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Page Eight, u IGH CLIMBER By DICK STRITE ni-avh. "Wlmnv" Quinn will sur prise a few local baseball critics ,,,-n ao malnr learUfi SCOUtS. When the junior at the University of Oregon was receptive 10 majui league talk it was rumored that the main office of the Detroit Ti gers received a report on Quinn the likes of this: "If we naa & UocoUaii ntiinn r-nnlrin't make it.' Fact of the matter is that only the Chicago Cubs were at all interest ed in Quinn hoping he might some day develop into a pitcher. Quinn wasn't happy playing ball this past season for the Webfoots ! and probably felt badly when Bob Hardy, Ford Mullen and "Busher" , Smith signed with the Detroit Ti gers. So Wimpy ups and signs with the Vancouver club of the Wes 1 tern International circuit. He filled in at first in the first two games and clouted homers in each. He is now playing third as a regular . with the Capilanos. ' A Canadian Press report from ,', Vancouver says that Bob Brown, ', manager of the Vancouver club, would not reveal financial details of the deal, but that no major lea ? gue is involved. He further stated that he hoped to have Quinn pitch ing before the season is completed. It was intimated in the reportthat Quinn would return to school next , fall but of course will not be eligible to play. Coach Howard Hobson was not surprised at Quinn's decision to Sign for pro ball. He made every effort to have Wimpy retain his amateur standing, writing to his mother who informed Hobby she would also make an effort to re strain her son from playing for pay. Other baseball information' of Interest: Bart Goldbar and Konnle Mclntyre, former local players, now- form the battery combination for Dorris in the Southern Oregon league with Goldbar as the pit cher and Mclntyre as catcher, a reversal of the usual combination. The boys were beaten 14-6 by Grants Pass Sunday with Goldbar and Joe Gray, former OSC player now with Grants Pass, hitting homers. It is rumored that Bill Brenner, promising University '. of Oregon backfield star who entered or ganized baseball, is now weeping over a possible lost college educa tion . . . Bill, who had been cat ching for Bellingham in the Wes tern International league, has been released. Except for that final Inning when Bun Kelsay weakened mo mentarily and his teammates coasted along without a great deal of effort, Hills Creek Hillbillies looked like a potential Slate league championship club. With the ex ception of Johnny Dunn's playing on third and Pete Igoe's five straight strikeouts as a relief hurled the Eugene Athletics look ed no better than a second-rate bush league club. The Athletics probaly won't get another crowd like they had Sunday. They had an opportunity there to establish a following, but after a poor ex hibition Frankle Fassett can ex pect only the dyed-in-the-wool fans and the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles of the players at the remainder of home games that is unless Mana ger Ed Brauner stands pat on a good starting lineup. It may seem unusual to the gen eral run of sports fans why Seattle has become the site for world championship middleweight fights, but" attendance figures will cer tainly answer the question in a hurry. The Joe Louis-Jack Roper heavyweight fight in Los Angeles drew $83,096, the Lou Nova-Max Baer fight in New York drew $82, 875 and the Freddie Steele-Al Hos tak fight In Seattle drew $86,432. Promoter Nate Druxman expects a gate of $70,000 or better for the Hostnk-Solly Krelger fight in Seattle June 27. They say the Yankees have lost Interest In Young Uom DIMimslo, because of poor eyesight and the Coast league youngster hitting around the .400 ... Mike Jacobs says that the New York "Bar" as sociation has reserved $14,000 worth of reserved scats for the Tony Galento Joe Louis fight . . . The golf ball manufacturers were probably holding a jinx over John ny Bulla, National Open leader at one stage of the game . . . He was using a drug-store ball o( the two bit variety . . . Bud Ward, the Spokane youngster, missed a chance to win the National Open by taking two fives on two par three holes on the back nine . . , a par on either one would have clinched the crown. Byron Nelson Loads Caddy With Trophies Following Triumph PHILADELPHIA, June 13. tu.m Here's what you get If you hap pen to be the caddy for the win ner in the National Open golf championship: $30 In cash. A set of matched Irons. A $20 pair of golf shoes. A check for $100. Thai's what Byron Nelson, win ner of the Open, gave to Mark Frealey, Conshohocken, Pa., who caddied for him through the 108 hulcs he Dlavcd since Thursday, Westfir Gardner Downs Isl-Half Champs Springfield, Drain Win Sunday Clashes CASCADE W Drain 1 Springfield -'-1 L Pel.. 0 1.000 0 1.000 Oldtlmers 0 1 .090 Triangle Lake 0 1 .000 Lewis Lumber 0 1 .000 Westfir gave notice Sunday the Loggers will be strong contenders for the second-half Cascade lea gue pennant by knocking over Lewis Lumber, first-half pennant winners, 9 to 0. Drain, walloped the Eugene Oldtimers 15-4 and Springfield came from behind to whip Triangle Lake 12-7 in other opening games of the second half Sunday. Ray Gardner, Westfir hurler, was in rare form Sunday, limiting the Lewis sluggers to three hits and striking out 16 to bring his to tal to 69 for the season. Behind this superb pitching, Westfir slug gers hammered the Mauney broth ers for 11 hits, two each by Sharp, Libby, Stevenson, Lovelace and Crenshaw. 'Stevenson and Libby had doubles and Lovelace a home run. Westfir scored in the opening inning and virtually clinched the victory with two runs in each the third and fourth frames. Jacobs Gets Five Hits Led by Frank Jacobs, left field er who had a perfect day at the plate with live nits, Drain handed Eugene Oldtimer pitchers an un merciful beating. The Douglas county team collected 19 hits, Swanson and Roberts each bag ging three off a Eugene pitching trio. Turpin allowed the invaders nine hits and struck out three. Lowell Hirtzel, Eugene first-sack-er, hit safely three times and Don Husband collected two blows for the losers. A seven-run barrage sent Bill Martin to the showers in the third and a five-run fourth inning blast ousted VanDuyn. Per ry Price finished the game for Eugene. Springfield's victory over Tri angle Lake CCC was a free-hit ting affair with the winners col lecting 15 and the losers 12 hits. It was a tight ball game until Springfield salted away the vic tory with an eight-run barrage in the eighth. The 1937 champions scored two in the opening frame, but Triangle knotted the count in the fifth. The score remained two all until Springfield scored one In the seventh, Vandehey and Vest led the Springfield hitting, each with three. Vandehey collected a double, triple and single. Carver hit safely three times for Triangle Lake and Lane garnered a triple and single for the losers. Scores: Eugene 000 220 000 4 S 0 Drain 107 510 Olx IS 19 2 Martin. VanDuyn. Price and Mattlson; Turpin and Goff. R H E Triangle Lake 010 010 005 7 12 2 Springfield 200 000 18112 15 4 Smith and Lane: Epperson, Peerson and Hufford. .IDE Lewis Lumber 000 000 00 0 3 4 Westfir 10 2 202 02x 9 1 1 2 A. Mauney. F. Mauney, and Wheeler; Gardner and Libby. Pairing Announced For Women Golf Qualifying Mrs. David B. Evans, tourna m e n t chnirmun, Tuesday an nounced the pairings for qualify ing rounds in (he women's golf championship at the Eugene Country club Wednesday. First round matches will be played Thursday and Friday. Pairings are: 12:30 Defending Champion Mrs. Shelby McCool and Mrs. C. M. Dick. 12:35 Mrs. A. W. Stlen and Mrs. Earl Thompson. 12:40 Mrs. Evans and Mrs. New ton Smith. 12:45 Mrs. W. D. Abel and Mrs. W. W. McDonald. 12:50 Mrs. J. H. Koko and Mrs. K. D. Hirons. 1:00 Mrs. Carl Field and Mrs. Lynn McCready. 1:05 Mrs. L. S. Axland and Mis. Dick Strife. 1:10 Mrs. Wendell Wood and Mrs. Bob Booth. Wood Victim of 1,000,000-1 Golf Shots By HENRY McLEMORE PHILADELPHIA, June 13. 01.P Byron Nelson could stand on the fourth fairway of the Philadel phia Country club and hit No. 1 irons toward the green for the rest of his lifq without sinking one for an eagle two. Gene Snrazen could plant him self on the fairway of the Kith hole of the Masters' course in Au gusta and fire No. 4 woods until ills beard swept the ground with out holing one for a double eagle deuce. Such shots are miracles, not golf. The chances against them are 1,000,000, 2,000,000, or 3,000,000 to 1, Without taking too much for granted, a man has the right to believe that his journey through life won't be marred by a million to one chance working 'against him. How, then, do you suppose Craig Wood feels today? What must bo the emotions of a man who, within the brief span of four years, has had two opponents blight his hopes by bringing off 1,000,000 to 1 shots? Nelson brought one off in the sec ond playoff for the National Open golf championship yesterday. It Upsets Lewis Lumber 9-0 rpHHEE Cardinal arguments Here X to right: Inficldcr Stuart Martin year; Inficldcr James Brown, switch Connie Mack Hero Of Baseball Party By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 13. U.R) Connie Mack, 76, emerged today from baseball's 100th anniversary celebration as the grandest char acter in the game. As long as there are Connie Macks and others like him around, baseball will continue to hold its place in the heart of the Ameri can public that was the sentiment of the thousands who paid their tribute to the game at Coopers town, N. Y., yesterday. With his blue eyes twinkling, Mack typified the spirit of the 11 living members of the Hall of Fame who attended the 100th birthday party for the game Abner Doubleday conceived way back in 1839. He gave himself completely over to the fans and spectators who swarmed about him all day long, asking questions, seeking his autograph, patting him on thin erect shoulders. Graciously, and smilingly, he complied with all re quests. " "I guess 1 signed over 500 auto graphs," Mack said, "Gee, gosh! It was an awful lot, all right. They kept me busy that time when I took a team to Japan but never like this. I'd still be there signing my name if I didn't have to get back on the job with the Ath letics." . Even Honus Wagner, the "Fly ing Dutchman," called by many the greatest ball player of all time, paid tribute to Mack as his inspiration: "I don't think I would have entered baseball if it hadn't been for Connie Mack. When I was a kid I hitched a buggy ride to see him catch. I saw him and made up my mind I'd do a little ball playing myself." All the other Immortals Ty Cobb, the Georgia Peach; Tris Speaker, the Gray Eagle of the outfield; Walter Johnson, the Big Train o the pitching mound; Larry Lnjoie, the natural hitter; Eddie Collins, the ball player's ball play er; George Sisler, who smashed out 257 hits in one season; Cy Young, who won 511 games; Gro ver Cleveland Alexander, with the buggy whip arm; and Babe Ruth, the greatest ot all sluggers paid their respects in their various ways to Mack, vho for 38 years has been managing the Athletics and has won nine pennants and five world championships. As a fitting tribute to his 50 years in the game he'll manage the Am erican league club ngnmst the Na tlonal league in the all-star game at Yankee Stadium July 11. He was a spectator, along with was a brilliant battle between two fine golfers until the Texan un corked his No. 1 iron shot on the fourth hole to send the ball 210 yards and into the cup. The ball hit the apron of the Ri ecn, took a hop toward the right, and streaked across the carpet to snuggle against the flagpole. There it rested, just waiting for someone to lift the pole and allow it to plop into the cup. It was Wood's sad duty to do this. First on the green, Craig tapped the flagpole with his club, and when he heard the ball drop he must have felt (and rightly too) that the golfing fates had turned thumbs down on him forever. Wood knew then that the Open championship had boon snatched from his grasp, and his mind must have turned back to that afternoon in Georgia in 1935 when Sarazen frustrated him In the Masters' tournament by holding out a No. 4 wood on a par five hole. Wood already was in the clubhouse, re ceiving congratulations on his tri umph, when word came in that Sarazen had pulled off one of golf's "impossibilities" and was THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON are three reasons for the St. Louis Cards' climb in the National. Left from Rich Square, N. C: Pitcher Curt Davis, who won 12, lost 8, last - hitter from Jamesville, N. C. Portland's Bill Sweeney is Leading Coast League Hitter (By United Press) Bill Sweeney,- one of the few playing-managers in the Pacific coast league, is the top man of the Portland Beavers from playing as well as a managing standpoint, in dividual batting records showed Tuesday. Sweeney not only leads his club but also the league in hitting with a mark of .388 for the 1939 cam paign including Sunday's games. The statistics compiled for Uni ted Press by William McGee, San Francisco, showed Sweeney pick- Oakridge CCC Camp Second In Track Meet Oakridge finished second in the district CCC track and field meet held at Vancouver Barracks, Wash ington, last week-end. In cold and rainy weather nine of the .13 Oakridge men surged through a field of 195 men repre senting 32 companies, to qualify for the finals. With more moderate weather as an inspiration Saturday, the Oak ridgers came through in the finals with a total of 21 1-3 points, sec ond only to Co. 928 Zig Zag which carried away top honors with 23 points. Arthur Snowden, Oakridge, ra ted high point man of the meet with first-place medals for the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and second in the mile run. Other ' Oakridge placings were: Boyd Cook, first in javelin throw; David McRae, tying for second in the shotput; Floyd Green, tying for second place in the high jump. Vaughn Takes Lead In Route F Baseball Loop Vaughn took the lead in the Route F baseball circuit Sunday with a 13-7 victory over the Eu gene All-Stars while Lorane was hanging a 24-14 defeat on Veneta. Next Sunday games will send Veneta to Vaughn and the Eugene club to Lorane. 10,000 others, at the climax game of "The Cavalcade of Baseball" yesterday when a team managed by Honus Wagner beat a team led by Eddie Collins, 4-2, in seven in nings. It was a choose-up game in which 32 stars of the National and American league played together. Babe Ruth went in as a pinch hitlcr and popped to the catcher. coming in to tie him for the title. It was Craig's first wedding an niversary, and, thinking he had won, he had told his pretty and charming wife that the Masters' victory was her anniversary pres ent. Mrs. Wood was here yesterday when Nelson fired his miracle shot. She took the blow amazingly well. Her only comment, as she walked from the final green with the cheers of the crowd for Nelson ringing in her ears, was: "It hardly seems fair, docs it? I mean, for a fellow to sink such a shot in a play-off for the na tional championship. And it is always Craig who suffers from such shots." With no thought of disparaging Nelson's play (after all, you can't do much better in golf than By- ARROW SHIRTS The Man's Shop BYHOM 4 KNEELAND 32 E. 10 ing up 14 points during the last deek to replace Dominic Dallessan dro, San Diego outfielder, who dropped 12 points to fall to a .378 mark. Dominic DiMaggio, San Francisco, was third with .370, a loss of four points for the week. Spencer Harris, Hollywood, run nerup last week, was fourth with .366, a drop of 17 points. Jeffries, Portland, moved into a tie for fifth with Gene Detore, San Diego, each with .358. Julio Bonnetti of Los Angeles added to his .pitching lead during the week with his tenth win as against one defeat. Paul Gregory, Sacramento, held second with 11 and 3 and Rugger Ardizoia, Hol lywood rookie, third with 10 and 3. Fred Gay, a southpaw who join ed Oakland two weeks ago, has won his first three starts. Jim "The Ripper" Collins, Los Angeles, added to his home run and runs driven in totals during the week to finish with 17 homers, a gain of one, and 70 runs batted In, a gain of five. Other leaders were: Two-base hits, Herman, Hollywood, 31; three-base hits, Holder, San Francisco, 10; stolen bases, White, Seattle, 16; and sac rifice hits, English, Los Angeles, 21. This week's play features a ser ies at Seattle between pacesetting Los Angeles and the Rainiers, two and one-half games behind the leaders. Third-place San Francisco plays at Portland; fourth-place Oakland entertains Sacramento; and San Diego is at Hollywood. Salem Selected For Softball Tourney SALEM, Ore., June 13. (U.R) This year's state softball .tourna ment will be held in Salem again, Harry Collins, state softball presi dent, told 2,000 spectators who witnessed Monday night's opener here. Collins revealed that a meeting of the executive comrrtittee of the association was held here Monday afternoon, and it was unanimously decided to hold the meet here where it has been held since its origin. In last night's game the Golden Pheasant squad defeated last year's champion papermakers, 8-5, and Square Deal outslugged Wait's, 8-1. Additional Sports PAGE 7 ron's final three rounds of 68-68-70), Wood certainly is the tough luck boy of golf. Twice he has been just a blade of grass away from winning golf's two greatest titles. In 1933 a slen der spear of grass stopped his ball on the green at St. Andrews when it was within a turn of the cup. Had it fallen in he would have won the British Open and not been forced into a playoff (which he lost) with Denny Shute. Sunday afternoon he had a seven-foot putt for a 67 and the Open title. But again the little blade of grass turned aside his ball, and he missed it. Why? Well, if I knew the answer to that one I'd have a much bigger story than any golf tournament to write about. , in Cascade League Junction City Tops Big-Six Coburg Threatens Sox By Beating Alvadore BIG-SIX W L Pel.. Junction City 5 1 .833 Coburg . 4 2 .667 Alvadore 4 2 .667 Marcola 3 3 .500 Mohawk 1 4 .200 Creswell 0 3 .000 The Junction City Red Sox re tained their one-game lead at the top of the Big-Six league Sunday by defeating Creswell 17-5 for their fifth victory, but the Coburg Townies presented a definite threat to the dominance of the Red Sox. Fred Deffenbacker, who a week ago hurled a one-hit league tri umph, limited Alvadore to five hits Sunday. He weathered a four. run blast in the opening inning to register a 9.-5 victory. Marcola defeated Mohawk 10-5 in the other league game Sunday. Spotting Alvadore four runs in the first, Coburg rallied in the second frame to blast B. Goodman from the mound with a six-run barrage. Alvadore added one in the fourth, but again Coburg ral lied and posted three more coun ters in the fifth for the' victory. Coburg collected 10 hits off three Alvadore hurlers. . Schwartz and Mullica each got two doubles and Zeitner a pair of singles. One of Mullica s doubles came in the sec ond frame with the bases packed No Alvadore player was able to hit safely more than once. Red Sox Blast Creswell Marcola started early to build up a lead over Mohawk with three runs in the initial inning. The five hit pitching of C. Hutchinson and Eastham kept Mohawk well in hand. Hutchinson struck out 10. Although he gave up eight blows, Jones struck out 13 Marcola bat ters. Hitting honors for the day went to 'Seavey, Mohawk center fielder who collected three of his team's five blows. Bilderback and Eastham each hit twice for the winners. Junction City had little trouble handing Creswell its fifth straight defeat, landing on Pitcher G. Delp for eight hits and 10 runs in the opening inning. While the Red Sox were hammering two other Cres well pitchers for seven more bin gles and as many runs, J. Farthing let down Creswell with one blow in the four frames he worked. Snodgrass led the Sox's hit ting with a double and a pair of singles. Board got a double and single, Johnson a triple and single, and Uttinger a home run the only time he was at bat. Car ter paced Creswell's seven-hit at tack with a triple and single, R H E Cobure 080 030 000 9 10 7 Alvadore 400 1000 000 5 5 4 De.'fenbacker and Barrowcllff: B. Goodman, Morrow. C. Sanborn and C. Sanborn, Allen. Mohawk 005 010 101 5 5 9 Marcola 310 131 lOx 10 S ! C. Hutchinson. Eastman and K. Hut chinson. Baker; Jones and Neely. . Creswell 0O0 002 012 5 7 8 Junction City 1 10 1 01 003 12x 17 15 4 Delp. Compton. Phillips and Johnson; Farthing. Uttinger. Hardisty, J. Farm ing and Hartman. Burnett. Red Berry To Give Nichols Tough Tussle If "Red" Berry is as tough as his press notices indicate Jackie Nichols should be shivering in his boots. Promoter Owen says that Berry is absolutely the most vil lainous grappler ever to appear here, Sailor Moran and Bulldog Jackson included. If the Bostonian has as much trouble with the ex world light-heavyweight champion as he did with Dan Savich he'll have his hands full in Thursday night's headline attraction. Nichols is the current No. I grappler of the northwest by vir tue of two straight triumphs over Savich and will be risking a pos sible crack at Jackson and the coast title in his meeting with Berry this week. In the meantime local mat rail birds were trying to determine whether Berry or Frank "Franken stein" Wolfe, new meanie slated to appear Thursday, is the tough est. Owen said yesterday that the gray-eyed Wolfu is tough enough to beat four out of every five heavyweight matmen and raved no end about his mat prowess. The remainder of the card, be sides the Nichols-Berry match and the fact that Wolfe will appear, will be announced later in the week. KEEPS IN TOUCH CHICAGO Bob O'Farrell, for mer catcher for the Chicago Cubs, will serve as an umpire in the Illinois State Amateur League this season. WINES Quarts 42c Pints 25c Half Gal.' .....78c Gallon $1.42 Mixers Pints 5c Ed's Wine Depot 49 E. Brdy. Phono 909 Open 7 A. M. TU1 1 A. M. Nelson May Net $40,000 PHILADELPHIA, June 13. (U.B A golden flood of cash rolled in on Byron Nelson today, and it looks as though that eagle two he bagged In the National Open golf championship will turn out to be a $40;000'shot. ' The $1,000 first prize is only a fragment of the financial return that comes to the winner, provided he is a professional. Gentlemen with swollen check books were all over the course during the Open waiting to shove gold at the win ner in return for services ren dered.' . What a pro earns out of . the Open title depends a great deal on his personality and whether he has the intangible thing called color. A Hagen or an Armour usually does all right. A. fellow like Sam Parks a good golf player but not a brilliant showman doesn't do so well. . People who know think Nelson may get as much as $40,000 for in dorsements, radio appearances and sale of clubs and equipment. But the financial return is so precar ious that there is agitation to in crease the $1,000 that goes to the winner. Denny Shute, who lost out in the first play-off round, for instance, thinks' the first prize should be $10,000. California Crew Posts Impressive Time Trial POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 13. C4) Coach Carroll "Ky" Ebright tentatively scheduled an other time trial today for his Uni versity of California varsity crew, which was clocked yesterday in the remarkable time of 18:35 for the full four miles in preparation for the intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson Saturday, With Robert Grumbach back at No. 3 seat after being replaced for two days by Captain Bob Murray, the University of Washington crew held a high-stroke workout. A time trial was slated for the Hus kies today. (3lr2033J? ydg CHAMPION Tk Tir with the New SAFETY-LOCI CORD BODY and New GEAR-GRIP f0, You're safer on any road, in any weatkr, in a eauiDwed with the new Firestone Champion im K me revolutionary iew ru. - , body provides far greater strength and satet). - r"-:.. T-oorl until ing new war'uiip i"-ou innrfl than 3. 000 sharo-edged angles grips the road with a firm hold to prevent skidding and assures quick stops. k Drive in today let us equip your car with a set of new Firestone . 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