten Lanier. Umpires R o m o 1 (AL) plaoc; Meordon (NL) lb: Kna AL)3b; Stewart' NL) Sb, Time Attend- a,rr ED GEORGE WASHINGTON recognized the role of a free, press in wartime. When paper grew scarce during, the Revolu tion, he ordered his oldest tents turned into newsprint so that his army might other colonies. His forces drew on their own scanty of white paper to insure the printing of war news; was .worth while. . ". .The "new-power" the .newspaper - soon made itself felt The Revolutionary leaders ail respected the press and" defended its freedom. The Massachusetts House of Represen- tatives in an historic declaration affirmed that ?Jte Libert of j the Press is a great Bulwark of the Liberty of the People. rJ iU l(n nanrs America's "great Bulwark" and greatest warl . - i 1 S E MEN I WAP . :. -! y ? ; ;Rcss Cleans Karlinko's Clock in YiUare rassliin fans have pre bably see if the last of Le fSteenke" Karlinko for a spell. -for Tough Tony Ross kept .his premise last sight at tho arm ory and took Just five minutes to, make Leo : forget - all about ever becoming Fact fie Coast llghfheavy grappling king. . Oh. Leo got in a few of Ids pet licks for the belt all right, bat while he was getting a sand r wteh Rosa was banqueting with leg stampers, resounding whacks to the kisser and mean-looking .heart panehea, : e--!r Neither wasted a second getag after each ether - at the Outset and the fun was a In typical Ross-Karlinko fashion. Usually the pair do no more than saneeso Adam's apples and pitch punch 75,000 Trbops In Big Oregon War Games r- FOURTH CORPS HEADQUAR TERS, Central Oregon, Oct. 5-CP)-The fourth battle of Oregon raced along a new military highway west of Wagon tire today, involving 73. 000 troops engaged in central Ore goo war games. .. The battle opened as a large combat force of blues, commanded by Cot Wvr. Wlsh, knifed into one ,of the znsin defensive posi tions of the reds astride the now S7.mile highway. ... ' . 'J -, - J , The route, conecting state bigh win SSS and 31. is dubbed Lar- ecy Boulevard after L. CoL E. H. Larecy who supervised1 its con st r u c i I o n "across the desolate Christmas valley to Silver lake. It has becom the main axis of the Mii attack: ' 5 " t Several companies of tho red combat team under CoL Macey L. Dill were forced to withdraw from etrinn ridse Dositiona. ' Infantry arHltvnr imnur WaS heaviest 19 miles west of Wagontire. - Blue disposiuons have been 00 served at points as far as TT miles north of SUuffer- and 1 mfles south of the new military highway near Alkali lake. Cavalry and re connaissance troops of both forces have been active in flanking and scouting i operations" : throughout the refion. , Major Jo L. Bourne, Salem, id commander of one of the oiue-oai- talinna which steam rollered through tho-red defenses. Morale wa hih in this OwtfiL which car ried out new combat tactics with nHvimia - hiiiam. - . ' Many of the- doughboys plodded follow the struggle for liberty !rrar n (raa nre ctill io. : is helping win America's " 1 1. , flEffi es toe-to-toe, but with only two minutes transpired, Cass earn vp with a leg stamper. He stomped and stomped, the large audience -cheered and cheered and Leo finally screamed. "Un cle! Aunt! Anything! Get 1m off l user Referee Milt Olson obliged . and Ross had the first fall Lee's leg was of lavender hue ' whea he jrot P sUyed that way aa they started In pan el two. Rom went after tho leg ' again but got himself whaled around the ring by raging Steen ko for his efforts. ' Suddenly whoppo! A beauti ful right to Leo's puss by Ross straightened the former ' eot flat; The 'ires was easy. Half-n-dosen more belts to the beeser and then a series thudding ' 12 miles throughout the sagebrush in a forced march to carry out the attack. .They carried toeir equip ment with them, including ' mor tars. ' The . outnumbered : and ' out gunned reds made an orderly with drawal, although Pvt. RV D. Bow- ersox, Hillsdale, Mich, encoun tered an unexpected foe ' a dia- Uaond-back rattler, ' "Ho was la beauty. Bowersox said. X wish I'd had time to cap ture him." Syracuse Wins FromColumbus SYRACUSE. NY. Oct MV-Sy- ranis of the International league, ftr incinff two straisht. crashed back into the running of , the little world series tonight, defeating inmbus of the American associa- iion, 5-1. The Chiefs strafed two Redbird hurlers for nine hits while Lefty Arnold Carter waa giving up five. - J ; "; ' -: ' Bonified Takes Rockingham Trot 1TOW YORK. Oct. 5-Wr-Rock ingham .park's daily double paid $830.0 as R. D. 0rier' Bonified, a 6ft to 1 shot, romped hoaee in the first race and T. A. Plarulli'a two-year-bid Tress Rodgers broke In to the winner's circle in the sec ond. , Only, 1$ persons held tickets on the pair. t Th fifth race, the day' fea turn, went to A. R. ramigiiette's Iforoe- so Sir. He triumphed by -a lengtn nvr Mrs. Y. Carberry's Bhie Steel with K. H. Progin'a . Persistent third. Tho winner paid'f20.60 , ' 1 f i 7 'A " I. I tebSi s WW: KiEp isr J a, y v .. ' . " ... - i . i 'Minutes, Keeps heart punches and Leo was Just a shower away f rem being ; through for the evening. . ; ' Karllnko was powerless against, the heart Jolts as Rom had one of Leo's arms locked neatly behind him. therein leav ing the rowdy .Russ manly chest pea for business. 'And- It got the biz, all right, VK-i" Frenchy LaBelle finally prov-' ' ed superior to. Jack "Adonis" Klser Jin their, eorkmg mala event by taking tw of the three falls. The thing lasted almost the entire hour limit :f before Frenehy applied a reversed Bos ton crab to gala the nod. As advertised, the La-BeHe-Klser setto again wowed tho clients. Both musclers went at top speed an the way and again Carol Had Better Huriy Graduation DALLAS For the past two years Carol Enstad has catered school with a sprained ankle. n AM - mm, .11. mr nn.nllr IU UIVmllMB, niIMU mmrmmmm from his baao at WUmington. DeL, stated: School Is abont to open once arain. and while it la expectinr onlte a bit, I do hop Carol win enter on his wa twa leef Monday, opening day of sehooL while on the football field Carol Jamped for a passed ball and sprained his ankle. Winaman Wins NEW YORK. Oct. 5-WV-Wina man grabbed the best race on the Hawthorne card, scoring by two lengths over Faywood after lead ing practically the full mile and a sixteenth over a fast track. Val nor was third. The winner, from the barns of the Bishop brothers, was caught in 1:48 25 and returnea siu.ou ior t. - Callura TKO Victim NEW YORK. Oct M-TWulie Kmod. 15. of New Haven, Conn floored Angela CalluraJ 1S5U. Hamilton. Ont. four times hut couldn't- nut him down for keeps in tho main , event at the Brosrfwajrrena. The-referee fin ally atopped- the show at lK)t of rihithTOttnd. Mvers Funeral Today LYONS Grandma Myers of Lyons, route, one, died at a Salem hospital after sh waa taken there seriously ill late, Saturday.- run era! services vQI bo Wednesday. T mg w Title used a little of everything la tho book excepting the rough stuff. It was truly aa good a wrestling match aa you would expect to see . anyplace, and accent ' that "wrestling." Both those gents are masters. Pvt. Mel Peters, mm. a fnr . lough and, apparently act on showing the folks a few com mando tactics, tried em on Er nie PC use in the opener but - found he nasal studied , oulto enough yet, so lost the scraps, two falls' - to eae. Peter was p inch-hitting tot BOly "Bust Em" McEula and he did-a fine Job of K, particularly with tho "Bust 'em. . AU In an another acUoa-paek- - ed evening by the boys in tights this one as good as any show seen here this Bebver Hooper Hall Injured CORVALLIS. Oct 5 -W-Don HalL Oregon State college basket ball letterman and president of the Associated Students, suffered sev eral broken bones in a fall while working near Aberdeen,- wash-, and will be out of school for an indefinite period, college officials learned, today. Dayton Hunters' Have Poor Luck-No Beer ' DAYTON The first deer hun ters leaving .Dayton and reported having returned were unsuccess ful Thr saw many does but no bucks In the hills north of .Yam- hni . Hunters were Arthur Conner and son Wayne, Ross Wood, Jim Peuland, all of Dayton and Jonn and Henry Davenport or &uver ton. . Basketball Practice Started at Scio Hi ..... . With its cridiron workouts now well under way. under; the direc tion of Bill Morgan and .John Hen dricks, Scio high achool officials announced this week that the school has begun its opening, ses sions of basketball practice. - mckreall 4ir Opens nTHKREALL With the a tart lug of school this last Monday, 4m Riekvenll hixh school footballers have started getting into snap for their grid campaign under Coach vi Mason. They have several gasnes scheduled. v v : . i " .. t Series Win in Annual Stride By CHARLES DUNKLEY -YANKEE STADIUM. New York, Oct S-Wr-The triumphant New York Yankees, off to a lead In the world series, got no parti cular thrill in bowling over those swift St Louis Cardinals 4-2 in the opening game today. Winnln- world series battles Is habitual with the Yanks. It's the ninth series for their kindly man ager, Joe McCarthy, and the 14th for boisterous Art Fletcher, their greying coach. -y: Fletcher, emitting a few yips and yells, attempted to stir ap a little excitement as the Yanks clattered - Into their dressing: room bat the players paid little attention to him. Instead they swarmed aroaad their winning pit eh or, 4-year-old Spad Chandler, the ' ex-Georria foot baller. ----:..--:- Chandler dropped into a chair. : "Rot. what a i ball came," he nuf fed.' "I'm glad that's over. till have butterflies flying around in my belly. The toughest innin was the eighth when they had two men on and Walker Coc per came up. He's a dangerous hfKr and I really bore down: McCarthy w a r m 1 y- praised Chandler's pitching effort :, f me pitched one heU or a rut," he beaan. "He stoppe those goad hitters of theirs from from getting these, extra-base Mows." r-- - "We- wore : playing the Cards style'of ball game today. We were running and they were standing atm. : t MrTarthv liked the showing of Rookie Billy Johnson at third base, playing in his first world series contest Johnson, too. thought he did all right V . 1 . . 1 tnounii x uuiic orwu kuuu. the rookie youngster admitted, "especially after we got ahead. Nick Ettea, the Yankee first baseman, who, In a rage, threw tho beH Into tho dirt in the fifth , inning, thereby setting, ap the Cards second run, was positive that he had eaaght may San ders, tho St Lonls first baee snan. eomlna- Into first. I didn't hear Umpire. Beans Reardon call him out, but I was sure that I had him.' Etten re lated. "It : was a good lesson to me. After this, I won't try to urn Dire." In the sil dressing-room, , where a- phono graph' had bUti Billy TJceti JoefNoMloivsii 8T. LOUIS, Oct 5W4V-rt Joe Lonls. world heavyweight champion, arrived at Jciicrson barracks today on his army box ing tour and met a soldier with whom he Is well acquainted Cpt Billy Conn. Conn, outstanding challenger. was transferred U the barracks Just la time to greet Lonls, who will appear in a boxing exhibt tlon at the post tonight Conn will net be his opponent The two men met profession ally la New York. Jane IS, 1941. .Leais knocked oat Conn h 11 rounds, ''' J Slefanita 1st ; In Belmont Go NEW YORK. Oct 5-UrV-Stefan- ita, three-year-old daughter of Questionnaire-Stefana, owned by George D. Widener, captured .the seventy-third ladles handicap oz a mile and half at Belmont today while Warren Wright's Mar-KelL proclaimed champion of her sex after taking the Beldame, was a poor fourth. Stefanita. paying $3.80 and clacked In TJS1 45. triumphed by a length and a half over William Woodward's Vagrancy. T n 1 r a went to Dark Discovery, owned by John A. Bell, jr. The winner carried 118 pounds with Mar-KeU loaded with 12S. Vagrancy got In with 122. The triumph was worth su, 025 to the winner. game. Manager Billy Southworth remarked: , . :: "Yon know tho winners can do tho talking- today, so don't pat me on the spot' 111 pitch either Alpha Braxle or Mrt Cooper tomorrow and well be right nt there." Catcher Walker Cooper, sitting wordlessly in front of his locker. refused to answer questions about Max Lanier's wild pitch that got away from him In the sixth in ning. ' J . "You was -out there Just "as much aa I was, he mumbled., rrobably the snost cheerfol person to the room was lvt Terry Moore, fermer Cardinal fielder. wh Hew ap from his past tn "the islands" to watch the series. . '''," "You sort of forget about base ball down there," he said. "But X bought the boys looked better to lay than we did last year whea Are were winning. '' .,5 - i :.