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Hi INGLEWOOD. Calif- Oct 31-
(Jpftthe i merrygorotind starts up
team at Hollywoo4 park tomor
roW ! after nearly hree years o
war!-imposed inactivity. Top event
at the opening of tie 34-day race
meeting will be thi $l(,0O0 Hol
lywpod premiere handicap, and
prospects are that hbout Ja dozen
thoroughbreds! jwillj shoot j for the
jacspoi out oi ponupaxea. .
i The Hollywood; jinflu'ence will
!be i istronely felt Thid track is
ftea the! center, of . the film in
n. -tl i . , it .J ' . J . .
usiry, and a goodly scatteringroi
owe celebrities w;ill be on hand
o snare me iSDOuizni wiia me
. 'FT r I I I t i i
ponies. U L
j Tjack i officials kaid they - ex
pected an initial crowd kfj at least
lO.OpO; This bustlinjr wajr center is
enjoying uhmf, upiu .
probably j has1 ever ; experienced
before. Racine always has been a
oooular snort in southern Call
IT ' L ! t ., , f
ornla. ,..;!
M- MM
I
Returns to Portland
Ring
Hi
- ' 1 : ' ' I ' L
IIAMMERIN' HENRY ARMSTRONG, veteran fistic campaigner.
tarns to Portland Saturday night lor a 10-rounder with Mike
loisC, another ring vet.
re
Be
$ h iMllMSMIi
fctEsers: aren't. the; only)
gents; wearing smiles
'iShortv sot-tie: I te
Anf.i- Winter ha flhallv come vou should see the Vik Villa football
lock after they ogle qtiagmired.Olinger parade grounds. What they
. . . i a . . i J xl. . jf j i .j.-ia. ji ! i '
iaaj 10 practice on j peiore me reins camc .wouiu uav uuueu a uuj
lozen imo ior me two junior luri-imrsiy pastures . . . ine
town Ainieuc ciud pi ew xoric uny nas: again
made its yearly pi
1 '
ea
pick the' 1944jwinnr of the Hets
maii rootbali; Trophy, the gaudy
awstrd, Wow in its tenth Jy ear, to go
ito j he Who dubbed "Outstanding
Icoliegei Football Playfed of the
yeaj.w SAnd by what we read in
the pajpers, little Illinjois Negro
Claude "Buddy" toung, Ithe gent
who" just about pej-sonally junked
Notre : i Dame's i jieKernaut - last
jweek until hgotpurt will wind
up no. 10 on the ustj outhern
Calls Gordoii Gray hasn't done
badly so far, -but hej's io i longer a
college footballer, ! thanks to the
baVy shift tarteo In 1935, see
Who, has hauled down the Heis
mati award -over the years: Jay
b 4r hint' ifrant jot Yale, : i i I : ! f ft
Davey O'Brien of '1'exak Christian. Nile Kinni
htimj j Tom Hajnponi of Michigan, I Bruce Smith of ; Minnesota, Frankle
BinKwvcn 01 ueorga; ana Angeio nerteni or Notre uame . . . uosn h
youid put those; greets on the same teim with! Young and Gray you'd
nave enougn to cnaiienge the smcuy All-American Kandoipn Jrieij
xnexs r , . ieave 11 10 me spons eaitors,io maseiuars out 01 tne sp
editorsthey've doine j4st that In Marty Berg's rSportsweek" poll
iewj weeKs dslck inn nuuon s 1700-odd Kemington ratuers voted he
Sportipg News' "mcst v aluable", picks of Marty Marion and Oijegoajs
Bobby Doerr in Uh Ni.tional and American leagues, respectively, as
phob. .The newsies said Stan-Musial and Hal Newhouser werft tops
ior meir aougn. cpmes: anoxner pou result tniswees: aesignaung tne
"radst valuable player in both leagues.'! Saine 1700 newsies, now on the
astonishing side, vote the honor to Marion of all people, and peg New
houser a poor; second arid Musial a poorer fourth! . i J Berg better drop
the pnost valuable'! angle right there Next thing he knows the boys
wuibeeiectmgiuniL..it f. , . i' i- - J r s
S t i j . : r M 1 I - - - ' h ! 1
Astoria Skeptical bf Salem Hospitality
BBY DOERR
innicK or lowa, a war vic-
Viking Hold Up Decision on Dallas Dragon Grid Challenge
Hill bix uui xnnjiKiT4un.
Add possibly to year
giving Day menu a! Salem! high
Dallas high football battle mor
sel - same might j be a village
Turkey Day feature rtvaUingj'
Klngi Tom himself.! V --fl ii i ii
I Althongh Salem AthleUe i Di
rector Curnee Flesher couldn't
divulge the final Vlk verdict
yesterday to the Official Dal
las challenge, made through The
Statesman, because of previous
commitments, he added that the
Revival of the sadden Dallas-
A number of Items are to bo
considered before the - Ylks can
aeeept First, they most be re
lieved of their- November 4 date
with Medford at Medf ord which
may be an ; Impossibility If the
Black i Tornado fails to win Its
way Into 'state tournament play.
Next,' before 'any! challenge from
any school can be accepted, an
okeh ' from . the SHS ' principal
most be secored on the achedol
Ing of another; game. And, If
ai
8
ksgi
ally a date with Dallas!
the Vlks ma -every thinr .
nn
offers
t -
lost - nothing - to - galnM fa-i
tare. A sizeable item itself, i I j
I As far; as the Vikings players
are! concerned, be ' It Medford
or Mill Talley they want to play
temebody on or around Turkey
h Vtka find kn I annlnr tttr
Salem athletic rivalry Is a pos- ' Turkey Day they certainly would
slblllty. TU be ; able U answer want U fill It with the mott out-
definitely In aboot a 1 week,' standing attraction possible, such
said Flesher. j I; I j V g J as th Vik i. Jefferson of Fort-
Day. They draw no line ! at the
Willamette f river, . either; and
would welcome a j shot alt the
non reluctant Dragons. Bat be
fore the official answer can b
tendered Dallas' lnvttatiea to
1 . 4U .A ' W.I
v ,l,,rT i oweomo prevailing ihiirdlea,
mnst fiNtrknrdiA all obcies I however, no answer can be forth-
coming. : ; ; ...:yi: "Vr-- r":i : 1
The challenge was forwarded
almost, immediately after the
Drarons onset Albany It - U last
Friday : night, i Albany: having
previously . tipped . Salem ' 7-0.
Coupled with the Dallas kayo
ff Salem in the pre - state tour
ney basketball war last winter,
"natural was -born. Neither
Side U worried over the finan
cial! end U1 cln' ,or U
roundly believed the game would
pack . 'em In second to no other
game played here. ' '''4
VntU SHS Co. can properly
mnst first hurdle all obstacles
named above.'
Huskies
1
Eleven
To Start Over
'Graduation1' i Takes
Many Welch! Stars
1
Bombers Ready
FbrRbcketll
SEATTLE, Oct 31-P)-The ISe
attle . Bombers .j of the American
professional Football league
worked out iin a driving rain to
dayjas they prepared for the Port
land RocketsJ who; will help intro
duce Sunday piro football in. Seat
tle this wee! tend. All previous pro
fessional ga nes here have been on
Friday night! The game will like
Wise' be thi ! final home game 1 of
the season or : the Bombers,
i Coach Dutch Clark said tonight
that Dean McAdams, former Uni
yersity ot Washington passing star.
who was out with injuries last
the Bombers met the
eek when
San Diego
Gunnersjv o u 1 d be
ready for the, Rocket game.
SEATTLE Oct 311 -(if-ii Coach
Ralph (Pest) Welch today set No
vember 1 as the official start of
the rebuilding of the University
of Washington football team. The
Hurky : footballers, twho have been
idle for ' the last two days; since
their return : from. California, .will
get back into the harness (tomor
row, jmihus 14 of their mates who
were "graduated" via ; the X navy
ainee transfer route. ,l..t-.rfkj f J:
Among the replacements which
elch land his assistants are iret-
ting ' headaches, over,! are, : guards',
tackles!! a center and a fullback.
For the center position Guard Jim
McCurdy, formerly a i center and a
good j one, moves back to the1 pivot
position, replacing Gordy ; Berlin.
H But with 5 McCurdy' at I center,
both guard spots are open.; since
Bob Levenhagen on the other side
line transferred. Tackles
of the
both
Win
Pro Goli doni '& ' Richest Winter Tour to Open1
$150,000 Jaunt in Portland on November 23
riiii i
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HAROLD ."JUG" McSPADEN (right),! one of golf dom's top t aces.
talks It over svitn: George May, woo as boss of the annual Tarn
O'Shanter offers the game's top chance for pnrse-winnlng.
I i i ; -i ; ! ' (-
Rice : and
are gone.
the backfield
Bill McGovern
the !' blow
We've always had tjhe idea the good people bf Astoria held no love
ldwn
e. But we cudn t thi
jov th good peopbj of Salem especially when it boiled right do
iukii scituui m ni-ieucs. ana now we now u ior sure, eui we aian i
w u wver ee uic iinuneu reuiuonsmps reacn a new low in peiun
imaiiine this! 4stoHa hai demanded that! Pbrtlknd dfficials wdrk
Friday night football game between the Fishermen and Viks h
whkhin a Way brjahds! village officials and SHS overlords as not i;
mune ;to conhivantes tpof abominable to even think aboutLYe
i ' i i i. k. . . i . ... .. ...
wnat is tne prep amaeuc lamuy coming to wneq it is thought by m
bers! that, strictly heuti-als would purposely insert themselves as
difference beitWeeii one team of 'teen aged youAgstertjwinning or los-
mg to anotherr i ,; , !;.;" : : , i ). , j .f
i . Some day we'e going to write a t90k! on tht trials and tribulatio
oi; the aiyays poofj blind and unpopular! prep jathletic of Ccialj-au
ma'tlcally a first-class heel who shouldn't even be allowed in the jkr
without his ieeing-eye dawg and every time a robber without a gu
Tm he muit decipher the rule book, a 4efenseless-looking little item
which make J contradicting itself a habit and w Hich would baffle even
sudb; an untouchable aj Dick Tracy. Then comes an examination which
makes working' out your income tax! sheets a, pleasure by compari
son.' tte then pays his dues to the association. j r f
Ridicule Chean ior Wearer a4 SirinA Shirt
j Ai long last the official takes the field to keep the peace between
two .outfits anxioui td knock the brains, front thekother-Tlegally
T--, 7"! .p-"m i . . , v rm . wv. vwunini niu,;b
While he has to ruard aYainsl anf nn M H!nrnV nf "nthr iiemm iwartv
reaj themselves wimct warning coaching from the bench, Olegali-
Wif luuul- oy mors man a zew coacnesii not tempers, rule break
eacr-there'a million of 'em. And for all of ft he gets a nice big
chick in thfi amount cf say $10. He's wotn out his; clothes are di
nis, xeet hurt, jhe'i taking a cussing from, the losing team, urigenl
maniy coaches, bare their fangs at him, over-ripe razzberries a:
at rum wot a life! i iili- . "
And then flohg comes some two-bit coach or two-dollar p
re tossed
. - i 1 i
rin4-1
palho cah't bet anybody in their own class D league to beilyabhe
about another town's off icials before they've even seen the guys work;
Yet the sarnie Wi are1 good enough to be invited to officiate in some
of the top class A ganiei m the state
1 1 Ah yes, the athletic official. For Heaven's aake, don't ever jbe one!
pai.
Ross Cops Mat Win Over Finn,
I 1 :: -ll .... V : 'b- . !: i i i - .1 ..7.
Calls for Session With 'Mask'
Villager ! Toach Tony Ross
came back after taking a rasa
ling; lesson from Psivo Katonan
in the first! fall of their main heat
at the armory, last night spilled
the Finn in No.'s 2 land 3 after
some1 risht ragged brawling-, cop
ped the duke ind Immediately
hissed, "Gimme the "Mask
gain.' The two! were tussling to
tee which one got an upcoming
Salem crack at either Coast
Champ Jack Kfaer r the glnt
tonous "Grey Mask take your
-plcltij f "i- H, "!-.) .'.; hh i
I And feeling right chipper aft
er natteniig the Finn, Tough
Ton, who came near enough not
flattening -same Tlnn! figured In
asmach as 'twas Halloween it
wou'-i've been tkehi by him if
the ! oaei srook showed c? last
Til: 1. The; return bfef between'
Tcry acd fir. Stoneface Is def-i-M
ly set, however, anl for text
'. Tucr !ay night providing Hatch-.
'r.:.".lir Dc: Owen doesn't f'r-
iln'l: night! trjj tiz'X:Z
oles to Fly
For Ganuck Go
ii; .: .!if!;:r-';.--y - 1
llENO NWrll Oct 31-(A 1,-
mile. airplane flight will take
University of Nevada's! foot-
all team over the Bitter ' Root
and Rocky ; mountains this week
id Edmonton, Canada, for a Sun-
ay game With the Alaska Clip
pers, an American air transport
Command eleven. ? j !
EdmontoA sport fans, keen fol
lowers of,. Rugby, .the 'B r 1 1 i s h
rough and tumble sport' will be
getting one of their. first elimpses
of American football teams in ac
tion on Canadian soil. Not much
is known abdut the strength of the
Clippers. The team is made up of
G. I. Joes serving with the US air
transport command. ;
Alaska 1 Clippers
iwait xievaaa 1
EDMONTON. Alberta. Oct 31
(CP)- Lt Ray Arjo, head Coach
pf Alaska Clippers, j isn't saying
much abouij chances of bis Alaska
Clippers against the , University of
Nevada's football club here this
weekend:. He's content to let ; the
game speak for itself. The ; Clip
pers, from pe US 'armvair forces
base here, have played"five Sun
day games before sell-out crowds
at Clarke stadium and have lost
three, of them. The club hasn't
any Jnamrf'; players.
struck twice in the fullback place,
taking Keith DeCourcey andBobo
Moore, i leaving only Bob Knowles
to carry" the load jthat three j of
them carried, before:! I t 11? 'i i
Three other backs! who t have
been in the best ; clicking! Husky
combmition,j of the year, however,
Quarterback Bob Zech and Half
backs Dick Ottelejaml Dicik; King,
remain'! on., the team. . -:;; ;'
i The !;Huskies meeti the strong
Fourth' Air 'Force team j! from
March Field. Califs here Novem
ber 11, the last home Igame jof the
year. The following week; they
wind, up their season! against the
Second Air Force, at Spokane, i 1
tiasaba Utm 1
GaUedbyrHec'
i.'M- 4 -liCj!:!!
SEATTLE, Oct. Sl-iffy Coach
Hec Edmundson called for; the re
sumption tomorrow, with i the be-!
ginning of the second quarter, of
the University of Washington bas
ketball practice. The, notice was
posted ; for both civilian and naval
trainee turnouts. "When the! squad
"ports j tomorrow, the fight for
positions win, start," i Edmundson
said. . Basis training ' and physical
Modest Ex-Husky Galer Tabb
As GI i Champ in Any Leaffue
. ' .'Pi M i':-:iHJ;i " M m ,! ; By Jim Hutcheson : M l "' i-i M-nf : 3 M ..
ABOARD A TRANSPORT ENROUTE TO; THE PHILIPPINES,
Oct 18-(Delayed)H?)-A navy lieutenant who' went ashore wth Lt
Col Robert Galer during the Anguar invasion paid tribute to the for
mer university ; oi 1 1 wasmngton
basketball star jis "one of the most
fearless and most modest men I
have ever seen in action." ,
Lt John C. kdgrer former Pro
vidence, RI, newspaperman, spent
three weeks in' the Pacific with
the marine air wing operations
officer and didn't learn j that he
was the holder of the Congres
sional Medal of Honor until a war
conditioning have occupied
drills ior the past: month.
squad
otolo Raps iAmoroso'
WHITE PLAINS, NY, Oct; 31.
flVTommy Rotolo, 138. Rome.
NY, won an easy , eight-round de
cision tonight over Don Amoroso.
135, Jersey City, at the I West
chester! county center. Amoxoso
was down for a nine count in the
Ihird. ,
Finn Katonan, still hit rngred
self, warmed Koss up for the
, "Mask" with a series of the cra
nium conks last night Bat Ross
right fist and a well-applied leg
' lock proved the better weapons
In the end. Katonan Issued the
lesson ther first fall; and In 12
minutes ; had the village hero
fouled up in his pet "hangman'
hold." The Ross heart punches
and cross-knee body shun tied It,
1 In 3 Vi minutes, and then after ;
escaping; another "hangman's",
Ross Jumped on with the. leg
' twister to stop the truly thrill
ing throughout melee. :
. : Jack Kiser had to be ; content
with a draw wltfiTTudgy" Ma
lone in the semi, both 'taking a
fait Riser's pet "skin-the-cat
hold tricked the heavier Malone
for the first fall, and then Pud
ry turned meanle to notch the
sfccr.I after a series of most all
the heel tricks. Billy "Bast Tm"
J'crdn proved to be the tougher
tor;l.!a la Lis cjener with Pat
T.owJy" OTiowdy by takfug the
ilrst and tl d faUJ.
Squeezing by the M & F Gro
eery quintj 3 games to 1, Boyd's
Highway Market team took over
undisputed possession : of first
place in the Industrial, bowling
league - on "the Perfection; alleys
Tuesday night The two outfits
had been tied for the top until
last night's round.. Other results
saw Keith Browns and the Brite
Spot take three in a row from! the
Papermakers and Trade Council,
respectively while Scio spilled
Capital City Laundry 2 out of 3,
Interstate Tractor did likewise to
Mayflower Milk, and Salem Police
took a 2 to 1 decision over Bosler
Electric. Hawkins, of the Keith
Brown five, had high game for the
eveningi 234, while Kenyon of Scio
had the high series, a lc-fty 829
Scoresr ! ' - V !
af r GaocEsr tit
Handicap t ' - S3 ' S3 53 159
Forward ; 15 150 160469
B. GrtmUl . . , , . 115 154 142411
Curtis -. i .j,. - 100 113 173453
D. Griffith ..,. ., 128 187 178 491
Morgan 133 185 213-531
Totals
.755 841 SIS 2514
BOYD'S SWT. MKT.' (it
Pederson .., 19S 193 188578
McNaU ..,.,, 171 304 .188563
Aleshire ' 165 178499
Haagenaan .,. 148 174 107429
Blsler 185 138470
T Totals V ' ''-'"'I
PAPE&MAKEBS (I)
Cady ,v ;
WUtaey , ,
Duncan '
Bolton
Coleman . , , " , -
.811 920 799 3537
ll 67
-154
135
.167
-128
136
165
181
143
144
120423
148 467
171487
149 458
151423
I Totals .751.
KEITH BROWN CO. (3)
- Handicap t-... , 52
Barker -183
D. Brown
G. Hirdy ' "
powtU '.;; "7
768 i 739 2258
HawJns -
:tois
1.3
52
194
139
68
143
183
62 158
120 497
138479
115-327
144 4'.'9
23453
X.i UA -3 21S3
BiUTE SPOT (31
Patterson -
Roas , - i ' . ;
T. Brown f
Coney
.153
.188
.153
.143
.167
rtsgaard. M-. ,
Totals L..802 784
TRADE COUNCIL, (AFX.) (t)
Meyer in 133-
ruttrem 12S 140
Basse tt j , , 107 149
Lamb 1 lit 132
Brant .. :..138 144
103 143401
137 4148471
189 150 501
187 164474
188 182515
776 2362
185435
94359
118;
151403
115-397
Totals'
SCIO (3) .
CasweU i
Densmoro
Kenyon ' ,
Hendrickaon
.688 778 743 2207
Schrunk
'Totals'
CAPITAL CITY:
Handicap
Xlrchne-r .
Woel-
Buck
Russell
ktathis
.150
.149 -
.158
.160
143
189
155
185
143
144-287
-. 150
223629
197501
193534
15-473
.830 S36
Totals
940 2564
-Al'NDKY (11
. M 14
189 158 167 512
152 107 101360
.169 ,188 188511
.163
I :
-168
8J3
118
183
132430
173-522
INTKJiSTATE TEACTOK (2)
Handicap ; " J S
B. NoUainser J 143 169
Stettler i l , 149 167
KanesU 155 128
Farthing . , , ,139 141
W. Valdes 164 178
748 759 2335
24
139451
152468
153435
153-453
202044
-778
' Totals
MAX FLOW EH MILK (1)
Reaves 1 -;..-,.., .1; 158
Carr ,t4j i , 147
Riches 1- -I , . , vr
; 12S
. 185
G. Nofsinxer
-euer
791 80S 2373
' Totals
BOSLEK ELECTRIC 1
Schiller: 142
Mentzer! . j 177
Singer L . 158
Kelly...
SUke .
149
168
152
137
150
144451
148 453
160483
146411
137472
789 758 733 2230
-121
.131
176 194512
150 123450
125 133408
179419
137424
119
156
Totals
SALEM POLICE (2)
Hancuc&p 1
Fries . :!
Kigguu
Creasy !,
Mathers , .,
Selpp j . i -
Totals J
.721 738 768 2213
.20 20
.121 . 179
.122' 150
.138121
.126 134
.138 . 117
SO 80
1IO420
165437
113-372
158416
164509
.725 751 . 733 2214
'.'..Mi
mm
41 nit '
ed
correspondent ; from Seattle ' men
tioned it during a xhat about Ga-
er aboard the Philippines - bound
ship, Galer never had dropped a
hint y about President Roosevelt
having personally presented him
wfth. the nation's highest 'military
award. M. -l lM il; ; Ml i" ? r"Mi
We landed at Guadalcanal just
two years. to the day from Galer's
first landing there with the marine-fair
squadron In the early
days; " Of the Solomons fighting,"
Edgren related. VI had to ask him
directly to learrf. that he was cre
dited with 14 or.14. enemy planes
while based there, i L - "
"Later at Anguar, wjiere he had
been sent only as an. observer, he
walked behind tanks right up to
the front lines. It was a hazard
ous rislc uncalled for; in his as
signment, but he seems absolutely
earless in action. Other men were
asking: Who the hell is that ma
rine officer who's sticking his neck
out up front with the tanks? I , .
"When I learned that he was a
Pacific coast ' all-star in - college
basketball, I wasn't surprised. That
swiiw ! ohomn In nv lao efiiam
Aj AM OK .vueusip u ar wa
Hotel Fire Endangers
Guests at Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS,;-Oct JHflV
Police reported no injuries today
from an-11 an. fire that endan
gered occupants ot upper room-
in the three-story Grants Pass ho
tel. 1:;,ii-. :;M'!MMM:rM:M
An automatic gas heater started
the blaze, Fire Chief Homer Gra-
ble said. Hotel guests fled by fire
escapes and ladders.
Motorist Kills Cow,
Saves Ration Points j
DAYTONA ! BEACH, Fla-' Oct.
31-P)-Some thrifty Floridan has
saved - himself a flock of ration
points." !M:ivy.- ;;t;Vi IMv
A cow was killed by an automo
bile last night near the jTomoka
river north of here. Deputy Sher
iff V. E. Yaw said some unknown
person cut off and took with him
the ; choice, hind and front quar
ters of the cowl 4 t i
Loiiis to Daii
Gloves Frida
. i ; MM: - - MIM;! !;ll:-:rUM
pETRorr. Oct: si hh sgt
Joe Louis, world heavyweight
champion, came home today for a
week's furlough - visit with the
folks and one of his fiirst acts
was to sign the papers for ja three-
round exhibition i Friday ; with
Johnny Denson. , The; bout will be
an added feature of the Jake La
Motia l - ueorge .ocnan iign
Olvtnnia. ; , ;i
-w . ,
NEW YORK, Oct Sl-iHSolfj
om's richest winter tour, the
P. G. A. sponsored 1944-45 swing
from Oregon down the west cbastj
through the southwest and south
into the Carolinas, will find the
pay-for-play brigade ; competing
for more than; $150,000 in war
bonbMMlNMlfM ; :- .-...Li:: MM Mi
Fred J. Corcoran, tournament
manager ij for the Professional
Golfers association, announced! to
day the tour would get under way
Noy. 23-26 with a $15,000 event
at Portland, Ore., followed by 11
other - definitely scheduled fix
tures, four tentative tournaments
land several 'possibilities. ,f I
This 1 Will be the largest win
ter tour in the history of . the as
sociation," Corcoran said.' "All the
events will be nlaved for the ben
efit of various "war relief fundi,
and all the top players wfll assist
at various camps, clubs and hos
pitals m golf clinics." . I ! -.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, golfs
leading bond winner with $39,600
for 1944, will open his fall cam
paign at Portland, as will Sam
Snead, recently released after. 25
months in the navy. Harold (Jug)
McSpaden, j; second money-w o n
star; jwith $26,000; Craig Wood,
duration national open champion;
Bob Hamilton, P. G.A. king; Sam
Byrd, Toney Penna, Jimmy Hines,
Willie Goggin and Ed Dudley are
among other ' stars making- the
winter circuit' .. I .
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BALTIMORE, Oct' Sl-MED-rlOl
be ' youth . versus experience TofJ
reading from left to right Twi
light Tear against Devil; Diver in
tomorrow's $25,000 . Pimlico
Tv those who don't like
odds, there will be Megogo, Colt
who sneaked " into the mile and
three sixteenths raceMatMthe 11th
hour when he won . the Welling
ton handicap, a qualifying
at Laurel last Saturday. The three
were entered for the weight-forage
classic which will feature the
opening card, at Pimlico,
spe-
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short
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PETE CAWTHON, recently
signed skipper of the Brooklyn
pro footballing Tigers, will
, replaced br Ed 'Kubale
Frank Bridges, his formei
' sistants. t - "
and
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Rlinor League PIajeit
Draft on Schedule
1 1 B Charles Dnnkley Ii
Chicago. Oct zi.-m-z
ball's chief, :bargain ; htmters-thM
liiaio league , club ownera4wtt
huddle here tomorrow; In j Ihejr
annual draft meeting in the Mope
of nickhuf Mud another Gro tre
Cleveland Alexander or anUiei
"Hack", Wilson at low prices ',
office of Kenesaw Mouhtaia Jui
disVcommissioner of basebalLjwiti
Secretary! Leslie OlConnor pmI4-
ing ini the absence of Lan
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BROOKLYN, Oct SI Ph Ed
Kubale, : former head football
coach at Centre college, and Frank
Bridges,! one time head coach at
Baylor university, were named co-
coaches of the Brooklyn Tigers of
the National Football league to
day by Torni Gallery, general man
ager:
They
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SUCCi
Pete Ctwthoa
who resigned ! yesterday. ' Both
started; Jthe season as Cawthon's
month. MHtjM'
This year 1 589 players
for the draft With; ! th
three.Double-A leagues-jtoe lAraj
ericari association the i Intrnai-f
tional league, and the Pac Jf 1:0
Coast; league--furnishing .Sipr af
ive players, for "the draft price of
$t,500. Hundreds lot! others; Ironi
lesser Ii leagues,;; . ai ::Lwell fjasthi
-rights'? . ; ;!r retired players M
service men, also are included. i i;
f Clubs may make one selectioit
each In inverse order of their n;i
tK in the r leame races, with the
National league eighth place team
having the j call over the i cellar
American league team in eVeri-
numoerea years, inus uie
delphia fFiuliies tomorro
nave xirst pick ana w a;
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Although- the roll can is,
neated until all clubs I have
many; pickj as they desire,
ed only by . the 40-player
maximumsJ ' the draft has ave
raged only 14 men annually! In
1942,; however, it hit 23, while tne
other t extieme was reached jin
1932 "when only four minor league
players were taken.; Last J year! ,16
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Shun Uo S. Trip
' NEW YORK, Oct 3HH, Dan
Ferris, secretary - treasurer of the
Rational jAAU, received a !radi6f.
gram froth the Swedish fAiasiteUjr
Athletic association today in which
Cunder Haegg and Arne Andejrsoh, j
Swedish milers, declined an inViti
tion to visit the US during the U-
door track season. ; The message
gave! no reason but said a letter
of explanation was being mailed.
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Fancy ,tk)ntainers Helpi
Increase Ggarette Prices
PORTLAND, ; Oct iSl-OPjfThe
district OP A asked national hei d
quarters j today- Ior authoi ity j jto
prosecute dealers .who increiise
prices by selling fags in farcy
craiUiners. U- - ;M ! -1 I fe
Buyers . who , can obUtin; pack
ages ; only in wooden xnests or
other elaborate boxes or through
a t punchboard are ; protesting
loudly, while the cigarette supply
rapidly diminishes, the OPAl .iTfl-
assistants. '
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Rabbit Grows Tusks
So Can9t Eat Girrots
PORTLAND, . Oct 31--The
five-year-old I w-hite -.; Chinchilla
owned by Mrs Opal Rivers is a
hungry-and very melancholy -The
rabbit can't chew, Its car
rots because its teeth have grown
into inch-long tusks which ; don't
meet
talker Handed Nod
BALTIMORE, Odt 31-0P)-Bud-
dy Walker, Columbus Negro heavy
Weight, was awarded a, majority
decision over Yancey Henry, Cal
ifornia scrapper, after 10 roimds
of milling tonight Walker weigh
ed 199, Henry 193. .
arm Production Mus
Keep Up Declares
WFA
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CORVALLIS, Oct Sl-PHStttf
pluses from this year's ; bumper
crops must not result ini slower
Oregon farm production, the :War
f ood administrauon empnasizi
fcday.M'i .MMfn-MElHt! ;;
"We cannot count on
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better-than-averaee : condi4
lions," tie statemt released by ,
the state AAA office , here.
ciaredfrlt is better to produce
than, to" gamble I pri
Bb
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Garner: Kayo Winner
I CHICAGO, Oct 31 -tfV
Gamer, 182, of Louisville.; Ky.,
knocked out Charley Folk, 193,,
of Chicago in the third round pf
a scheduled eight i round ! .match
tonight at the Marigold gardens! i
Plebe 'Battering Ram' Ranked
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By HAROLD CLAASSEN
WEST POINT, NY, Oct 31 -(ff)
An army may , travel On its stom
ach but the unbeaten army foot
ball team does much bf its travel
ing on the powerful legs of Felix
A. (DoeA Blanchard, the Bishop
ville, SC. battering ram. IX CoL
Earl Blaik, army's head coach,
won't admit that but-he goes into
a smiling reverie every time the
plebe fullback's name - is men
tioned. 4-fJ. LvMf :V'::MMM'.;."
Other eastern football coaches
Army Machine
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fi it-i : 1.v - .M f ! f'
and writers, however, say the
youngster is the difference be
tween last year's good cadet elev
en and this season's class-dfench
ed outfit- They contend that it jis
the constant threat of Blanchard's
260-pound blasts into the middle :
of the line that enables Glenn,
Davis to skirt the rival ends on
his long touchdown Jaunts.' The
latter now is , the eastern I scoring
leader with 60 points while BlatH
chard is tied for fourth with. 96.
Ex-WILW Penso StiU TaUying 'Runs - Against the Japs
SEATTLE, Oct SL-TVIn a
letter; to Atec - Sholts, Seattle
. Times baseball writer, Corp. Ted
. Wilson,' somewhere In j France,
revealed today that Sgt t Felix
(Mike) Penso, former Seattle
semi-pro and Western Interna
tional 1 e a g v e ballplayer and
RsinlerV pitching- prospect has
won the purple heart in his own
private war against German sni
pers, lie said Penso iwas not se-
riously wounded.
- We had a. young kid assigned, wont speak for fa cocjle of
- to our platoon the ctprt boors. That's ur elae, and we
wrote "He iwas 19, and hadn't know he's bagged another of the
shaved 'yet; Mile knew! 'he was : ra I ence asked Mm why he
Inexperienced, so took I care of : was so olet after he shot one.
him Uke a father used to call and he said he was prajlug far
be an altarboy at St Anne's Ca, yards. ignorant he'd
uoue ennrcu nere;. . ;
him 'Chicken.-- One night a sni
per get the kid In the back of the
head and killed him. Since then,
the snipers have paid dearly for . The sergeant is" one ef the
It Mike's shot down 14 snipers , best shots with a carbine rve
so far. ' .,, , rv. 'ever seen.. Be always has it with
He has more patience than, him, eating or sleeping or telling
any sniper ever had. He waits storiesM He says It's his life In
fer hours, until they make the
the poor devil' ("Mike" used to H platoon, crawling tho last
; first move, fires then turns his
head as they tumble ; out of a'
tree. ' . ' - ,
' "Every time he gets one, he
suranee. - , h, t ... . ;",:;t c . ..-.-tie
said Penso was wounded
by a crossfire of panzer machine
guns while, already struck by
shrapnel, going on a volunteer
mission to get medics to aid the
more severely wounded -after bis
troops' wireless had been knock
ed out He got the medics, rect
ed tank fire which eaeght , the
Germans, and return ci ti ! Lis
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