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Page Eight. THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON April jJ Wagner, Lipscomb in Pre-Title Mat MatJ , fey? - . , "UTAHE UP, Joey Boy! The Yankee! are needing you," the alarm clock would ay If It could talk. W Wednesday Joe DiMagRio accepted the $25,000 annual itlpend offered him Instead of the $40,000 demanded. There will be no more of these lazy mornings as shown In the above picture. Good Supporting Card At Armory Tonight COMPLETE PROGRAM Main Even:.- George Wagner vs. Jack Lipscomb. ' Semi'Final: Al Szasz vs. "Curly" Donchln. Opener: Gils Johnson vs. "Flash" Kelly. Referee: Harry Elliott. Joe DiMaggio Back With New York Yankees; San Francisco Slugger Accepts $25,000 Stipend NEW YORK, April 21. (AP)-So Joe look the $25,000 and Messrs. Joe McCarthy, Jacob Ruppert and Ed Barrow breathed a collective sigh of relief the like of which hadn't been heard since the year of the big wind. The Yankees have Joe DiMaggio again. Vital Ball Games Friday H IGH CLIMBER By DICK STRITE :;ames Friday Junction City nt U.,Ji. S. Eugene at Springagjjjg,. Sports Through a Knot Hole: Maury Van VUet, ex-Oregon foot ball and baseball star and now coach at University of British Co lumbia, Is back in Eugene for the summer. . . The speedy little halfback, in fine condition, plans to play with the Riordan-Amato all-stars against the varsity May 7. . . . The all-stars have been working out regularly and Ned Simpson reports sore muscles, but the loss of several pounds. . . . Bob Wiltshire announced Wednes day that he would definitely not pitch for the Eugene Drakes this summer. ... It Is rumored Jhat "Cocky" Brewer harf been retained as a member of the .Sacramento club. Colonel Bill ll&yward wasn't quite sure last spring when he Inaugurated a high school re lay meet, but he's quite posi tive now that he has some thing In the annual I lay ward Relays, J That there Is a definite place In the annual prep school spring sports program for a relay meet haa . been proved by the enthusiastic acceptance of Invitations for the second annual meet which will fea ture Eugene's sport program Saturday afternoon. Growing from a modest 8.x Srhool affair In 1937, seventeen achools will compete on Hay ward field Saturday afternoon, starting at 1:30 o'clock. The field Is so crowded that In every one of the eight events the schools have been placed In heats. It was decided Wednesday night at a meeting of relay of ficials and local sports writ ers to award places In the va rious running events accord ing to times. With 16 teams entered In the 440-yard relay the field was divided Into three heats and the four teams with the best times will he given points In the team stand ings. The meet should be the most outstanding high school track event of the season, outside of the annual state championships. Teams have been entered from Braverlon, Chemawa, i'orvallls. Cottage irovc. Hill Military of Tort land, Salem, Mnupln, Rose burg, Springfield. VemonU, Lebanon, Eugene, Mllwaukle, Sweet Home, Molalla, Mtd ford, and University High. Perhaps Manager McCarthy was the most relieved yesterday afternoon when DiMaggio wired Business Manager Barrow he had M nn fi.r hwin T fr 4i University high school's baseball 000 since January 21. ;,,,,. ,nn ,, , ,h n,r It will be up to McCarthy to ; Willamette Valley, southern divi Judge Joe's fitness to play. Theison, league Friday afternoon outfielder, who was the league's ; when the campus nine entertains imrai wiuuuunui prayer msi sea-1 tnc fast-improving Junction City "u lcu """ J"" high team, home runs, arrive in New At the 5ame tlmCi Eugene.s de. ior omuroay morning una win fending pennant winners, and be in uniform when the Yankees present league leaders, will meet J . """"" """"Ji strong Miller squad at Spring- thnt afternoon. ficld nigh. Both Joes would like to seej Both games are figured as toss number "3" go up on the score- ups as in previous meetings both board when the lineups are given University high and Eugene scor to the umpires; DiMaggia because cd victories by one-run margins. It is costing him about $162 a day i Prochnow and Bullion combined to remain idle, McCarthy because i lo hurl the Tide'rs to a 7-6 victory his bombers have been futile at over Junction Citv in the first George Wagner, popular and handsome Chicago, matman, will open a campaign at the armory to night to regain the Pacific coast middleweight belt, a trophy he wore for little more than a week. In opening his drive toward this honor, Wagner will be picking on another former title-holder Jack Lipscomb, much - hated Indiana meanie. The winner will meet Champion Bob O'Dowdy in a championship engagement next week, either in Portland, Salem or Eugene. Supporting the headline attrac tion, Promoter Herb Owen has signed a quartet of tbpranking middleweights. "Curly" Donchin meets Al Szasz in the 45-minute semi-final and "Flash" Kelly and Gus Johnson tangle in the 30-min- ! ute opener. ; Clean, Scientific The semi-final match Is sure to Winner To Meet Champ O'Dowdy Almack New Wildlife Head The Lane county unit of the Wildlife Federation today has its fourth president within the year. With a pledge to make the Lane group, representing some 3.000 outdoor enthusiasts, a power in legislation of the conservation of natural recreational resources of the county and state, Malcolm Almack took office Wednesday night at the regular meeting of the unit held at the Cafe Del Rcy. Almack was unanimously elected head of the group along with R. S. Drenner, Cottage Grove, vice president, and Earl Neet, Eugene, secretary. The trio will hold office until pext April. No immediate plans have been announced by Almack. Other former presidents have been: Perry Thompson, C. G. Carl and Frank Graham. A talk on stream pollution was Wolves Beaten By Webfoots Oregon Wins Practice Game By 16-8 Score Coach Howard Hobson's Uni versity of Oregon baseball play- -13 or them went through Bob Feller Takes Spotliaht From Dean with One-Hit Goj wiin a 20-hit .. -Boston Bees h.,VVt1 prima donna, but for Bob Feller, n Gne Sw J the 19-year-old fuzzy-faced Iowa tne bases loaiUi .1 schoolboy who missed baseball's made a 4-run rC1 hall of fame by the narrowest of J"1 mP Brooklyn, IllcHglllb. Yesterday was to have been NEW YORK, April 21. (U.R Plaster up the 24-sheets, haul out the headlines and turn on the mazdas not for Dizzy Dean, the Chicago Cubs' $250,000 pitching final practice session under near ; Dean's big day. He was to prove game conditions Wednesday after-! his arm was sound, that he was noon on Howe field. The Web-1 baseball's greatest pitcher and foots, just playing for the fun of worth every cent P. K. Wrigley it, walloped the Oregon Normal i paid for him. Dean did well school nine, 16 to 8. They were forced to get serious minded late in the game to score eight runs in tlr? seventh frame to "take" the Wolves. As a warm-up for the northern enough, scoring his first triumph in easy fashion for the Cubs. But something happened he hadn't counted on Bob Feller, without uttering a single word, stole the spotlight not only from Dean but In the Amerir won its third ir.;.v"f Athletics. 3-0. h.kN.S ard's 7-hit pitching. . Rupert Thompson pi rn the eighth drove taif"5 which the ChlcTfe1 The i lie;: given by W. J. Smith, president refi0" state cllee 4here Fr' division conference opener against ; f rom every other major league of the state division of the Wild' life Federation. The Lane unit pledged its support to a petition presented by Smith which de clares the policy of the state to preserve the purity of its rivers, streams and lakes. day afternoon the contest prob ably had its value, but If the fellow within the cashier's cage accepted a thin dime from any customer he should make a public player. He pitched a 1-hit game for Cleveland against the St. Louis Browns. Now 19, wiser, stronger and more confident, Feller cut down the hard-hitting Browns with Portland Drubs Sacramento 8-5 apology for misrepresenting his dazzling fast ball and a baffling stock in trade. j change of pace which stamped him inere were nignngms: ram ; as the foremost young pitcher in Thunemann, southpaw sophomore ; baseball. . from Eugene high, went the route Teaming up with Rollie Hems- jur w.Lsunon me mouna. ne ai-, leVi the catcner the Indians pro- r" ",u" cured especially to catch Feller, Hobson he might have an ace In n Blazing Bob gave a masterful ex- inTnrf p a . coming suiciae- hibition. The only hit made off """ j-- mm was a bunt by Billy Sullivan, season. cv.rieimin tnu- ! Wimpy" Quinn, Orcgonyinnin Fp,,P hi ,ir.lrU,j th bat without the services of the cannoneer from the coast. I'm certainly glad DiMaggio Is coming In," sad McCarthy last night, "but I'm particularly hap py he has seen the light for his own good. He has Just avoided making the biggest mistake of his life." Ruppert 'is relieved and tri umphant. Not only because the jovial colonel likes to see his Yankees win 154 victories a year wouldn't satisfy him but because ho has won, hands down, one of the toughest holdout battles in recent major league history. game, limiting the Tigers to seven hits. Emmons was the batting star, clouting a single in the seventh frame to win the game. L. Jones and Nichols hurled four- hit bull for the Axemen when the west-side school defeated Spring field, 6-5. Lawson limited the Eugene stickers to five hits. i : jiuctvv-jiiLLint; uiira-siirKpr. Kiam- , i . . n ho a Mn i . I rt "Mi-run scoring spree coupiea , - . : . . - ' . ' uaii, ana inrew xo rirsi Baseman be a clean, scientific struggle with ! ,vith nin,hinnin HonhW. nlnv mcd out the longest hit of the ;Tro,kv Tt .. it. tne outcome depending on the 1 . ,'j.V season when he belted the horse- v, ,, .. . hPi,. TUr i , I wiiu unc uui aim mt- uBsus luitaca ... , . ... "' nummpii, an om rtinietics ff,ht. J?!. ? L Krf eVenJ?' moved the San Francisco Seals , !,ldftsn?.r' ' he centerf.eld fence ! pitcher himseI( makine hjs Amer. rinnVhin hnWini . iT.hf ' into a lie with Hollywood and :V 7 "" anQ ! ican league debut, called Sullivan nn,?nS l I 6"ght ,four: Sacramento for second place in Ja'k Gordon on the bags safe. The Indians protested vio. SZiril8 rI f y 7k h " ' 1 ,hc Padfic Crast baseba11 leaSe. reg" 5 hlgh cIass. , nf lc,d i lently but the umpire has the last Hungarian opponent. Both are. The SeaIs handed the Hol, ! made three errors, but it wasjword. fSnri-mnntn! .Z r, , , wood leam its second licking in i "? k uTJ." w sp- Feller fanned six men, and gave fundamentals of the professional j as many days Wednesday, 11 to "J" bobbles 01 Shortstop Parks up six walks. As for Dizzy Dean, he scored a 10-4 triumph over Cincinnati with Bill Bowerman writes from Mcdford that he is bringing a complete leam some 21) runners, jumpers, nnd weiRht men for the llayward meet. "We're not coming with the Idea of winning, but for the experience" Bill writes. The Black Tornado will be strong in the mile and three-mile relays and Bill admits he has a couple of pretty fair sprinters. The Mrdford coach, besides be- Junior Legion Ball Tryoufs Saturday Lane county tryouts for the of ficial American Legion Junior baseball team for 1938 season will be held at Eugene high school field Saturday from 1 to 5 p. m., accord ing to Director Frank Fassett. Any boy In the county who was not 17 years old before March 31, 1038, Is eligible and requested to try out. A series of games will be played each Saturday afternoon until school Is out. At 1:30 Saturday, players from the University high will play a team picked from the local junior high schools. At 3 p. players attending Eugene high will play a team picked from the county "B" schools. The official Lane county Junior American Legion team will not be named until June 30. Eugene Juniors defeated Elmiia, 8 to 3, In a 6-inning game played at Elmlra Wednesday. Lee, El mlra's ace pitcher, received poor support. Score: RUE Elmirn 3 6 5 Eugene 8 8 2 Lee and Campbell; Shear, Walk er, Hamer, Robertson nnd Dunn. Ducks, Pilots To Meet Friday "An army may move on its stomach, but a track team can't train on its back." Maybe it wasn't Colonel Bill Hayward who should be credited for the state ment, but the veteran Oregon mentor has the same sentiments. Faced with Inactivity for two event. Lipscomb and the referee weeks, Hayward managed to in-1 have always been at daggers ends duce the University of Portland ! and last Monday in Portland El cindermen to come to Hayward ' bolt and Szasz won a technical field Friday afternoon for a dual i decision over Lipscomb and his meet. The meet is scheduled to 1 wild-eyed Irish partner in a team : match. Owen has ordered preparations made to accommodate a crowd of some 3000 spectators for this third meeting between the arch rivals. mat game. Kelly and Johnson present a question mark. The two grapplers have generally shown cleanie tac tics but at times have displayed a slight trend toward the rough-and-tumble type of workmanship. But regardless of the type of maneuvers shown, both supporting matches are expected to be in con siderable contrast to the main event. There Is no love lost between the two boys and local railftirds predict more fireworks than in either of their recent meetings which were rated as epics. In the first of their last two meetings both title affairs Wagner was awarded the match on a foul and gained the coveted belt for 24 hours until the Eugene wrestling commission reversed Referee Harry cinoit s decision. Elliott May Be Target Wagner scored a clean-cut vic tory over Lipscomb the following week and took over the coast mid dleweight throne room. He lost the title in his first defense how ever, by knocking himself out by plunging into a ring post and los ing the crown to O'Dowdy. It also appears inevitable that Elliott will figure in tonight's main Portland and Los Angeles re mained tied for first place. Port land trimmed Sacramento, 8 to 5, and Los Angeles measured San Diego, 6- to t 3, thanks to Joe Berry's fine relief pitching. Sacramento's Buster Adams tried hard to take the game out of the fire when he accounted for three of four Solon runs in the ninth with a homer. The largest opening day crowd in six ears, 10,500 fans, saw last-i in the eighth. of Monmouth who single-handedly contributed five of the Wolves' seven bobbles. All in all it was one of those things and bits of baseball. Oregon took the lead in the first, but fell behind as O. N. S. tied the count in the second and went out in front 8-6 in the fifth. It wasn't until the seventh-inning eight-run burst that Oregon displayed superiority and then added two for good measure place Oakland defeat Seattle, 5 to 3, in a game marked by home runs. Sacramento . . 5 8 Portland 8 Schmidt and Grute: Darrow Dickey. . 14 4 and Softball Meeting At 7:30 Thursday The Eugene Softball league will hold an important meeling in the second-floor editorial office of the Register-Guard nt 7:30 p. m., Thursday. start nt 2 p. m. The meet will serve as the first full length dual test for both teams. George Philbrook. Pilot mentor, is expected to bring his full squad of runners and field performers. Oregon entries for the meet are not definite, Hayward reported. The main purpose of the meet, he said, will be to get a line on leading prospects for future dual engagements with Washington on April 30 and Washington State, May 7. Oakland 5 8 1 Sentlle 3 9 1 Van Fleet and Conroy; Barrett, Turpln (81 and Fernandes. San DleRo 3 6 1 Los Angeles 6 8 0 Craghead, Plllette 13) and Detore; Jakuckt. Barry 111 and Collins. Score R. H. E. O. N. S 020 150 000 8 8 7 Oregon ...201 030 82x 18 11 4 J. Miller, Mohler and Turpln; Thunemann and Walden, Beard, Kelly. Umpire: Stan Summers. -ii Flemin Frazler t3 Hollywood San Francisco Beck. Herrmann 121 and Brenzel; Koupal, aprinz. Oregon Golfers Leave On Northern Jaunt Ing n former star backfield ace on Oregon football teams, was one of Colonel Bill's dependable quarter mi lers. Corvallis, Albany Win League Games Corvallis and Albany won north ern division, Greater Willamette Valley legauc games Wednesday, the Spartnns taking the measure of Lebanon, 13 to 4. on the Corval lis diamond, and the Bulldogs de feating Sweet Home, 6 to 5, at Albany In a 10-inning batlle. Scores: RUE Lebanon . 4 6 7 Corvallis 13 14 5 Simpson, Messmer and Tuma; Saunders nnd Beyerlein, Brown. Art McChesney Wins Over Downs At Elks Art McChesney decisioned Bob Downs in the main event of a 13 ed at the Elks club Wednesday match amateur boxing card stag night. Medals were awarded the winners and runners-up in each event of the intra-club program attended by a large group of mem bers and friends. Brubaker Wins In Repeated Comeback OAKLAND, Cnl April 2i.I.V) Phil Brubaker of Dinuba, Cnl., on a comeback campaign following his sensational rise and fall in the heavyweight ranks, holds a second ten-round decision today over Do mingo Vallll of Hayward. A New Service To Our Customers We are prepared to repair your worn nhatts and machinery by METALLIZING A new proem by which molten metal Is prayed upon worn machinery, building It bark to slie at low cost. DO NOT throw away any worn machinery and parts be fore Investlratlnf this moneyaavlnc way of reclaiming them and making them as good u new. Eugene Foundry & Machine Co. 18 I. 8th Ava. 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