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. Short n personal: When they taught ex-Viking athlete Johnny Dowd how, to box at Farragut naval training station si months ago (he went on to win his company's lightheavy title), they were doing the son of villager "Doc" Dowd a favor. Now stationed at the Long Beach naval hospital and stU biffing, John bopped his way to the entire Southern CaL regional hea vyweight championship the other night And all in six months time. . . . According to accounts of the final scrap, HA 2c Dowd switched from right-hand - to -J. left-hand itance midway through to make up a deficit and go on to win, ad ded proof that the Farragut chiefs knew their stuff when dishing out the punch-and-take ABCs . . . Speaking of fighters, although Jets Luke, whoU manage Schrock's Motors in the Junior Legion league, is a brother-in-law to Packy McFarland, he says his long suit is baseball, not box ing. Adds he goes for the diamond sport as fervently as does Packy for the beak busting biz . . . Mer ritt McKeel, Milwaukie; Hank Kuehera. Euaene: Dan Jones, Ore gon City, 'and Earl McKinney, Corvallis, all poaches and here to do No-Name league carpenter work last week, still think It's Inexcus able that Salem high has no .baseball team. Might add they're not alone in their thoughts . V . Don't Co., howeverthey have more than the fore dept.; Add gals .who can do anything division one Mabel Patton of Corvallis. She's both golf and tennis coach for the Spar tans, and in case you haven't been reading the papers, said Spartan car boys have just swiped their third straight state championship. Miss Patton says she's been coaching or "advising" the links boys "about six years, I guess," and during that, (time they've been wit beaten against prep competition in something like 69 matches . . . And All-Stater Ed Stagg (second straight year) Is the dark complec ted center 'who hooped for the Spartans in the cage classic here in March ... Plan No-Name Loop Second to None ! Re the No-Name circuit bosses, a group which is fed up with the around the last couple years, and modeling the 8-team wheel to the war. There'll be no more northern ,io the full-scale round robin setup. - j League publicity as a whole has been nil the past couple sea sons also, and from now on the coaches vow that too will be changed. They decided our town is the natural spot from which to work back Into prominence around the state, major prep schools like Eugene, City and Milwaukie, the No-Name second to none in the state and are words, when a championship is Itll be a champion ready to defend 'the state. Said champs will also be f or. their conquests. ; A So the No-Name gents did themselves proud when they whipped off the annual meeting, and if they keep up the tempo the rest of the state is certain to hear plenty in the way pt prep athletics from the Willamette valley. jf . - ,' - ; i ' " j i Where There's Cdlemans, There's Baseball Scuze pliz dlv.: Oliver Iluston, president; of and happy about the newly organized Salem Junior Baseball circuit, tells we blew the one on Ross Coleman-Ralph Coleman brothers he informs they're cousins.. Legion team instigator Ross has a brother, however, Curtis Coleman, who once captained the U of Oregon nine (1909) and later went up to hold down the hot corner for the New York Yankees. f lmtv n.o m vu ituv; iwiucu uic wiw iwwauci uu nudwil being an Oregon man himself, believes that's the only case in history wherein both a man's brother and son were so honored. Just why Cousin Ralph went to Oregon State when the Coleman trend seemed to be toward Oregon we didn't find out. Ami we know Ed Coleman, the big slugger who went to Oregon State, into the Coast league, up to the majors for so long and finally wpund up with the town's Senators, figures in there somewhere, but fhesitate to mention ex actly where for fear of being told we're alllwet again. Anyway, ap pears as long as we have Colemans we'll have baseball 'round here and that's good ... Incidentally, Ross has (another ball-playing son .. In his 'teens, but since the family home is up around Woodburn the kid must play his Junior Legion ball with that city's entry. Ironic In that Ross is the gent who carried the Saleml Issue to the prospective sponsors and started the organization of the! village league ... Wahl Bros. Kegling Industrial Loop f . The Wahl Bros, pin-toppling crew, firlst half winners in the Perfection alleys Industrial circuit, turned on the heat against The Statesman in the final playoffs last night and emerged with the championship, 2751 to 2735. the 500 mark in the three-game series, and they came from behind a 943 to 846 first game deficit to score 986 to 853 in the second game and 919 to 941 in the third. . ' Despite, the 500 rolling by the winners, it was Lt. Bill Melville's C30 series .for the losers which stood out over all in the battle. He put together games of 224, 206 and 200, the former coming within one pin of tieing Wahl's Pederson for high single game. The 986 team game whipped off by Wahls in the second round practically salted away the title, . however.; In the battle for third and fourth places, the Papermakers downed Brite Spot, 2374 to 2299. Bart paced the victory with a 547 series, but high over all In the session was Olney of the losers with 572. . ' ' , Leave Code as Is--Crisler f ANN" ARBOR, Mich, May 23 (-Athletic Director Fritz Crisler of Michigan, member of the Na tional College football rules com mittee and a higher-up in western conference councils, said, today he knew of no plan to alter the Big Ten gridiron code by a gentle man's agreement : Moreover, - he said he would fight attempts to change the war frozen code that reportedly may become an Issue at football coach es' meetings this weekend at Chi ctzo and New York. . " Pirstc3 Elast Albany ALCA'T, NY, Kay 23-PhThe nttsburr'i Piratrs cf the national Irrue V !cl away for 11 runs J i C.2 r.I. Hi innir.s and a . 15-3 vctory ever the eastern league's Albany Senators tonight in an ex- - i af"i - -js RALPH COLEMAN blame G. Flesher, T. Drynan and enough to do as is . . .Wimmen to they went Ion record last week as way the league has been kicked come the fall term are set on re perfection! it enjoyed before the - southern division stuff It's back and we agree. Being made up of Corvallis, Albany, Salem, Oregon boys feel the circuit should be set on making it such. In other decided in the revitalized circuit, the league! against all comers in awarded official league trophies uint Cops Cha ipionship Not a Win! kegler failed to top WAHL BROS. (1st) uanaieap IS Pcderson 163 1U 195 207 ies ISO 211 233 983 149-410 McNall Haagenton 204328 16S S78 west Wahl 220 14S 168 537 Totals S4t m 91$ 7791 STATESMAN (2a4) wnit MelvUI Stettler ..ICS .234 14 206 176 139 182 155466 200630 .153 210541 184511 WhUy 1S8 .213 Matbim 192882 Totals .l-4. 1 Mi 153 Ml 2735 nam sroT tk Patterson j L 148 Gallagher l140 CoUina , . lit Olney j 192 Riches u 17t 142 134 17S 14T 1SS 1M 399 14 420 129421 233372 169487 Totala -TTJ 740 782 2289 PAPEKMAKUt'S (3ri) Handicap .- -j 1 Butch j 150 -2 108 163 144 124 173 163321 Hart , 178 Cdy j " 204347 1S1-482 142446 145-472 Bolton .180 Coleman 454 ' ToUla 29 : 138 SOS 2374 Lippy Leo Signs As Player-Boss BROOKLYN, May 23-tfVLeo Durocher, 38-year-old manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, ' signed a new contract today as a player- manager. Under the old contract he was a bench manager. - Dissatisfaction with available infield material prompted Leo to restore himself to the ranks "of active players. - ". ,:' ' -. IIEMOnRHOIDS (K!s) Sack 41 Han tealt yaaa fcaalla aaUairaey Mrala awwa. Tat 30 raan wa aar aaaamfmlty teaataS taaai i alpaeplalo taaaa aU. u H haaaiiUI eyata. Ha ka If MiUuamL Ma laaeal lairai week. Call ' r-t aaitatta s saad far. 111! drlyttT Seaklat. Opaa Umlmt. A4a.,WeV, M7H S.30 Dr.C.J.DZAIiCLi::!C r; B. Cae. E. Bra4 aa4 Oraad Aa., aUpkaa IXai SaiaV atlaad, Qsagaa) I f i V; AcMuSp ears Title Tussle ll Mat Meet Chinese Trickster Earn Match,- Cup Walt "Th Sneeze', Adduj.fat and fifty they say, but still -lets of tricky Chinese lightheavy tns tier, last night put an end to" one of the livliest bicep bees seen here in year by .winning the 7 man tournament to see who 'gets to wilts with Paavo "King Kongl Katonen for the Coast champion ship,! The popular Oriental . frith the ; Ju-jitsu repertoire outsiick- ered' Canadian Herb Parks la the finale, two falls out of three, jwon for himself a large silver trophy an well as the title match and jsent horr over 1000 customers on vinced they had seen one off the snapjvest muscle binges yetl The two clever finalists had i fall apiece and it looked very much like crafty Parks was to get the third, He had Achiu In a body whirl, 1 which had won him the secona iaii, put wnen ne siammea the Chinaman to the mat the Bat ter had enough left to roll dizzy Pinky over and flatten him 1 in stead; Achiu had won the first fall withy a surfboard hold. The match was a fitting clunax to the sparkling card which start ed . out with Parks pinning Jack Kiser, m eight minutes of the open' ing scrap. The boys had drawn for opponents, and it was Parks vs. Riser, j Georgia : Wagner 1 vs. JackjjLIpscomb (and how the cli ents Went for that one), Achiu! vs Billyi McEuin and 'newcomer Bill "Blufeber Konki drawing a by Parks and Kiser set a sizzung tempo in the opener, the fonder finally winhhig with a 'series ' of punismng nead-scissors and still another gaudy body whirl. Wag ner and Lipscomb, went at it in typical bar - room brawl style and 15 minutes later Referee Ivan Jones; awarded the win to Lips combvia decision. And wots matchi But along the way meahie Jack ot kicked below the belt lt madef him sick and Wagner came back to rassle Parks in the semi finals. ; Achiu too care of tough McEuin In another thriller with nine minutes of flying leg locks) ' Wagner was giving Parks the best he had punches to the face, kicks, etc. in the semis when the latter suddenly cut loose with a terrific, flying drop kick to Hy the dilliked Georgie low. The rest was easy for Pinky. Georgie bel- lered foul as usual and wound up stomping his shiny green kimono, all topio avail. Konjti displayed crowd - pleas ing clean stuff in his debut, but: a series f Sonnenbergs and a body press f 1 minutes along won it for Achiu ibver the blubbery but clas sy CaiJUck. I ; 1 Then came the final to see Th Sneeze? e merge challenger No. 1. Salem's city softball league en ters its; final three weeks of play loaay on tnree viuage zronis at 6 p. ni, when contests originally scheduled for April 12, when wit grounds forced postponement of the enre four-game slate, will made up. ' Thref outfits, Papermakers, Maj ple's Sporting Goods and the Wil 4b --. - lamette Cardinals are tied for first place in loop standings, and will all defend their positions by meet ing second-division teams. ' . - The Pulpmen risk their statu) opposite Salem Air Base on Les lie's diebiond, while Maple's square oix wijji rwciui crown jauuuing Supply at Ohnger playground The Cards, who saw a three-game winning streak blasted by Maple's last week, meet Golden Pheasant In one Of two Sweetland field conf tests. Sweetland's other tilt will pit the winlesa WU Blues opposite the Golds, also a team composed o: Willamette students. In Baseball By the Associated Ptms (Three fLeaders m Each League) : BatttagH''-' PUTcr. 'Clnk a AR m m 9rtl Walker, podgera SO lis IS 0 .424 iicaer, watt box a n is m jss Muslal. -Cardinal! Jl 107 20 39 J64 HoitaUer Tigers 23 70 8 23 J57 Medwtck. , Giants 26 103 IS 3S .350 Etten. Yankeaa 27 92 14 U J4 Kins iattea ta National Leasee : acnujii, uoaa-ers n; wemnsuD, (it anta 24; Lombardl, Glanta SO; Kurow ski. Cardlnala SO. Amerteaa Laacaa Tabor, Red Sox 22; Stephens, Browns zz: beerey. mount zo. Home raa Natloaal Magaai SehtUtt, Dodgers S; Mortney, riuuiea a: utt. Qianta : Ad ama. PhllUaa 4; Kurow kL Cardlnala 4: Lltwhiler,- Cardinals 4. Amirleai Loagaa: Searcy, Indians S; Troaky, wane box a; Hayes, Atnieucs ; s pence. senaTors a. m SpbmPlay Slated Today K10TEC? Y0OI1 CM nOU! ! I3IMEDI ATE SEliviCE' AVAILABLE ' TRAINED BIECIIANICS . EXPERT BODY MEN 1. Complete Overhauling ; Front Wheel Aligning . Brake Relinlnr . Motor Analrtinc . Steam ne9nt x Lubrications 4 IS Center rhona C133 Bay Bonds .: , OldsmobDe Dealer r, - Viking Scanty Cretv Hangs 9Em t '- The prospective dual meet ; with Portland's Beesevelt high te race, and for all decide su premacy between the two sehssla has been abandoned, so Salem high's cinder supermen have gone to the rack with1 a highly J suceeasfol season be hind them. Since the Vikings and .Teddies weren't separated by more than a point In twe meets daring the spring) and deadlocked In a third, a j dual scrap was a natural. Bat what with the state and district classy les behind them and at last a .chance to rest their tired toet sies before .them, the kids thumbed rat the proposed get together. Well get 'em next year j sufficed as far as the Villa gang Is concerned. r i - EDDIE MAYO, Detroit second-sacker and formerly with Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast league,1 slides feet first and grabs a toe hold on the sack Just before Hillis Layne, Washington third-baseman, can tag him la a game won by the Tigers at Washington. Mayo sprinted for third after a fly to deep center by one of his teammates. (AP Wlrephoto). j Parrish Track Squad Victors Romping to first place in IS of the 20 events, Parrish Junior high tracksters won their track meet with Leslie's Intramural thinclads yesterday afternoon s on dinger field as the two rivals wound up athletic competition for the. year. Parrish won the seventh and eighth grade meets by identical Scores' of " 14 to 16 and the ninth grade meet, from which all var sity 'runners were barred, 55 to IS, oyer the undermanned South- endersl ; - Times and distances were gen erally poor but Sogge of Parrish soared .: to a - new seventh grade high, jump mark of 4 feet 7, best ing the 4 feet' 4 made by Dave Chamberlain, Parrish, last year. S pence of Parrish made a mark of 33 feet in the shot put for new seventh grade mark. Kenny Wright, Leslie, put the shot 41 feet 2 inches, which bests Wayne Halseth's mark of 36 feet 10 made for Leslie eighth grade last year, although the Parrish officials charged the cast was a "throw" Instead of. a. "put" Barker, Par rish, tied the mark of 9.3 made by Blume, Leslie, in the 75 yard dash last year, and Bill Arm strong, Parrish, tied Leslie's My ron Cavender's 16 foot 5 inch broad Jump made a year ago in the eighth. I SEVENTH GEADE - 50-yard dash lat. Garland P): 2nd. DaMoud (w; 3rd, sills (P). Tim 75-yard dash 1st, Barker (P); 2nd, Garland (P); 3rd, Sills (P). Time SJ. High jiump 1st, Segge (P); 2nd. tie batwaen DaMoud L) and Spenca IP). tteignm i ieei i incnes. Broad lump 1st. Sills (P): 2nd. Bren nan (L); 3rd. Paulua (P). Distance 14 raet ; i Shot put 1st. Spenca (P): 2nd. Da Moude L); 3rd. Barker (P). Distance 41 seat t Inches. Relay Won by LesUa team of rus aeu. DaMoud. Brennan and Nyberg in EIGHTH GEADE SO-yard dash 1st. Belbtrt (P): 2nd, Bhime (L); 3rd. Esau (L). Tim .4. 100-yard dash 1st. ' Aplihgton P; 2nd. Helbert (P); 3rd, Blume (L). Tim :11J. -- 1 v "High lump 1st. Culbertson (P); 2nd. tie between M org all and Spagl (P). Heignuv xaet u incnes. Broad, jump 1st, Armstrong (P); 2nd. Col (P); 3rd, Graham (L). Dia tance lS.fet S Inches. Shot put 1st, Wright (L): 2nd, Cole (P); 3rd. Paschat (P). Distance 41 fact t Inches.-1 ' - . -- - Relay Won by Leslie team of Blume, straw, emu ana cranam m sx. NINTH GRADE - , 60-yard daxh 1st. Parks (P: 2nd. Paulua iP); 3rd. Cecil P). Tim 100-yard dash 1st, Paulua (P); 2nd. Parts P; 3rd, Goffrler (L). Time Hiah lump 1st. tl between Jans and Schn (P); 3rd. Latteral (P, Beighta 4 feet S inches. Broad lump 1st, Allison (P; 2nd. Sohn (P); 3rd. Simmons (L. Distanc 18 feet S Inches. ,..- Shot put-rlst. v Jackson . (L); 2nd. Jans (P); 3rd, Norwood (L). Distance 34 feet Inches. . ..i-T,-- Discus 1st Michaels fL): 2nd Cettis (F); are, Jans (P). znstanc 87 feet 11 Inches. ,.y-: Relay Won by Parrish team "of Parks, Paulua, ; Cecil and Allison . In 44S Center Phone 6113 Bay Bonds And from the looks of what Coach Tommy Drynan can dajr dream about vntU roll call next spring, the I Teddies arent all the besplked Vlllamen wfll -get" In im. Out of an even 28 Udi who swept the first annual Sa lem Belays, went unbeaten In dual competition, nailed second In the Hayward Relays, shewed they had what it took for fat aides when they came back the hard way te grab second fat the state meet, walked off with the District 7 title and literally ran away wtih the No-Name league erown, no less than 15 are dae back next year. The five to go because they are seniors are high Jumper Dick Brown, mfler Tom - Grimm, sprinter . Willie I Baen, oiseus wneeier joe rer- 'peaas 1 s J mi How They COAST LEAGUE! I W L Pet. . . W t Pet Portland 28 17 .622 Los Ang 22 22 .500 San Fran 29 19 JS68 Hllywd 22 23 .489 Seattle 2 20 -M5! Oakland ll 2S .432 l Diego 24 23 ill Saenrto 13 28 Ml Last night's results: At Hollywood S, Portland 4. At San Diego 12. Loa Angelea 1. At San Francisco 2. SeatU 10. At Sacramento S. Oakland S 111 In nings). - i ; -1 ' j - - NATIONAL' LEAGUE i W L Pet. W L Prt. St.! Louis 21- 9 .700' Boston -14 IS .438 Plttsbrg 13 1 400 New York 13 17 .433 Cincin 17 12 J Brooklyn 13 17 .433 rnuaaei is u 40orctucago . a IS Mo Last night's result: . . At Brooklyn 3. New York S, . AMERICAN LEAGUE No aamca Tuesday. Standings un- ?- -- - v - changed. - - i i Hendrie of Parrish Hits 1444 To Lead Junior Left-handed .hitting Dick Hendrie, second sacker for the Par rish Pioneers, led the hitters on both local junior! high softball ' " !" a . '" .a. at " - . - v ! ciuDS, m me aty uue series Tuesday reveal. Hendrie collected ! S hits in 18 trips to the plate for a gaudy .444 average, to cot only pace his championship outfit but to surpass all Leslie hitters as well. Pean Hagedorn, 'Leslie outfielder, hit an even .400: and Bud Adud dell, Missionary catcher,, 367, to pace the southsiders as well as to take runnerup honors, i The Leslie team got 57 hits in 204 trips to the plate for a .2758 average to barely outhit the Par rish team which got 59 blows in 214; times at bat for a .2757 mark, j Parrish averages: Hendrie 18-8, .444; Hoppes 5-2 1400; Allison 27-9 .333; Kepplnger j 9-3 .333; Craig 21-8 .288; I Zurlinden 7-2 J8; Boggs 18-5 J78; Beckford 23-6 JZtl; Dehut 26-8 1231; Paulus 26-6 J31; Hauser . 18-4 JZ22; Davies 15- .067;; Hill 1-1 1.000. : ! Leslie batting marks: Hagedorn 25-10 .400; Aduddell 19-7 Ml; Billings 21-7 J33; Goffrler 21-6 Norton 7-2 .288; Dasch 25-7 J80; Province 25-7 80; Hick man 26-7 .269; Bartlett 12-2 .167; Mills 8-1 .125; Halseth 9-1 .111; Wallace 3 0 .000; Blankenship 3-0 1.000; Quisenberry 1-0 .000. ' i Errors figures I greatly .in. the final outcome which saw Parrish win the series B games to 2, Leslie kicking in with 27, almost four SAFEW ! 20 Thai's why policyholders renew with Hoggins office year THE GENERAL CAPITAL STOCK INSURANCE I AT ITS CHtieit fiT 'Oregon's. Largest i Salea and .nnrtnTffnniT I UU . 123 N. Ccnnerdal Up; Prospects Atvesome for 1945 mlck and sprinter Dave Getsen- :' daner. All were Instnuncntal la I VIk victories over the route, te be sure, but what's left to make it a strictly beantlfai spring for , Drynan In f45 constituted the cream j of ? the point-gathering crop this year. c v w -. To name lem off alongside ' what they can do: Don Wilson. ; Junior, can throw a Javelin 15t feet or more, aaite a heave in high school; Bob Weber, Junior, ean streak lea yards In :10.1, broad Jump! Just a shade be neath 21 feel and gallop a yard burning anchor on a relar team, all - exceptionally good; j Lyle . Williams, Junior, can pole vault 11' tU' and skip over low hurdles In also exception al; Dick Gatke, Junior, can high Close but Safe 4 i tflMl Dodgers Edge Giants, 3-2 BROOKLYN, May 23 Johnny Ruckers j muff of Lloyd Waner's fly ball after colliding With Charlev MTearl -y r asu T w was. lyn two runs In the last of the ninth Inning. and; 3-2 victory ov er the New York Giants tonight A crowd of 22,145 turned out for the first night game in the Metro politan area since; 1941. Plnch-runner Hal" Gregg and Frenchy Bordagaray romped home when.Rucker. was, unable to hold .the ball, and . was charged with a two-base error. j N. York 02 900 000 t S Brook. 100 000 002 3 3 1 Vobelle and Lombard!; ' F. Melton, Webber (S) and Owen. HigliStickmen just concluded, figures released per game, while made but 17. the Pioneers Baksi To Lose Beard NEW YORK, May 23.-5,)Joe Baksi s beard, which the ;Kulp- mont. Pa, heavyweight hoped to wear until D-day, rah into a ftake- it-off order today from New York's athletic commission. !; For three weeks j the examiner and former j dime - a - dance hall bouncer has been cultivating whisker crop while training for Friday - night's 12 round t scrap with Lee Savold in Madison Square Garden. ; J " ; Tm going to shave it off the day our boys invade the contin ent,", said 4-T Joe. .-ut today, as the Kulpmont kid and Savold, Pat- erson, NJ, adonis, appeared for physical checkups before the box ing board, Gen. J. J. Phelan, the commission chairman, opened his rule book and read: "Contestants must present tid appearance, and must ' be cleanly shaved." 1 1 - 'TLUS Divi2cij. alter year. ,. i BEST . 4 XX , m CHITT i L Upstate Agency' HXarshTield Bopper - Salta 44C3 i Jump around the 5' V mark, en eugh to win points la most any ; meet; Benny Lambert, sopho more, Boh Maer, Junior and Jim Shawver, Junior, the Vik "1-2-t Beys" in the half mile. - Benny can rip off the two laps In 2:03 and his pals arent far behind. In fact if s been pre dicted by more than a few that Lambert ' Will blossom Into the greatest half -mfler ever to at tend SHS before he front and centers for the ersats 'sheep-' skin. Then there Is Junior Art Englebart jwho looms as a fine Quarter miler, Soph ; Everett Staats who does the same In the mile and Junior' Bill Bobbins, .one-fourthl of the 1 Vik relay team and a sprinter. Sophomore At Bellinger shows promise as Bevos Drop 5-4 But HOLLYWOOD, May 23 - (jT Hold 2 Game PCL Margin breaking a tie with a ninth inning tally, beat the league lead ing Portland Beavers 5 to 4 tonight. The winning run was scored Walker Keeps Bums May Flop, but Not Dixie's Willow NEW YORK, May 23-ff)- Brooklyn loses ball games, Leo Durocher blows his top but Dixie Walker continues to make the big noise in the National league with his .421 batting average. Walker enjoys .a 57-point bulge on runnerup Cardinals in Stan Musial of the the base hit derby with Tommy Holmes of Boston at .348 third, and Phil Weintraub and Joe Medwick of the Giants next at .340 rounding .out the top five in averages Including- games Of May 22. . . Slugging honors . remain in Howie Schultz safe keeping. The Brooklyn firt sacker drove In eight more rims during the past week, lifting his RBI mark to 33 and boosted his . home run pro duction to six. Holmes has most doubles, 13, laid Johnny Barrett of Pittsburgh leads in triples with six. Boston si Max Macon Is the stolen base pace-setter with six. Tucker No. 1 CHICAGO, May Z3-(ff)-Cen terf ielder Thunnan Tucker of the last-place Chicago. - White , Sox posted a .393 to keep his lead in the American ! league batting race this week with a substantial 47' point margin' over his nearest ri val, Nick Etten, New York Yan kees' first baseman. - Goine . Into last Sunday's dou- bleheader with. the. Boston Red Sox Tucker boasted a .410 mark. but he punched only two hits In eight plate trips. ... v Following ; second-place . Etten In statistics i computed through Sunday, were Bob Johnson, Bos ton, .344; . Bobby Doerr, Boston, .333; Irv Hall, Philadelphia, J21; Gil Torres, j Washington, 1319; George Myatt Washington, .316; Lou Boudreau, Cleveland, JSU: Don Savage,: New York, .311; Dick Siebert; Philadelphia, .306; and Jim Seerey, Cleveland, .305. D-Day Diamoud Slate Blaimed NEW YORK,! May 23-i)-Maj-or league and Pacific Coast lea gue baseball parks will be kept open on D-day but International league' plants will shut down for the day at the annouacement that the allies have begun their In vasion of Europe, The Associated Press learned today. . ' 7 While both the big leagues will play; on D-day! their games will be marked with simple, brief ceremonies. ; '' "I have suggested to the Na tional league dubs,'' said Presi dent Ford Frick, -that If the an nouncement of the Invasion is re ceived just prior to a game or while play is on that an persons In the park pause for silent pray er and the playing of, the nation al anthem.'. National Pace Amerk Hitter You'll I Drive Your -Present Car Till 1945 I ' - j ' f i ' No iVcjto Cars 'Til 1946, and Then These , " ' ' Will Be Rationed Finer, Faster Fender, Body and Paint Service Any Car i , Specialized departmehts for f SPECIALIZED SERVICE ! A simple lubricxrtion or a maximvua repair Job you can count on STAN BAKER MOTORS specialized service. ' Every depcffiment is equipped with'ihe finest machinery and tools aycrilable under expert supervision of trained automobile mechanics. , I Home ol Dodge-Flyxaou'Ji Dist 111 Chentltkx ... . , Phono 4119 Campaign a r hardier. Over - around the weights circles are four lads who would be' welcome on any prep cinder crew. Sophomore Mel Bilflcker can heave ' the'' Iron bail 43 - feet and Juniors Tom Boardman. . and Eugene Lowe' aren't too far behind. Junior Art Gottfried has been - No , Name league discus champion for two straight years - and should get to 130-feet next year. Boardman wont be far behind if not over that mark. What with all that to fill the romping , suits come '45, ' per - haps ' the kids : who ' mumbled that "well get 'em next year" weren't merely .mumbling after all. And that's for sure. - Nod to Stars, - The sixth place Hollywood Stars, by Brooks Holder on a single by Frank Kelleher after two - outs had been "made."" . lM Z ' v . , The game had Jeen a pitching battle between Portland's Sid Co hen and Earl Escalante up until then, the latter having the best of It in basehits allowed, 8 to 11. The Stars bunched three, for three runs in 'the second only to see Portland go ahead with two in the third and two more in the fourth. Hollywood tied it in the sixth. The loss didnt effect the Bea vers' 21, game lead on the Coast field since the San Francisco Seals, In second place, were turned back by Seattle tonight. ' - 4 Port. 002 206 09f 4 S 3 HoUy. 036 91 0615 12 I Cohen and Campbell; Esca lante and HOL Seattle 10, 'Frisco 2 SAN FRANCISCO, May 23-W) Seattle's Rainiers walloped the San Francisco Seals, 10-2, tonight in the first game of their current Pacific Coast league series. The Seattle win brought-them into a virtual second-place tie with the San Francisco nine. Seattle - .301 201 128 14 13 1 San Francisco 2M est aaa t Spcce and Sueme; ioyct. Piercer (S) and Sprint. Padres 12, Angels 1 ' SAN DIEGO, Califs May 23-A) Driving . Pete Mallory, veteran Los Angeles hurler who is tick eted for army induction Thurs day, to cover in a seven-run sec ond inning uprising, the San Di ego Padres went on to defeat the Angels; 12 to'. I in their Coast league game tonight. ' Loa Angelea ..1M 00 1 S 3 San Dies -17 tl IS S Mattery, Adams (2) and rernaadet, Sarat (4); Dano and Balunfer. Acorns 6, Sacs 5 SACRAMENTO, May 23.-W-Oakland scored a run in the top. half of the. 14th inning against Sacramento here tonieht to take their Coast league baseball game, 6-5. ; " i : Oakland ..818 88 848 804 41-4 11 18 SacramU. . 411 Ml til SOS H 3 IS S Stroma, PhiUlps ).' ScarseUa , A. Ralraondl (It) aad W. Ralmoadi; Fletcher, Pintar, (12) and Kassi. Joey Bagnato BUFFALO, NY, May 23 -(JF)-Willie Pep, Hartford, Conn., boy who is the New York state nom inee for the' world featherweight title, knocked out Joey Bagnato, 132, Toronto, in one minute, three seconds of the second round of their scheduled 10-round non title figlit before 4500 fans in Memorial tudilorium tonight Pep, who neighed 128, had the situ ation in band throughout the brief encounter. i " U. of Chicago Drops Sports CHICAGO, May 23 -iJPf- The University of Chicago,' which quit intercollegiate football in 1939, to day withdrew from all athletic competition in the Western con ference through 1945 because of manpower shortage. " v , - W This is the first complete break away in athletic competition in the Big Ten. 1 i WilliePepKO