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Page Twelve THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OBEdON Doc Near Wins Way To Semi-Finals Of Gearhart Coast Golf Championsjg , , ; ..... i . 7l f, IEBAERW1 GEARHART, Ore.. Aug. 21 OJ-R) Doc Near, Eugene's lone entry In the championship (light, came through with uuother Binnnhmg victory Thurs day to enter the seuii-finaU of the inen'i under-32 division of the ninth annual Gearhart golf cnampicmbhip. Nnr, former Eugene prep school rce, stiiged an uphill battle to defeat iJtve Hanley of Pendleton at the 11'tb hole. Near won aweet revenge for Jim O'Connell, teammnte, who was dtfeated liy the Pendleton mashie swinger Wednesday. The Eugene golfer who l.us been pluying par golf during the last two days will meet Lloyd Mead of Broad moor if Mead'a victory om Bob Kcfer doei not have to be replayed. Mr ad won by default following a dis pute. In the other uunl-fiiml bracket George Will, Portland, meets Dick Hei'iges, Broudmoir. Will defeated Art Uliner, Ueurluirt medalist, yes terday by an 8 and 7 score, while Hedges was ousting Vines, 2 to 2. Mrs, B. E. Evn, acq golfer of Portland's Columbia-Ed j,cwnl?r club, iMlay took over the fuvoritn's role for the Oregon coast midsummer women's crown after crushing Muriu' Ventuh, defending titlist, 0 and .", ji-Bterduy. For the older oien's title Scott Wilson inccta Carlyle C'urr.ingham, also of Portland, nud V. S. Stnnbery, Portland, opposes Ir. Jehu I . Loudon, Vnkima, Wash. Mrs. Eva must burdlo Jnnet Meek lem for the right to meet the winner of the Nancy Hurdt -Dorothy Sellars mulch for the wj men's title. All the women scml-finnl'Kts urc from Portland. IAL NEW YORK. Aui. 21. U.B BUI Terry and bis New York Giant, open a 15-gams road trip In Boston today that should make or break their hopes of copping the 1036 National league pennant. The Giants vera Idle yesterday, and aav the leading- Cardinals increase their league lead to a game and a half as a result of whipping the Cincin nati Reds 4 to 2. It was Dizzy Desn's 21st victory of the year, and the lanky right-hander helped win hla own game, contributing one of his two singles in the ninth when the Cards scored three runs their winning mar gin. The third-place Cuba dropped a half game further behind the Giants when they were whipped 8 to 7 In an ll-1nning struggle by the Pitts burgh Pirates. After blowing a seven run lead, tho Cubs saw tho gamo fade away in the 11th when Arky Valighan connected for a aingle off Lou Warneke with the bases loaded, Arky's fourth hit of the day. Boaton's Bees won their series with the Philadelphia Phillies, two gamea out of three by taking the final game, S to 1. In the only game scheduled In the American league, the Detroit Tigers whipped the St. Louis Browns, 8 to 4, Tommy Bridges doling out but eight hits for bis 17th win of the year. T ST- IK " 11HE CLAIM of Jimmy Braddock, heavyweight champion, that a growth on the injured little finger of his left hand necessitated an operation and would make Impossible hla title battle with Max Schmellng In September started a controversy as to whether he was stalling. Here he It (left) )t)ry)!ng to convince Schmeling of the seriousness of the injury at the Athletic Commission office in New York Cty. Doctors called him fit. Bradshaw to Hold Open-Air Fight Card An open air boxing card, with tie veil five-round bouts on tap, will be presented to Eugene fans Tuesday night by Joe Bradshaw, local pro moter and fighter. The bouts will be held at the University Softball park nnd are scheduled to begin nt 8:30 p. m. Brinish aw will meet Pot O'Brien, of Salinas, Cal., middleweight cham pion of northern California, in the main event, while Malcolm Hansen, Eugene, will meet Bruce Hnnnon, Seattle, former navy chnmp, In the semt-wiiidup. They are middle weights. Tho rent of the card will be an nounced later. BIELSKO, Poland, Aug. 21. OP) American Olympic swimmers swept the main races in an exhibition meet against Polish stars today. Peter Fick of New York amazed the fnns by sprlntinjr the 50 meters free aryla in 25.2. Ralph Flanagan, Miami, and Jack Medica, Seattle, fin ishrd one-two in the 400 meter, free style, Flanagan winning in 4:50.8 and Medica finishing In 5:11.1. Art Lindgren of Los Angeles won the 100 meter free style in 1:01.6, and was trailed by John Macionis of Philadelphia, who was clocked In 1:03.1. Al Van De Weghe of Newark took the 100 meters backstroke in 1:11.2 nnd Taylor Drysdale of Detroit was second in 1:12.0. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 21. OP) Using a blow that split his glove from fingertip to wrist, Freddie Steele, world's middleweight cham pion, won his first battle as a cham pion here last night. He knocked out Jackie Aid a re, of Brooklyn, 61 seconds after the second round in a scheduled 10-round non title fight began. Steele came into the ring nt 400, AUlare at 102. Aldare was a beaten fighter from the moment he stepped into the ring. Lees than 30 seconds later, he was on the, floor for a nine count after taking a series of hard lefts and rights to th body. He managed to hang on the rest of the round, making Freddie miss a pair of right upperruts to the fare and getting in an effective blow or two himself. In the second, he showed a mom entary aggressive streak, covered quickly when Steele drove Into his body again, then flopped to the can vas the last time from a long swinging right. The blow split Steele's right glove. j The fight, which drew some 8,200 1 persons, was held to fulfill a promise j Steele made to George Shan Win, vet-1 ?ran promoter, before the Tacoma fighter took the middleweight title from Kddie (Babe) Hlsko In Seattle last month. 4 Three of four successive presidents nf the United States died on the Fourth nf July: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. BENTON-LANE TO PRACTICE Tho Benton-Lane park baseball team will hold an important practice acesion Friday night at the fair grounds, the workout beginning at 6 p. m. All team members are urged to he on hand as it will he the Inst workout hefore the championship gamo with the Hills-Giustina club, nt Swimmers' Delight, Sunday afternoon. Baseball Standings (By the Assm-intrd Press) National W. St. Louis 70 New York 00 Chicago (HI rittshnrph 00 Cincinnati . !Vi I'ostiiu fill Brooklyn 4." t'hiltulelphia 40 American New York , , Cltvelnnd , lrtroit , ,. ( 'hicagn . , . Washington Hofiton . , . St. Ixuis . I hilndelphi.i pMrtUnd , , . . Scuttle Sr.n Diego . 1 1 itk In ml . , , , Missions , .,, Los Angeles , Sun Francisco Sacramento . 75 04 04 01 no 50 44 41 Coast 70 7S 78 78 .71 .71 .;.s Pet. .014 .000 .574 .517 .482 .405 .:iii5 .351 .0."! .547 ..m:i I .51 Kl I .:io3 1 ..'..".7 i .MT ! .r.7 .r.o- .303 ..".SJ (By Tho Asoclated Press) The unpredictable ' Coast league race, with six teams playing better tLan .500 baseball, was further snarl e.l today. Three teams remained a game and a half out of first place, as the lea cueleadinK Purtland Beavers dropped tlicir third iu a row to Los Augele& 10-4, and second place Seattle took its third consecutive licking from the San Francisco Seals 42. Oakland and San Diego moved up on victories over the San Francisco Missions and Sacramento by 2-1 and 6-1, respectively. Collapse of their pitching staffs brought defeat to Portland and Seat tle. Bill Posedel yielded eight runs hefore he wss chased ' by Los . An Belesj and Hobo Carson had to finish. Meanwhile, Joe Berry held the Bea vers hitless In seven out . of nine frames. John Bottarini hit a homer and two singles to lead the seraph at tack. Ed Wells yielded the Seals hits' in every inning, whilo Win Ballou pit ched smart ball, allowing eight hits inly five of which went to the out field. Hal Ithyue, Tony Boroja and Darry Woodall got nine of the Seals' 10 hits. Mnneger Dutch Ruether was not al lowed on the field at the start of the game because a league fine of $50 remained unpaid. Bill Kleppcr, presi dent of the Seattle team, produced the money nil in small change which was presented Umpire Harry Leake in a sack. Rcuther was then allowed to coach. Oakland measured the Missions for Ibe third straight night in a pitching duel between Jimmy Tobin and atu dious Wayne Osborne. Osborne caus ed his own downfall in tho eighth, when leading 1-0, he hit and walked two batsmen, who scored on singles ly Jimmy Hitchcock and Jack Glynn. Tobin, who restricted the ltcds to fur hits, scored the winning run. Sacramento's brilliant rookie, Henry Pil.pen, saw bis winning streak of 10 consecutive games broken by Sen Diego. Old Herman Pillctte turned the trick, holding tho Sacs to four blows, including Frank Morehouse's' second homer is as many games.. Vine De niaggio hit a homer, but Chick Shi ver, San Diego's odd-fielding pasture tender, took batting honors with a tilple and two singles in four trips. - 1 Kansas Flyer Sets 800 Metre Record STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Aug. 21. (U.R) (Ilonn Cunningham, the Kansas Kl.('r, (inlay set a world record In winning the SOO meters race of the Stockholm international track and field meet. t'unninchnm's time was one min ute, 4H.7 seconds, one-tenth of a second under the mark of 1 :4I 8 held jointly by Hen Kastmnn of California nnd Tom ilnmpson of England. Special! Newton Streamline Tapered Fly Lin.. J A QC Reg. W.50. Special "WeJ Lightning's Everything for th Fisherman 1133 WIMamttU T! RTI JACK OF SO . CHlOfHANf WDASPtO W LOCOMOTIVE BUTTLE WITH VI Olympic Official Is Suicide; Despondent Over Replacement BERLIN', Aug. 21. Suicide of the vice-commandant of the Olym pic village, and tbs deaths from nat-1 ural ' causes of two other persons j connected with the games, were dis closed officially today. The Keich propaganda ministry said I Captain Wolfdant Fuerstner, who i had been superseded by an army , The Eugene Townles will cross bats . lieutenant-colonel as commandant, with the famed Van Dyke Colored 1 bad shot himself fatally. ' House of David baseball team hat- Also announced were the dentns ol COAST TITLE BELT Grant and Parker to Meet in Semi-Finals; NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 21. Wh Bryan (Bits?) Grant of Atlanta en tered the semi-finals of the Newport Casino tenuis tournament today de spite a wrenched ankle which inter- rupted his quarter final match with ' Johnny Van Ryn. I Mini urdoy alternoon ai a p. m. on nowe uusuiv n.u.me, . :u... .u -n d , mll ana moj- - Castle proved Wsblberg's most don- rial.l in o-hat nrnmiiiH In the hlMte- : OIvmtHC tames COIUUllSSarV, i n .1--:. - k. lO'fn Dan..n Tkm i lliimnnifln f f, t hurorpiirht hoier. Nic- admission 1 olai Berechet, who died ol a car- gerous opponent iu u, I buncle. 1 famed right hsnd which many fans Persons close to the Olympic said , thought would epell victory ior nim Fuerstner had suffered from being ! several times sent the champion car superseded shortly before the gamea I eening groggily across the ring, opened. Wahlberg retained the belt with a Kuhne'a death was attrinutea to , ,ji,ni,T f .heer courage in the face As a capacity crowd of nearly 3,000 wild eyed mat fans yelled their ap proval, "Whitey" Wahlberg, the De troit acientist, proved himself a real champion at the armory Tbursdny no (rouble defeating Bob Harman, of wants a good litl, ?' ight with a thrilling victory over , Berkeley, Cel., 9-7, fl-3, 6-2. where to set i, . ' w Joe Hunt, of Los Angeles, defeuted Eugene Smith, of Berkeley, 4-U, 6-4, (1-2, 8-0. He will meet Bobby Kiggs, national clay, court champion, who Blurting Bob' Castle in the most strenuous belt defense the titlist has will be no increase prices. The locals have secured stars from the university, the Cascade league and from several other source to augment their regular line-up. Pete Igoe, the sensational Ameri can legion junior ace who turned in the only no-hit, no-run game of the summer a few weeks ago, may start on the mound for the locals. Liston Riley of Cottage Grove, who is under option to the Portland Beavers, and John Linde, the southpaw flash, will be available if the visitors get to Igoe. Jiluydlnttison, . another Cascade loop star, has also been signed and may appear in the starting line-up. He is a powerful hitter and a capable fielder. Andy Humey, slugging uni versity outfielder, will be on hand to lend power at the plate The remainder of the Townie line up will be about as usual, with Harry McCall, the league's leading hitter, at first base; Chnrley Wirth at second. Jack Gordon at short and Wellington Quinn at third. Frank Tamurn, Bill Battleson, Bill Courtney, and Hurney will make up the outfield patrol. The starting line-up for the Van Dyke House of David has not been an nounced. "Cannonball Berry," sensa tional pitcher, i booked to start on the mound, however. Berry has one of the greatest consecutive victory records of any burler in baseball. In addition to the type of ball they can be expected to present, the House of David will offer their many unique stunts and showmanship features, in cluding the famed "rocking chair catcher," Babe Bagby. Sunday the Townies meet Toledo in a state league tilt on Howe field. Starting line-upB will be announced in the Sunday Register-Guard. stomach hemorrhage. L Seattle Prexy Asks Waivers on 9 Stars SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. Iff) Charging hia Seattle Indians with listless playing. President William Klepper aeked waivers on nine regu lars and threatened to finish the sea son with young playerB. "If they don't want to give me the bost they have, I don't want them on the ball club," Klepper eald. The In dians have lost three games In a row to the eeventh-place Son Francisco Seals. The Seattle head man said he re ferred to Pitchers Ray Lucas, Paul Gregory, Don Osborn, J. Millard Campbell and Welle: Outfielder Mike Hunt; Shortstop Bill Smith; Cntcher Mickey Duggan, and Infielder Bill Michael. Veteran Professional Wins California Title DEL MONTE, Cal., Aug. 21. Iff) Fred Morrieon, veteran Pasadena, Cal., professional, holds his second California state open golf champion ship todny with ft card of 202 for the 72 holes. Tied in second place with Mark Fry of Oakland and Benny Coltrin of San Francisco waa young Roger Kel ly, Los Angeles, former football play er, who led the 105 entrants in the first 30 holes but encountered trouble for a total of 2IW. Rubenstcin'a "Sofa Sitters," Eu gene's entry in the state Softball championship, will make its final ap pearance before the tournament when they play the Bend All-Stars Friday night at the University park. Hen dershott's, runnew-up in the city lea gue, will play the visitors in the sec ond half of a double header. The first game starts at 8:30 sharp. The Bend team, which will be seek ing a spot in the 1037 state tourna ment, is champion of central Oregon, and -will rest their chances on get ting in the championships on their showing with the Rubes in tonight's contest. They will enter the game as the underdog. ' The Bend lineup haa been announc ed as follows: Russell and Ballentyne, pitchers; Douglas and Bill Russell, catchers; Bud Russell, first base; Bradbury, second; Klienfelt and Er icsson, shortetops; Le Blanc, third; and Baker,- McGowan, and Douglas, fielders. Eugene's champions will present practically the same lineup that has performed so brilliantly all aeason. Bill "Speedball" Jones will handle the mound assignment for the Rubes. Christenson will catch, with Gold schmidt at firet, Chatterton at second, Anet at short, Wirth at third, with Horner, Van Lydegraf and Siegmund in the outer garden. Hendershott'e lineup has not been announced as yet. of great odds overcoming an injured back and a vicioua barrage of punches to dump "Basting Bob" for the third fall in 7 minutes with a body slam. After hia supreme effort, Wahlberg collapsed and the commission doctor waa called to attend the back injury sustained when Castle hurled him over the ropes. Castle took the first tumble in 11 minutes, skyrocketing the champion more than 12 feet across the ring with the deadly overhand forearm punch. Wahlberg evened it in four PORTLAND, Ao, Baer .. ' M-uJ Frankie Parker, of Spring Lake, blew into P,Z y N. J., his semi-finals opponent, had nounced tk.t . tiJ "This story ,b( . "le to land .u. "m Jlaiie. -s ,7. "II better than , ,' ' 4 subdued Portland, Wayne Sabln, formerly Ore., 6-1, 0-1, 0-0. of minutea with a seriea of sonnenberge, and then went on to win. Chicago Al Williams sprung a sur prise in the semiwindup with a two out of three falls victory over Don Sugai, the Japanese ace. Sugal took the first in 13 minutes with a series of dropkicks, but Williams evened it in eight with a deathlock. Chicago Al flattened the Jap 12 minutea later with a right crosa as Sugni came off the ropes with a dropkick. Pascual Castillo defeated Harry Stumbaugh two straight in the open er, winning a 12 and 4 with whipiocks and an airplane spin. Stumbaugh ap peared promising but lacking polish. learned "lira kR - tmi . neat .. 7 arned . lot (ro M ichmeling nrn-.j r? W k:t . m i . "Y ,sntMtavtao-biL3 Cecil Mt.-t r. . ""l who will ii,!,. Z'toPh stadium Tuesdsy n ,ht .C'H today. He JJS H comeback .ij . Tuesday. Vt iiti Ihe neit btantthj JjS io to frjiOfy Unique Football Game Scheduled in Salem SALEM, Ore., Aug. 21. (U.BThe Salem 20-30 club today completed plans for eight football teams of the Willamette valley interscholnstic league to meet In one game here Sept. 26. Dallas, Independence, Newberg and West Linn high schools will repre sent the west side of tho vslley, and Molalla, Canby, Woodburn and Silver ton the east side. Two different teams will meet in each quarter of the night game, believed to be the first of its kind in the northwest. Averill Is Leading American's Batters CLEVELAND, Aug. 21. OP) Esrl Averill, Cleveland's slugging outfield er who learned his baseball on Sno homish, Wash., sandlots, held the American league . batting leadership today with an average of .3S3. His mark was two points better than Gehrig of the Tanks and Weath erly, his Cleveland teammate who were tied at .3S1. Cm YEARS X ft.?! in woodeh,7,, CASKS -then -bottled f or our enjoyment A vhvj$r TRY A BOTTLE I Nk-s f TDA1N-----g'P ;r" InriK rn Yur V 1 OTTU . V i T LAST WEEK OF ERIC MERRELL'S StB& flMoEpocaiH IF YOU NEED A NEW SUIT OR AN OVERCOAT OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ONE Buy Now " Save! JOE. .RICHARDS WE OPEN OUR NEWLY REMODELED STORE AT 9 A.M. 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