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1 '. t 1 " " t f ; i , k Series of '29 Gave Connie Biggest Thrill in Baseball Th' StoUsman, 'alam. Oregon. Monixtr. April 14. 18S0- ' Baseball hM Jut; given Connie lUtlt, 17 -year -aid mnaer af the FhiUdelphU Athletics ft treat testlaaonlsl f er.r MS ICIITC V: years as skipper af the A's. The grand eld man of the game, who hopes tv have ne snore pen-; nsnt winner be-ij has written his My SC Tears In the Blf Lear-; ctuii Mrk aes," which was published this weekend. In the book Is Mr. Mack's "biff est thrill la baseball.'' Quoting; without quotes: ! The bluest thrill I have erer had? I'U never I forget the 129 world series. Lefty Grore. Gearge Earnahaw and 1 Kobe Walberc. three of the biggest names In base hall, were with me. The problem was In which order I shoal d pitch iheam. The Chicago Cubs, the Na- K tlonal league pennant winners. feared them because of their mas terful work. I knew that If they could Hck one of these star pitch- ers they could break the spell and ride on to victory. A major surprise at the offset would break their spirit, so my strategy was to nullify the Chi cago plan of campaign at the start. I was so heavily loaded with big pitchers at that time that some time before the end of the regular season I found myself In a quan- uary. a imrra laic s ciuo nouse meeung and nesiuted at tne door. My eyes fell on Ehmke, a grand old-timer. I beckoned him to follow me. As we stood outside the locker-room door, I said to him. "Howard, it looks as If 111 have to let yon go." Ehmke was a vet eran for whom I had deep regard. This was a hard decision for me to make. It was a sort of profes sional death sentence. "Mr. Mack," Ehmke replied. "I've always wanted to be on a and In a world Is as close as 1 pennant winner series, and this ever got to It" "Do yon believe yon could win a game In the world series, How ard?" I asked. "Mr. Mack," re replied, shoving bis pitching arm forward, "I've got one more good game in me, and rd like to five it to you In October." i "Howard," I said. Tm going to take you up. You're going to pitch that game In the series.! Ton stay heme and work out here In Phila delphia. When the Cubs come here in their final games with the Phil lies, go to every game and study their hitters carefully." I I asked Ehmke to tell no one, and he kept his pledge . 4 . . When we arrived at the Held In Chicago for the opening of the world series, not one of the play ers knew the Identity of our first pitcher. Our opponents were eager to get this information. The news paper men were all speculating on whether it would be Grove or Earnshaw or Walberg, but I with held It until the last minute. Ehmke warmed up with the rest of the players and then sat down on the bench, a big robe around bis shoulders. The national anthem was play ed: the . great world series was about to begin. I signaled to Ehmke, and he walked out to the mound. The huge crowd, the sports writers, and the Chicago team were all taken by complete surprise. Howard Ehmke proved himself the great sportsman he always was. He not only won the first game In the world series against the Chicago Cubs by a score of S-l, but he struck out thirteen Chicago hitters in one game and established a world record. It was one of the greatest thrills in my life to see Ehmke pitch that game, ! break a world's record, and start us to a series championship. He I smashed the record that Bir Ed Walsh had held for twenty-three years when Ed struck out, twelve men In a world series. , Ehinke raised the ante to thirteen. The Nation's Top Comics DAILY AND SUNDAY in Your Home Newspaper BLONDS ''iilillllllllllillllllPl 'iiiip BLONDIE) "T'TNf AZURE BLUeA HAVE WE V. , K WHAT COLOR S,t J CARDINAL REQ. -SOME INK 5K ( WOULD VOU ?f Y JADg GREEN -ANV '"IWIIIIIPII" fl FILLED TOJK - jefSS: PEN WTTH ?KaMAriCAU. fe . r5ezTM0NiCHT -"iiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiii C I MAKE IT WITH) ' (euBERPYJUV gm& KETCHUP AND j in. K-t Kw SHUT UP AND PUT is in mo iraveso Toseirs Nocked ffw Fnirsft Losses off raafoir League Hot Pirates SoasoDD MakeitiFive Lemon, Leads Indians To Win Over Browns : By Kslph Koden : NEW YORK, April 23-(;P)-The ?oston ' Braves and the Detroit igers lost their first games of the season today, leaving the Chicago Cubs as the only unbeaten team In the major leagues. Boston extended Is winning streak to four, games by beating the Philadelphia Phils, 4-3, in the first game of a twin bill but the Phils took the second, 8-5. ' The Tigers' winningKtreak of four games was snapped by the Chicago White Sox who won 5-4. It was the White Sox's first victory In five games. ! I The scheduled fame between the 1 Cubs, unbeaten in; three starts, land the St Louis Cardinals, 1 was rained out. Abo. rained out were scheduled games between Brook lyn and the New York Giants and Washington and the. New York Yankees. ' . i Meanwhile, the surprising Pitts burgh Pirates scored their fifth straight victory with a 5-3 decision over the winless Cincinnati Reds. The Boston Red Sox; and the Phil adelphia Athletics i divided double-header, the A's taking the first game, t-4, and the Sox the second, 12-Z. J- I The Cleveland Indians took both Cds of twin bill from the St Mis Browns, 8-6, and 7-5, with feob Lemon starring! In both. Lm on went aU the way In, the opener, Ilowinf five bits. ! Lemon crashed a two-run pinch hit homer in the sixth inning of the nightcap to enable the In- g ana to overcome a 5-4 deficit ie gamo was called after the seventh because of darkness. Johnny Sain, who had a dismal iimn fact vear after three bril liant ones, stopped j the Phils on gix hits in the opener ai ttoswn. Buddy Kerr, former Giant drove ,nmm. twn titna in heln Sain has Els second victory.! Sid Gordon, who came , along with Kerr and WilUrs Marshall from the Giants, Wrvml with one on in the fifth to give the Braves a 5-4 lead In the second game. The Phils struct: back with single runs in tne sev nth and eighth innings to win. At Pittsburgh, Lefty Cliff Cham Kr mt an the wav for the sec ond time for the red hot Pirates, . w.attred eirht Cincinnati hits. Rookie Catcher Johnny Pramesa 1 hit a home run for the Reds. ' The Pirates Jumped on Frank Smith for all of their runs in the first six Innings. Wally Westlake belted his 'fourth home run in the second. i Rlif nltchin b Billv Pierce enabled the White Sox to shade the Tigars. Pierce, a former Tiger, ntrMt the nme in the fifth after the Tigers had scored four runs to Uke a 4-2 leaL He Dianjcea the Tigers the rest of the way and s-sined the victory when the Sox came up with three! runs In the sixth to chase Red Hutchinson. Rankin Boh HooDer's niftv re- . tlf nifrhin was a contributing factor in the AthleUcs' first game triumph over the Red box: moo per came on In the seventh inning with , the haiM loaded and none out and the A's in front 7-3. He stopped the Red Sox cold to preserve the decision for Little Bobby Shantz. rerris Fain and Sam ChaDman collected three hits jipiece for the AS. . ! Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo 1VS OmQAL PHOTD OF THE OTY RATH6RS AND THE MAYOR ABOUNDS IKI QUIET Vgmy AND ALSO SAVOIR FAlRE" JJuT PUT A 6ALIN R5CUS, SURROUNDED BY THESE GENTS-THEy LOOK POSmVELY DIZZY, COY AND NOT A LITTLE DENSE mm m m i 1, '5BJJncRAFTmyryESAW T i TUF 7V7l PLASHED TWE UCHTON US J OUR RJCESl 1 I rLB noocrvsiui "ll k WE HAD TO BRING UF fflULD TH V, 1M DICK TRACT NOU DOPES EVER MEAROF ' MAW whereas CTHATPi LeLs 1 OONT BE SILLY. THE SHERIFF CANT PROVE ANYTHING -ILL SAY I FOUND THE LtTTLE BOATS 006 AND WAS GOING TO RETURN HlM-ILL EVEfl ttTTSTTTiraa CLAJM THfc 1 .-ra - 7A ' sl n sT utc: -si a m s " LTTTLE ANNS ROONZT IF YOU'RE SMART YOU WDKT CLAIM ANYTHIHG-H1DINGTHE006 IN YOUR OWN BASEMENT MS A SlUPI D STUNT- EVEN THE KID RGGERED OUT THAT ONE AfJD SNATCHED HER D06 RIGHT OUT PROM UNDER YOUR NOSE-i N0'BUI5'-THE KID OUTSKARTED1 YOU- IF M3U KNOW WH&TS 6000 FOR YOUR HEALTH, YOUU KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT TIGHTER THAN A CUM WITH LOCKJAW- BAHi -AM THEN MEAN ZERO RAN OUT OF THE BASEMENT.AM'MftS.PETTAfOfi RAN AFTER US, HOLLER IN POLICE, &vtrFtftro ueioll' r uac h'(jL- AWFUL SCARED. BUT I WAS TERRIBLE GLAD- TOO,XXBEITJF0UJDI n 1 1 a 1 rjZ A LLAM W1IH nr I ii fc.g . ..Sat v "' r a ur : jf sT". B r aaaaaa mm ULZP mT X 1 1 i sr tmr. a. a 1 a. w - v w i-v y nrr-in.2ERo-H 0 1 f s,, V Demaret (Run9 Stopped IXIawlkiiiuS Captures Cavalier Tourmey VIRGINIA BEACH. Vs.. April 2J-(p-Fred E- Hawkins of 1 raso, Texas, labeued a "rising star' by golfs top-ranking pro fessionals, won the third annual S 10,000 Cavalier Specialists Open tournament here today, thus end ing the victory streak of Jimmy Demart of Ojai. Calif. The 25-year-old Hawkins put together rounds of 67, 64 and 69 to grab xirst place money of 91,000 in the 54-hole event with a seven-under-par total of 200. Demaret, victor in the recent Masters and North Fulton Open tournaments, was deadlocked with the gangling fellow from Texas after they played the second round before lunch today. But Demaret faltered this aft ernoon, carding a four-over-par 73 over the 6,063 yard Cavalier Yacht and Country club course. It was Demaret i first really poor round of eolf in weeks, and it left Jovial Jimmy four strokes off the pace and in fifth place. Clayton Heafner, the mustached veteran from Charlotte, N. C, came tip with a sizzling five-be low-par 64 this afternoon to sain ninnerup honors with a total of 202. Three strokes behind Hawk ins and deadlocked for third were Johnny Palmer of Badin. N. C, and Ted Kroll of Philmont, Penn. 8TINGL SKI WINNER GOVERNMENT CAMP. Ore., April ZS-iAT-Karl Stingl of Seat tle Penguin Ski club won the 13th Annual Golden Pole Giant Slalom in the Ski Bowl here today. He paced the field of 31 Men's Class A racers through the 35 gates ov er a mile and a quarter course with a time of 2.-03.4 minutes. It was one-fifth of a second better than University of Portland Ski Coach Mat Rocque's time of 2:03.6 minutes for second place. i O national League fX, , . St Louis at Chlraro poatpoowd. rain. If rsau" YOr Brooklyn Po!1. J"jT -v , Clnelnnatt SM 10S 00S 3 S 1 . J v 1 ( ) ) PttUbvrsh i . 11 SIS SO S S S ir'Coil 11 yKJ south, Bin (. r ? and f U xTsSTN 1 Ptssmm; Qtambrs and McCuUoutta. m mry PMUdiphia J soo soa eis a s i II a! S.xN bmm aa ii sc s i I . DwuMlly. MUar (7) sad LopaU; Sala CrawUU. Jt iJiSwV Phfladelphla " XM 110 lift S IS 1 ifV lilaviN. Bamf i S9S OSS SOD t .It-' t , ... -:. ... -r:: UO Golfers Tip Cougars LEWISTON, Idaho, April 23- (ffVThe University of Oregon golf team defeated Washington State college 19 to 8 in a Northern Di vision match transplanted to Lewiston yesterday because of unfavorable weather conditions at Pullman. The teams came out even after the best ball matches of the morn ing with 4Mt points each. However, the Oregonians ran away with the show In the indi vidual pairings. They won all but one match in the afternoon. Oregon's Ron Clark was medal ist with 68. Dick Olson of WSC needed one stroke more to cover the par 70 course. WaltonsBook Meet Tonight The regular meeting of the Sa- em chapter, Izaak Walton League of America takes place at eight o clock tonight in the Dairy Co op building in the Hollywood dis trict. Initiation of new members is on the agenda, along with the showing of moving pictures. Douglas Finch of the state game commission will be principal speaker and will talk on the cap turing and stocking of mountain goats in the Wallowa district. The film "Fishing in Alaska" also will be shown. The ladies auxiliary will hold their meeting at 339 Court street and will discuss final plans for the rummage sale April 26-27. The women will Join the regular chapter meeting afterward for re freshments. A full turnout of the membership of both units is hoped for tonight, says Secretary Lloyd ueinnoldt. Vikings Play Woodburnf9' Salem high's baseball I Vikings step from Big Six league play to day to take on the Woodburn Bulldogs in a district clash at 3:45 o'clock at Waters field. Coach Harold Hauk's club has won two and lost as many thus far in the season. Victories have been posted over Albany and Lebanon. Losses were to the Penitentiary and Cor vallis high teams. ' Woodburn has been holding its own in the Willamette Valley lea gue race and is pointing to an up set victory over the Viks. Salem is scheduled to play Eugene in a Big Sixer here Tuesday afternoon, and Silverton high on Wednesday, here also. American League Washington st New York postponed. rain. Oiicafo 000 303 000 S S Detroit owi aw w Xuuri. Piere ) Rutrhin-on. Whit (S). Calvert and Swift. Robtnson 1 1) and cinsDerg ID cirwUad one ost las s it st. imi aw so soo s s tfB and Heaaa: Avacfat. Srt low (), &an7 . rerrtc (7) and ctewUnd ooa est i t is St. Uma M MS O t (Called and at Tta. dar-rl ZAldak. CrscMC (4). rtores (). sad Murray: Carver. Scaacht T and Moss. PtUadph ISO 010 1104 U on eti si o u Dohaoa. mf-eUer (7). &ns 4SI and Troaetta, acber-arta . n. sans tsi Soi urts. Hooper (1 and Cuerra. Bostoa 400 IS-U 14 PailadehahU 010 100 S S f CalM -ad of Ota. dartafeO PameU and Batts: Wjtm. McCrabb Ui. Brrd tl and Tla a. X NTHCraFERS AKXIT CHRISTY, BUZ. X...X CAM AS FAST M ZC0ULR M tozz sAwns f YWY, f THOUGHT YOU MIGHT 1 I 1 1 YOU OlO Wt9 MS UZ. r-- AUP TO VXLf MftV v MtL SMUOCtr rrrxnu ntmtvf I my affaws, Nsuicr Your- 7 am op no OWN ATTAOCS, . IMCOrrAMCt FlNw-CMKOTt II A V f IP VCXi 1 uuBcrv... VOtLL CATCH THE FTVB 0CLCCK " CXOAN POR CAIRO ! aaaaaaBH B, I I I 1 I If I A 1 I 30CO-SVEVOlSve BEEN. VERY KIND 1 j I0CKET M0US2 HXVB POUND THE I PSHOSTJ TREASURE CLUE HE VVASA wrrwouT hiaai tv very nice FELLOW 1 I 0FTHX-TKSA9URa Of tfOOOft ( ,AZQ&Q IMiTUKKEYi i rrzr -yrjui Ibcfciyl fijKfcheis Philadelphia Raschl (S-l). vs. Brl- la (0-1): Clrvrlanri at hioM Garcia (0-0) vs. Cain (0-0): Boston at wasninKton rnlcht) Maaterson 0-l) vs. Scarboroufh a-0): Detroit at St. Louis (iught Gray (1-0) vs. SUrr NATinVAt. T TiHTTT. new lore meyer io-ii vs. Ken- wewcormtoe (0-1) va. Donovan (0-0): St. Imia at rinrtnnaN vr(.n sw (0-1) or Lanier (0-0) vs. Raifeni- oerser t-i) (only games scheduled). " (A CUTE ONEWITH RjOWSS. I AND A PICKET N ' r WE X aVVV J ( FINE I W ARE Wi W4 ,-VF'Kt - - UP CRBT MUCH OXDIDHXP6iAPS , S -n. 1.1 SO. y. A DOLL I A I WWlSHTolTTH0USAOf cCHOESI , m V P??7T J speo. rr-s-f "WH can M. ' -v V DOU-1 y SlRf y VT--Va IAWDROMOR8 A S "U Trw akssP1 TWAT Kizfn- m -i : Table of Oiasta! Tides Tldea fnr Tifl nmim Imll tau (enmnilMi hw IT S rrmt a. - 4-4- urvey. roruaaa. Or ton). Apr 14 SS HIOH WATERS LOW WATERS T1to 151 am. t :JO p.m. SrlO am. IM pjn. J2 a .m. S:4t pjn. Ht. SO 4 4 14 47 i si; 51 Tlma 1J 0J p.m. 11:43 p m. 1M pjn. 1:15 ajru 1:53 pjn. Look and Learn By A. C Gwoa 1. Where is the lowest point in the United States? 2. What is the name of the sit uation in coif when an opponent's ball lies directly in between your ball and the cup? S. Which of Christ's Disciples were brothers? 4. What is the larfest family of plants? : 1 ' S. Which one of the wives of King Henry VIII was the mother of Queen Cizabeth of England? ANSWIXS 1. Death Valley. California, about Z8Q feet below sea lerel. 2. Stymie. i I S. Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew were brothers; and James and John were brothers. 4. The thistle family. 4. Anne Boleyn, 1 was just nfuring. rkpYTaofl there; Uncle Walt lent u the I were the extra $(65, and $65 was yt license tor ASOUXE XUXT WIVT HW w Hotel Gonial iso ton. 4: juts) bos. TJS; state and county, L Marirw. l sM ThatV ti07 out 6f'S; 'laia Iuu4ia mini t TT" for oiWosware andtupfwaJ Oood orrwl teu A Sorry, but Att htaaat. MrkM 1 OUT bUdfiM about a two oobawi ioaorrt oand ad in the morntng I It. Mju can Tnspot? It pould 'try later dunM al tfMS can'ariora it. dAHMLT GOOGIX l4y Sn WAAL-1 SKNlOOLES SHUX- V AN H HOLLERED WsTNO CAN RG6R CUT .OW0e-. YONOGftS TH' ANSWQ 1 .Jg- THATTOM -RXXWOOU. J SSrS HE IS BUT "fSSP Vwr Bawl n i a I V f5A4WSS J 7 HE AWT ( fWTHtrC Mr V fLy LAZ 7 i-t.,?: . iTHOtSKT ITHKil Hi4t as tVl grST v