THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1945 PAGE TWO Hustling Chicago Clubs Make Race For Ball Honors New York, May 8 lPi It was hard to deny the hustling white and Cubs of Chicago a key posi tion today in the major league races even at the risk of offend inn the fearless forecasters Who predicted an encore all-St. Louis world series for 1345. It would be foolhardy to class the Chicago Cubs as top -contenders on the basis of play to date, but it would be just as big a mis take to overlook them. Weaker Clubs Aid They stand out because of their superior cany season piay. Ana without depreciating the efforts of the eastern leaders, the New York Giants and Yankees, it must be- emphasized that they were "fattening up" on weaker clubs while the Cubs and White Sox took a strong early stand by beat lng the so-called better clubs In the western sectors QI tne Amen can and national leagues. The performance of the White Sox stands out particularly. Lead ing the league with nine victories and three defeats, they have beaten the champion Browns three games in five, broker even with the powerful Detroit Tigers in two games and have sent the Cleveland Indians to the cellar with five straight victories over them. The Cubs, hurt n little after a double defeat at St. Louis Sun day, nevertheless are tied with the world champions for third place with eight victories and six defeats. Win Four Games Meanwhile, in the American league the Yankees have won four out of seven against last year's cellarites, tho Washington Senators, have beaten the draft riddled Boston Hed Sox five games )n six, and have broken even in two games with the very ordinary I'nuaaeipnla Athletics. The Giants have attained a fine Start with 12 victories in 16 games. As the teams square off this week in the first east-west com petition of the campaign, there may be a sudden revision of the standings with the early leaders getting their first real tests. There wore no major league games yesterday. Qui Our Way ByJ.R.Williams ( iTHOUGHT THERE WAG N. NOT ME IN ANOTHER. TRIP TO THE X I THAT SNAKY vlJ SOUTH SEA ISLANDS UN- I LOOK IN' PLACE I I DER WAV FROM THE WAY AMD FULL OF rAY CANNED GOODS WERE J COCKLE BUR'S 1 KuY) DISAPPEARING YOU J , ( YOU BRING J SEARCH THOSE BUSHES f THE AX. AND f i, 'III FOK- OLJR- SUMMER- S CHOP A WAY J . I , Vi K RATIONS WHILE I . C V IN' , Jf J I t.mreo. u. b. pat. oft. I'-r-t-, !,JT Willie Ivlc. s-a BORN THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON Today's Sport Parade Six Coast Teams Ready for Acf ion (By t)nlll Pram) Pacific coast league teams, hopeful of getting into the pen nant chase, return to the fields tonight in nn effort to make up some of the ground they lost last week to the loop icadlng Portland Beavers. While Los Angeles remains Idle on Tuesday and opens with a double-header against Oakland on Wednesday, the six other clubs swing into action. Portland invades San Diego; San Francisco entertains Holly wood In a "cellar series" and Se attle visits Sacrumenlo. A major share of the fireworks may be shot at San Diego where euner ciuo can get in a make-or- ureax mow ny namtlng out a sound trouncing. The Padres, con sidered by somo to be the class of the league, are finding that the breaks are catching up with them and they dropped a 4-3 series deci sion to the Improving Los Ange les Angels last week. Manager Marv Owen's Heav ers are dangerous from tho top of the batting order right down to the pitcher and their attack has outshone the defense in winning 25 out of 36 games played. A slugging duel appears In the offing, too, at Sacramento where the Solons entertain Seattle. Both nines are stronger at the plate than on the hill. By Jack Cuddy (United l'rw Stuff Corrwtjiomlcnl) New York, May 8 (Ui That "beautiful friendship" between the racing Industry and Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky, baseball's new commissioner, grew warmer today when New York's two leading turf news papers attacked Chandler with a blistering editorial. The same editorial was carried in both "The Morning Telegraph" and the "Daily Racing Form." They are members of the Triangle Publications, Inc., chain of racing papers. A representative of the chain said the editorial also was carried in Its papers in Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles and Hous ton, Tex. Tho editorial heatedly assails commissioner Chandler for his al leged remarks that tl) baseball players and umpires should stay away from racetracks to avoid public censure, and (2) that he woulrUkrya baseball five from rattfOtColttgambling. . ' . f. Acearcnng to this front-page editorial, the breeding of horses Is a leading Industry in Kentucky, the state which elected Chandler to serve It as senator. And the writer of the scorching piece can not reconcile Chandler's alleged references to racing with his job as senator from the blue grass state. We refrain from repeating much of the "dynamite" contained ill the piece because we prolmbly wilt have professional contacts later with commissioner Chandt or; and we do not desire a punch in the nose. We have a very tender proboscis. However, we will quote one part of the editorial because it is comparatively mild and because we believe the writer makes a point. It says: "The latest explanation of the baseball commissioner as to why ballplayers and umpires should stay away from the racetracks is because 'they cannot be allowed to associate with bookmakers, or I may have trouble.' As a matter of fact, bookmakers do a bigger business handling wagers ' on baseball games than they do on the horse races. And, as a one time governor of a state having legalized pari-mutuel betting, Chandler knows that the book maker is more despised by the racetrack operator than he is by any other sports promoter. The senator, who presumably is not ignorant of these mallei's, should know that even one bookmaker within the grounds of a race track competes with the legalized mutuel machines, and consequent ly could take revenue away from the track and Its partner, the state. The nationally-known Piik kerton and other detective agen' cies who police the racetracks will attest to the above: it is their function to keep out such undesir ables as bookmakers, who in out considered opinion, frequent' the major league baseball parks to a far greater extent than they do tho racot racks." The Daily Racing Form is the official newspaper of the national association of state racing com missioners. If the torrid words of the editorial reflect truly the attitude of the racing industry, it is apparent that one of the bltter- es feuds in sports history is blos soming. It is blossoming just when racing awaits the lifting of the "ban" by war mobilizer Fred M. Vinson expected this week. It is blossoming just as racing expects to get underway on at least five U. S. tracks next week. Grandstand Pilots To Aid Phillies ; Philadelphia. May 8 HI Mana ger Freddy Fltzsimmons of the Philadelphia Phillies, who be- give the public more of a voice in the operation of the club. ( I'l... ZIVIC WINS San Antonio, Tex., May 8 lli Cpl. Fritzle Zlvic, former welter weight titlist from Pittsburgh. lieves that "a thousand heads are' took an easy 10-round decision better than one," welcomed the'last night from Mexican welter- addition today of "official" grand stand pilots to help him run his team. Tlu help will come from the new rii-nd.stand manager's club, which Is being established by gen eral manager Herb Pciinock to weight champion Kid Azteca in their rematch at the city auditorium, KAUI.Y K V lN(i DI E Chicago, May 8 illi Karly re sumption of Chicago hoi-se rac- IN THE "DRIVER'S SEAT THE WAR WORKER . . . who goes through town each morning collecting ride sharers, dreads heing late, worries about getting his car started. RPM Motor Oil gets his vote because it's 1RELR FLOWING, assures easier starting in any weather. APM Motor Oil Takes Better Care of Your Car, Tor STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA ing reportedly on Monday, was expected today to follow an of ficial V-E day announcement au tomatically lifting the U S. rac ing ban. Chandler Warns Game Gamblers Lexington, Ky., May 8 Ui Baseball's new commissioner, Sen. Albert (Happy) Chandler, made it plain today that he in tends to hold down two jobs "un til the people protest." "I am under no pressure to quit the senate and believe I can han dle both jobs," he said. Speaking last night at a testi monial dinner sponsored by the Cooperative club of Lexington, he said that he would take money for one position only. After the dinner he left for Cincinnati, O., where he will make arrangements to transfer the baseball commissioner's of fice from Chicago. Y , -'Again, he reiterated his warn ing to "baseball players, fans and umpires to avoid gambling of any kind." "If a game is worth playing It is worth playing fairly at all times," ho said. , As commissioner he said he would not ask any war-time fa vors of the government. Playfield Plans For Year Studied ... Plans for the operation of Har mon playfield in the summer months of 1945 have been made by members of the Bend Recrea tion committee, with the opening of the field set for June 15, it was announced today. Members of the committee are Mrs. Anne Forbes, Mrs. Olhe Bowman, Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, Dr. George W. Winslow and Kev. tl. H. Prentice. The committee at its recent meeting announced that applica tions win be accepted lor a woman to work on the playfield as director of the children's play scnooi. uesiaes this particular work, she will be expected to supervise piay and aid in conduct ing the wading pool. The-appli cant must be particularly skilled in working with youngsters of pre-school and primary ages, and all applications are to be submit ted for the committee's study prior to May lu. Due to a lack of facilities, the playfield will be operated on a heavy morning and twilight sched ule this summer, with -only the wading pool for youngsters to be operated in the hot weather hours of mid-aftenioon. The playgroup committee also approved sponsoring an adult evening program, as Jong as such a program does not ' interfere with the work of the younger people and children, Navy to Release Some Older Men Washington, May 8 ,IP The navy announced today it will re place certain .enlisted men 42 years old and over with younger men. The navy emphasized that the program, which will take place in the next six months, is not a reduction or demobilization meas ure but a redistribution plan to "increase the overall efficiency of the fighting forces io meet the future needs of the fleet." Only about 25,000 men will be released by the order, it is estimated. Those men affected by the order are enlisted personnel 42 years old and over who voluntarily apply and certain enlisted person nel wno are physically fit only for limited duty by reason of a medical survey. (This does not include men, the navy said, who meet physical standards for in duction as special assignment personnel. . BAKTOLO TO FIGHT ' Boston, May 8 tu'i Sal Bartolo; National boxing association featherweight champion, will de- FIRK IS CHECKED Fire of undetermined origin late yesterday threatened damage to the Oregon Trail Furniture com pany plant on North Wall street. The fire was extinguished by em ployes using extinguishers. The blaze had been brought under con trol before city firemen arrived in answer to a general alarm. Firemen reported that the fire started under a tram at the north end of the building. TO REOPEN TRACK Pawtucket, R. I., May 8 HP Preparations have been made to reopen the horse track at Nar rangansett Park within a week after the government gives per mission to do so. President James E. Dooley said today. Ground corncobs are a satis factory mulch for roses and gar den plants in general. HOME LIGHTING SYSTEMS Motor Driven Gas or Diesel Water Driven Wind Driven Every siie from "portable" unitt for cabins, etc., to complete farm light and power plants. ASK US Bend Electric Co. 644 Franklin Phone 159 fend his title against the winner of the Phil Terranova-Vince Dell Orto bout which is to be held at Boston Garden next Friday, it was revealed today. Vienna Bomber Visits in Bend Back from the European theater of war, Lt. Paul H. Linse, veteran of air strikes against both Vienna and Munich, is confident he is going to enjoy his 21 day leave in Bend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Linse, and his young wife. Lt. Linse has been overseas nine months, and has 236 combat hours to his credit. " As bombardier aboard a B-24, the young Bend lieutenant operat ed out of Italian bases and saw much of southern Europe, and has seen his bombs gliding down thousands of feet to strike at vital targets, Including oil refiner ies. From the great height at which the big bombers operated, most of the southern European cities appeared compact and pre sented good targets, the bombar dier mentioned. He was never shot down, but was in plenty of air action above the cities that in recent weeks fell to the Allies in their conquering sweep over Eur ope. Lt. Llnze at the end of his leave will report at Santa Monica, Calif., for reassignment, and he Is confident that he will not be returning to Europe. Recent arrivals in Bend from Lakeview, the parents of the bombardier now operate a service station, formerly known as the Maione station, on the north high way, just beyond the Sisters junc tion. The-852,000 employes of the na tion's cities and towns draw a monthly payroll of $122,000,000, the International City Managers Assn. reports. -KBND- 1340 Kilocycle! 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