. THE REGISTER-GUARD, . EUGINE, OREGON
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Bobbv Feller Wins 20th Game As Cleveland Indians Capture L
m
Pittsburgh In
Winning Streak
v Bucs Win 20th Out
Of Last 25 Starts
f; By BILL WHITE
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
He's listed in the box score as
a catcher, but Al Lopez's Pitts
burgh Pirate mates all call him
"winning pitcher Al" and they
point to him as the sparkplug in
baseball's most sensational win
ning drive.
' The Bucs, who have known the
dregs of last place but are now
only a game and a half behind
; the third place Giants, were paced
to their 20th win in their last 25
starts last night by Iopez a 4-2
victory "over .the Cincinnati Reds
and Bucky Walters.
The experts, digging Into the
Pirate performance, have come up
!" with this excellent answer to the
whys and wherefores of that suc-
"' cess: It's Lopei's handling of the
' pitchers young Ken Heintzelman,
" John Lanning, Dick Lanahan and
' Birj Sewell that has made the
Bucs the hottest club in the big
leagues.
Al Says Its the Fielding
'' Lopez modestly credits the
team's fielding as the reason for
the upswing. Manager Frankie
Frisch says its because the club
- "is hustling and getting the
breaks." But the ball players, who
A ought to know, thank Al for their
; Inspiration.
Last night, for instance, Al scor
t cd the first Pirate run in the sixth
j Inning, which he opened with a
, single. He singled Frankie Gus-
tine home with another In the sev
' enth after the young second sacker
i had personally pounded Elbic
i Fletcher home, to the great delight
J of 42,254 fans, who incidentally
brought the attendance for seven
j night games to 167,830.
i Big Max Butcher had the Reds
i In control all the way, parcelling
out only nine hits, Including a four
i bagger to Schnazz Lombardi.
J The Cleveland Indians whacked
i out 12 hits, including three horn
i era, to hand Master Bobby Feller
! his 20th victory of the year and
i take undisputed possession of first
1 place in the American league with
! an 8-5 victory over the Detroit
I Tigers.
Walks Three
, Feller held the Bengals to seven
i blows and brought his strikeout
J total for the year to 197 with seven,
n Bobby was In trouble In the sev-
enth when he walked three men
in a row and the Tigers capital
ized on it and scored three runs.
In the only other Major league
game, jimmy Webb doubled in the
ninth to score Bob Kennedy and
give the Chicago White Sox a 6-5
victory over the St. Louis Browns
In night game in St. Louis, The
Sox left 17 men stranded, one
short of the league record,
Oldtimers Schedule
Baseball Celebration
An old-timers baseball celebra
tion is scheduled for Thursday
night at the Civic Stadium. Ev
eryone is eligible to play and
everyone Is invited, young or old.
A tentative game has been sched
uled at 7:00 p. m. which will pit
the old men against the kids.
Everyone Is promised a chance to
play even If he has never seen
a baseball before.
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BARNEY McCOSKY, center field, another reason why the Detroit
Tigers are In the thick of a dogfight with Cleveland for the American
league pennant. Barney's big .350 batting average was good enough
to put him in third spot in American league batting.
Women Swimmers
Warm Up For Meet
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (U.R)
Helen Crlenkovich, 10-foot spring
board champion from San Fran
cisco, and Marjorie Gestring, na
tional platform titlist and 1936
Olympic games champion from
Los Angeles, were limbering up
at Janlzcn Beach today for the
national A. A. U. women's outdoor
swimming, and diving champion
ships here Friday, Saturday and
Sunday,
Also In the pool preparing for
the meet were scores of Interna
tional and American champions
from New England, New York, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Ha
waii.
Elsie Viets Jennings, national
chairman of the woman's swim
ming committee of the A. A. U.
inspected the pool yesterday and
predicted several world records
would fall at the meet.
Two teams expected lo be batt
ling it out for club honors were
the Multnomah club of Portland
and the Women's Swimming as
sociation of New York.
Entries for the three-day meet
closed last night.
Parker, Grant Win
In Newport Tennis
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13. U.
Frank Parker of Pasadena, Cal.,
and Bryan Grant of Atlanta, Ga.,
won their first nnd second round
matches Monday as the 24th an
nual Newport Casino invitation
tennis tournament began with
seven of the nation's 10 top-ranking
players competing.
Parker defeated J. Thackera of
New York 6-2, 6-1 and William
Gillespie of Miami, 8-3, 6-2 and
Grant eliminated A. B. Martin of
New York 7-5, 6-4 and C. D. Steele
Jr., 6-4, 6-2.
Frank Kovacs of Oakland, Cal.,
defeated Willmer Allison of Aus
tin, Tex., 6-2, 8-3 and as a result
of his showing was considered a
strong threat to the co-favorites,
Parker nnd Don McNeill of Okla
homa City, Okla. McNeill did not
play Monday.
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Brooklyn 2
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PltUburlh . 53 40
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St. Louis 4 i2
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Detroit .
Boston .....
Chicago ....
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New York
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Waihingtou 47
St. Unna 48
Philadelphia . 40 64 .385
COAST W L Tct.
Seattle 93 47 .863
Oakland ...76 63 .547
Aneelea 74 64 .536
San DIcko ..70 68 .507
Sacramento 70 70 .5110
Hollywood 67 71 ,486
San Kranclico ................61 77 .443
Portland 44 74 .J19
Bob Smith Leaves To
Join New York Giants
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. OI.P.i
Bob Smith, former University of
Oregon halfback, left by plane lust
night to Join the New York Giants,
professional football team.
The Giants begin drill this
Thursday. Smith, a former star
at Medford high school gained
fame as an expert passer. He was
prevented from playing in the
rast-west game this year by
skin cut,
Sallee Sold Berries
Before Pitching
By NEA Service
CHICAGO Charley Grimm
challenges Rube Waddell's eccen
tric reputation , , . with Slim
Sallee, the old Red.
"I found him one day selling
strawberries off a huckster's
wagon one hour before he was to
pilch," uys the former Cub manager.
Prison Team Plays
Outside Walls But More
Mistakes Lose Games
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13 U.R
Carl Mays' baseball schoolboys
edged a 5-4 win over the Oregon
State penitentiary Greys in a Red
Cross benefit game here Monday
night that brought in $1039 to
swell the war relief fund.
Lanky Luke Crosswhite of the
Greys struck out 14 of the Mays'
boys with his varied and decep
tive pitching but his mates' errors
gave the game to the baseball
school nine.
The penitentiary band and
quartet provided music and a
prison clown kept the crowd
laughing during the game. It was
the first encounter for the prison
team outside the penitentiary
walls in 21 years.
Drawings Listed
For Softball Play
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. 0J.R1
All three Portland entrants plac
ed in one bracket, eliminating the
possibility of two Portland teams
in the finals, in drawings for the
state softball tournament announc
ed here last night.
All winners have not yet been
selected but the partial list for
the Aug. 19-24 tourney here is as
follows:
(All games jre In the evening.)
Monday, 7:30 District 4 (St.
Helens or Astoria) vs. District 11
(Albany or Corvallis).
Monday, 8:30 District 3 (Port
land No. 3) vs. District 15 (Cen
tral Oregon).
Monday, 9:30 District 1 (Joe
Mann Portland) vs. District 2
(Portland No. 2).
Monday, 10:30 District 5 (Hills
boro or Forest Grove) vs. District
13 (Medford, Ashland or Grants
Pass).
Tuesday, 7:30 District 7 (Mc
Minnville or Yamhill) vs. District
6 (Oregon City).
Tuesday, 8:30 District 16 (Pen
dleton) vs. District 2 (Kennedys
of Salem).
Tuesday, 9:30 (Woodburn or
Independence) vs. District 9 (Sa
lem Square Deal).
Tuesday, 10:30 D 1 s t r I c t 14
(Bonneville) vs. District 12 (Eu
gene). 15th Hambletonian To
Be Run Wednesday
GOSHEN, N. Y., Aug. 13 0J.R)
It is put up or shut up time In
the land where the standard bred
horse is king, and so not more
than 10 of the 43 three-year-olds
still eligible for the 15th running
ot tne rich Hambletonian Wed
nesday arc expected to be named
when the $500 starting fee falls
due Tuesday.
Veteran drivers and trainers
already have marked Spencer
Scott, owned by C. W. Phellis
of Greenwich, Conn., as the horse
to beat tomorrow. If 10 go, the
stake will be worth $44,000, the
most since 1932 when it totaled ,
$53,339 and was won by the Mar
chioness with Will Gaton at the
reins. Most of Spencer Scott's
opposition is expected to come
from Dunbar Bostwock's Kuno.
PLC Coach Resigns
Contract For Year
TACOMA, Aug. 13. of) End
ing rumors he planned to quit
coaching and enter private busi
ness, Coach Cliff Olson announced
today he had signed an agreement
to continue as director of athletics
and head coach at Pacific Luther
an college for another year.
Olson had his most successful
football season In PLC history last
year as his gladiators won seven
out of eight games to rank as the
outstanding small college team In
the Pacific Northwest.
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BYROM & KNEELAND
St K. It
Weed's Games to Decide Teams
In Coast Shaughnessy Playoffs
(Associated Press) .
With five weeks to go and the
Pacific Coast league pennant all
but rippling over tha Seattle club
house, this week's series may point
to the other three likely starters
in the Shaughnessy playoffs.
Los Angeles, playing spider to
Portland's fly in Wngley field
stands to profit mose handsomely.
Portland is the only club that can
be ruled strictly out of the $12,000
playoffs.
The Angels have had two brief
tastes of second place in recent
weeks and liked them. Without op
riosition more serious than the car'
cuit's whipping boys, the Angel
clouters could possibly move into
the runner-up niche with an air of
Dermanency.
That would depend on whether
the Oakland Acorns, still. second
despite slumps and ' ijuries, con-
Salem Wins Over
Spokane In WIL
(Associated Press)
The Spokane Indians of the
Western International baseball
league stepped right up to the
screwy record counter yesterday
and walked off with two of the
screwiest.
First, they managed to play
opponents in two different leagues
on the same day. '
Then, in the second game, they
garnered 15 runs in six innings
and lost the game.
The first Spokane opponent was
Seattle of tho Pacific Coast league.
The Seattle second-stringers pro
cedded to give Spokane a 12-5
baseball lesson with the aid of a
couple of home runs. Ira Schib
ner, who stepped up from Spokane
to Seattle this season, kept his
former teammates in control al
though he allowed 10 hits.
Then, to complete the day, Spo
kane met Salem of its own circuit.
Salem won, 18 to 15, in the six
inning struggle, while the bleach
erites ran for their lives from
batted balls. . Salem got 19 hits
Spokane . 18. Spokane batted
around in the first inning; Salem
got 11 runs in the fifth. By the
end of the sixth, everybody was
ready to go home.
Meanwhile, in the league's only
other game, Yakima was beating
Wenatchee, 10 to 8. The contest
ended a five-game series of which
Wenatchee won only one. Frank
Volpi's. homer with two mates
aboard in the fifth 'inning 'put
Wenatchee in the lead once, but
Yakima regained an advantage in
eighth and held it the rest of the
game.
Virginia Wolfenden
Dominates Essex Club
Tennis Tournament
MANCHESTER, Mass., Aug. 13.
(U.RlFourth-seeded Virginia
Wolfenden of San Francisco dom
inated first day's play at the Essex
County club women's invitation
tennis tournament by defeating
Barbara Neilds of Rye, N. Y., 6-1,
6-0 and Mrs. John Van Ryn of
Austin, Texas, 4-6, 8-6, 6-1.
Helen Jacobs of Los Angeles,
the country's second ranking tour
nament players, defeated Mrs.
Philip Theopold of Dedham, Mass.,
6-1, 6-1 and third-seeded Sarah
Palfrey defeated Sally Poole of
Manchestern 6-0, 6-0 in the sec
ond round. Miss Jacobs and Miss
Palfrey had received first round
byes.
Conn Still Favorite
Over Bouncing Bob
Facts on tonight's fight:
Principals Light Heavyweight
Champion Billy Conn, Pittsburgh,
and Bob Pastor, New York.
Distance 15 rounds.
Place Polo Grounds at 10 p. m.
EDT.
Conditions of the bout Conn's
title will not be at stake. Winner
to meet Joe Louis for world heavy
weight title in September.
Expected attendance 25,000.
Expected gate $60,000.
Broadcast NBC Blue network.
County Trapshoot To
Be Meld August 18
The shoots committee of the
Siuslaw Rod and Gun club reports
that plans are progressing nicely
for the Lane county champion
ship 16 yard trapshoot to be held
at club grounds near Munsel lake
on August 18. . .
Clubs which will compete are:
Noti Gun club, the Cottage Grove
Gun club, the Eugene Gun club,
the McKenzie Gateway Rod and
Gun club and the Siuslaw Rod
and Gun club. It will be the
first annual county shoot.
GOLDEN STATE
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tinue their skid against San Diego
in the Padre park.
The Oaks won last week, three
games to one, but that was against
the abject Portland Beavers. Sen
Diago top hitting club of the lea
gue while Oakland is next to worst
did as well in last week's series
against San Francisco.
Nearness of the season's end
was signaled yesterday with an
nouncement that the Boston Red
Sox have crooked a finger at Bill
Fleming, Hollywood pitcher who
leads the league in strikeouts with
132.
Fleming had won 15 and lost 12
as of last week's compilation,
which doesn't make him the lea
gue's choicest plum. His price was
unannounced, but the Stars will
get two pitchers out of the deal,
Alex Mustaikis and another as yet
unnamed.
Sacramento's drive for the first
division runs head-on into the vis
iting champions from Seattle, no
trifling obstacle.
Still the league's leading all-
around hitter and home-run cham
pion is Lou Novikoff of Los An
geles with .358, a 20-point lead
over the runner-up, Steve Mesner
of San Diego. Among 19 other
players with averages of more than
300 are Christotf ot uamana,
Kearse of Seattle, Collins of Los
.'.ngeles and Detore of San Doego.
San Diego leads in team batting
at .287, with Seattle only 6 points
down and Los Angeles third at
278.
Loudon Leads NGA
Victoria Tourney
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 13.
(Canadian Press) J. P. Loudon,
of Yakima, Wash., shot a 74 yes
terday to win medalist honors in
the annual seniors Northwest Golf
association tournament here.
Washington and Oregon golfers
dominated the first rounds. E. L.
Skeel, of Seattle, with a 77, was
runner-up for the medalj and Wal
ter Fovargue, of Aberdeen, Wash.,
was third with a 78. N. McFar
lane, of Comox, shot a 79 for the
best Canadian score. Scores of
84 and under qualified for the
grand championship flight today.
Qualifiers included: G. H. Ral
eigh, Tacoma, 82; W. T. Abbott,
Bellingham, 84. Raleight later
withdrew.
Major Leaders
(By Associated Press)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
' Battings Dannlng. New York,
.332:
Rowell. Boston. -331.
Runs Frey, Cincinnati. 81: Mize,
Louis, 76.
Hits Herman, Chicago, 137: F. Mc
Cormick, Cincinnati. 133.
Home Runs Mize, St. Louis. 32: Nich
olson. Chicago, 19.
Pitching Fitzstmmonf, Brooklyn, 1U2.
Sewell. Pittsburgh. 10-2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting Radcllff. St. Louis, .352; Fin
ney. Boston. 349.
Runs Williams, Boston, 90: McCosky,
Detroit, 88.
Hits McCosky. Detroit 147: Boudreau,
Cleveland and Cramer, Boston, 143.
Home Runs Foxx. Boston. 26: Di
Magglo. New York, and Greenberg. De
troit. 23.
Pitching Newsom, Detroit, 14-2: Rows,
Detroit, 11-2.
Chicago Woman Golfer
Duplicates Ace
After Four Years
CHICAGO Midlothian's sporty
course holds no terrors for Mrs.
O. O. Melick. Four years ago,
the Chicago woman made a hole-in-one
on its 12th hole. Now she
scores another ace, this time on
the 15th, which measures 180
yards and which she conquered
with a spoon.
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Pastor, Conn
Battle Tonight
Conn Still Favorite
Over Bouncing Bob
BULLETIN!
- NEW YORK, Aug. 13. M
Promoter Mike Jacobs today
announced the postponement of
the Bob Pastor-Billy Conn fight,
scheduled for the Polo grounds
tonight, until September 5. when
it will be staged in Madison
Square Gargen, ltain forced the
postponement.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. W)
Possibly the safest prediction that
can be made about tonight's fight
between Bob Pastor and Billy
Conn at the Polo Grounds is that
it will go 15 fast rounds to a split
decision, with the manager of the
losing gladiator yelling murder at
the verdict.
A fight between two such clever
but light-hitting men usually ends
that way, barring a bad cut that
lorces the referee to stop it. Sel
dom around here at leasts do the
two judges and the referee agree
on the winner, and the divergences
of opinion between these supposed
experts sometimes is amazing.
So it is a reasonable expectation
that after the last lick has been
hit tonight and the slips have been
collected and the winner's hand
raised, there will be some yelling
nnd gesticulating either by Jimmy
Johnston, who manages Pastor, or
by little Johnny Ray who thinks
his boy Conn is the coming heavy
weight champion.
Because neither fighter is a
knocker-outer, the match has not
c. ated a great deal of interest and
migiit not draw more than $50,000
at the gate. Still, it should be an
exciting scrap, for both Conn and
Pastor are fast, smart and willing,
and they are soft hitters only in
comparison to the sickening
puncher like Joe Louis.
It still is a mystery to at least
one impartial observer why Conn
has been a favorite ever since the
articles were signed. By every
yardstick in common use exper
ience, weight, defensive ability
and fire power Pastor appears to
have a distinct edge. Anyhow, he
looks like the more sensible choice.
Yet the gamboleers still were of
fering slight odds against Pastor's
chances at the last call-over.
NO GLASS ARM
DETROIT. Denny Carroll, Ti
ger trainer, removed a piece of
glass from Pitcher Buck Newsom's
index finger that had been im
bedded for a month.
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Q O DON'T BE FO
"I Pick Bob Pastor
Says McLemore
By HENRY McEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. u.B
Tweedledum fights Tweedledee at
the Polo Grounds tonight,
I pick Bob Pastor.
Don't ask me why I like Pastor
over Billy Conn, because choosing
between them Is like naming the
more handsome of Siamese twins,
or selecting which pea in a pod
is most likely to succeed.
Billy and Bob are that much
alike as fighters. To start with,
neither is a full-sized heavy
weight. Conn despite all the talk
of how he has grown in tin past
three months, won't weigh much
over 175 pounds tonight, and Pas
tor will come in at 183 or there
abouts. Then there Is the matter of
Romeo Belcasfro
Says Ladies Free
A double main event is in store
for local wrestling fans Thursday
night at the armory. In one of the
main events, Pete "Romeo" Bel
castro, Italian villain will meet
Otis Clingman. Belcastro is mat
ing his return to local circles af-
tor an absence of several months
and is making a glorious gesture
which he found lacking in his
previous showings here. He has
persuaded Promoter Herb Owen
to admit all Lane county ladies to
the Thursday card free of charge.
In the other main event, George
Wagner and Mike Nazarrian will
tangle in a re-match that promises
tb be plenty interesting. George
and Mike were in a real battle in
last week's main event. It ended
in a victory for Wagner after he
won the third and deciding fall on
a foul. Mike used every foul meth.
od known to wrestling yet pro
tested long and loud at having the
match taken away from him.
Both the main events will pro
vide plenty of fireworks with a
meanie against a cleanie in both
Belcastro is one of the most thor
oughly disliked grapplers ever to
show here and it is not expected
that he has changed his ways any.
Nazarrian after his debut here
three weeks ago is fast becoming
one of the most hated villains of
the whole crowd and adds to his
unpopularity every time he steps
into the ring.
Against these two ruffians will
be pitted two of the most popular
boys "in the Owens' stable Otis
Clingman and George Wagner.
speed.
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about everybody fa thii
incuding Louis, foci
slow, hard way, wheroirJ
a sensation almost frco
and has yet to meet ft, !
f 'ghter that Pastor hah.
The' winner of tonta
will probably get
late next month. This.
for the loser. .. .
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Coast Golf Play
Leaves Par Infad
ASTORIA, Auj. !J,(j
rolling, wind-whipped
Country club proved triii
qualifiers in the Oregon M
lournament and old man
never licked.
George Inglis of PorlJ
18-year-old Glenn Spitijj
Dalles tied for medalist lJ
the under 32 years divisiij
even par 73 s.
Low. medal In the over a
division was divided betroJ
Hanset of Portland and I
Lucas of Gearharl. ThejhJ
Sissy Green, two-tiro
of the Oregon junior girls!
walked off with medalist i
in the women's. She msii
holes in 82.
Match play started todr
SHIFT AIDS RIZZ0
PHILADELPHIA Jota;
struck his batting stride v
Phillies when shifted to te
in place of the incapacitated
rill May.
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