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GENERAL NEWS
SECTION TWO
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945
NO. 145
BEND
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Rookie Is Victor
Over St. Louis T
In 4 to 1 Contest
By Carl I.nndquist "
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, May 24 U'iAs far
as rookie pitcher Dave Ferriss is
.I concerned, opposing patters are
fLlike so many names in a tele-
piione uneuiury, wmcn is as goou
a reason as any today (or his
amazing success with the Boston
Red Sox.
The 23-year-old kid, apparently
bent on beating every club in the
league on his first time out, is a
little let down when he doesn't
score a shut-out. He has beaten
five different teams in as many
games and has scored three shut
outs, allowing only three runs in
45 innings and just 30 hits for an
average of six per game.
Beating the champion St. Louis
Browns, 4 to 1, at Boston yes
terday was no ordinary achieve
ment, but Ferriss expressed dis
appointment at the finish because
he didn't blank them. He didn't
miss by much, holding them to
five hits and keeping them score
less until the seventh inning when
Mike Kreevich doubled and Gene
Moore singled him home..
Yanks Win Game
The Yankees humbled the lea
gue leading Chicago White Sox.
5 to 3, at New York, making all
their runs in the first inning to
give Floyd Bevens his second win
on a seven-hitter.
Detroit defeated the Athletics
at Philadelphia, 7 to 1, regaining
sole possession of second place
from the Browns.
Cleveland topped the Senators
at Washington, 3 to 2, in a night
game, putting over the winning
run for pitcher Allie Reynolds in
the seventh on a double by Don
Ross, an error by Gil Torres and
a single by Mickey Rocco.
In the National leaeue Van
Lingle Mungo pitched one of thei
best games of his-long career,
giving the New York Giants a 21
to 0 shutout at Cincinnati. Mungo '
yielded only three hits and struck
out 10 batters for his fourth vic
jtory. He also doubled home one
I of the two Giant runs.
' The Pittsburgh Pirates won'a!
loosely played game in the 13th j
from the Boston Braves, 9 to 8,
at Pittsburgh when Al Gionfriddo
singled home Johnny Barrett. The I
wales should have won in regu
lation time but Lefty Al Gerheau-1
ser and his successor, Art Cuc-i
curullo, blew up in the ninth and I
yielded five runs to give the;
Braves a tie. Truett (Rip) Sewell,
who retired the side with a double j
play on one pitch, went on to
win the game.
Rookie Jack Creel made a suc
cessful major league debut for
the Cards at St. Louis, beating!
the Brooklyn Dodgers, 11 to l.
Claude Passeau of the Cubs
gave his ailing arm a successful
workout against the Philadelphia
Phillies at Chicago, winning, 5
to 3, on seven hits.
Out Our Way
By J.R.Williams
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Today's Sport Parade
By Jack Cuddy
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, May 24 (IP) A per
son who is well acquainted with
brothers Mort and Walker Cooper
informs us that there's little
chance of catcher Walker remain
ing with the Cardinals after he
gets out of the navy; such is the
bitterness of the brothers toward
the club.
Our informant said Walker is
virtually certain to be shifted
from the Cards to some other
National league outfit, possibly
following in the footsteps of
pitcher Mort, who was sent to the
Braves yesterday in exchange for
Red Barrett and a reported $100,
000. Even if the brothers were given
a satisfactory money settlement
by the Cards, it is doubtfut if
they ever could have felt the
same loyalty to the club, our
source emphasized. He said own
er Sam Breadon knew this, and
it was a major reason why Sam
arranged the Boston deal for
Mort, even though the deal les
sened the Cards' pennant chances.
It seems that the Cooper boys
really hit the celling when they
learned that the Cards were not!
observing a wage celling in the
case of shortstop Marty Marion.
Marion's salary was increased to
$13,000 for the 1945 season, sub
ject to wage stabilization ap
proval. The Coopers had signed
for $12,000 each, with the under-
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standing that it was the ceiling
set for the club since the wage
stabilization act was passed In Oc
tober, 1942.
According to our Informant, the
Coopers felt they had been vic
tims of a double-barreled blast
of ingratitude. They felt they had
(1) been given the run-around in
this year's signing, and (2) been
paid unfairly for the past two
seasons two extremely success
ful campaigns that followed their
grand work in '42.
This great brother battery had
been a prime factor in the Cards'
three straight pennant victories;
and they had done their bit in the
three world series that followed
those pennant triumphs.
Mort and Walker gave one of
the most dramatic demonstra
tions of club-loyalty in the history
of baseball on Oct. 6, 1943 in the
second game of the Cardinal
Yankee series. Only a few hours
before game time they were noti
fied that their father had died in
Independence, Mo. It was uncer
tain if the grief-stricken brothers
could go through with the game.
Shortly before noon, they con
ferred with manager Billy South
worth in the Yankee stadium
dressing room. Mort came out of
the room and told reporters that
he and Walt had decided to re
main in New York and play the
game. They were doing it, he
said, because both felt that their
dad an ardent Cardinal fan
would have wanted them to carry
on for the club.
Burdened with grief they went
out onto the field and won.
When Walk caught Joe Gordon's
high foul for the final out, near
the Yankee dugout, he stood there
and waited for Mort to come in
from the mound. Then he reached
out and clasped his brother's
hand in silent understanding.
They had done it for dad for the
parent who had taught them the
importance of team-loyalty.
Our informant concluded,
"When you check over the rec
ords when you consider the con
tributions these two Missouri
boys made to the Cardinals dur
ing the past three years, you can
begin to appreciate their bitter
ness toward the coolie club that
rewarded them with a phony
ceiling.
Ex-Oregon Star
Award Winner
Portland, Ore.. May 24 (IP) Lt.
Col. Delbert L. Bjork, Oregon-born
and trained athlete, was recently
awarded the bronze star for front
line valor in the capture of "Hill
178" on bloody Okinawa.
This was not the first, time
Bjork has been singled out for
heroic action against the Japs.
He holds the distinguished service
cross for gallantry in the capture
of Attu island from he enemy.
Bjork began his sparkling care
er at Astoria high school. Later
he made a fine reputation in foot
ball at the University of Oregon
in 1934, 1935, and 1936. He was
captain of the Webfooters his sen
ior year. ,
After playing professional foot
ball with the Chicago Bears in
the National league, the great
Oregon grid star entered the army
as a captain in 1939.
Old Time Sox Star
Dies at Age of 64
New Orleans, La., May 24 (IB
Jacob (Jake) Atz, one of the Chi
cago White Sox's "hitless wond
ers," will be buried here today.
Atz, a veteran of more than
half a century of organized base
ball, died Tuesday night. He was
64.
Atz joined the White Sox in
1908 after a term with the New
Orleans Pelicans, whom he later
rejoined as manager.
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DOUTHIT'S
Seattle Ramiers
Take Two Games
X (By United Press)
Vallie Eaves, big Indian right
hander, turned in one of the neat
est pitching jobs of the Pacific
coast league campaign last night
as the San Diego Padres downed
the Oakland Acorns, 2 to 1. Eaves
fanned 13 and even had the um
pires mystified. They suspected
that he was throwing the out
luwed spltter but failed to detect
any signs to this effect despite re
peated examinations of the horse
hide. The Padres tallied the winning
run in the fourth inning on Lou
Vezelich's single, outfielder Norm
DeWeese's miscue and a solid
basehit by Del Ballinger. Len Gil-
.more, ace of the Oakland staff,
was the losing hurler.
Beavers Lead Cut
- The Seattle Rainiers cut Port
land's league lead to 3Vj games by
taking both games of a double
header with Los Angeles. The
Suds won the opener, 5-4, even
though Doc Greene smacked a
threv-run homer for Angels, and
came back with a 2-0 victory in
the nightcap. Keith Frazier and
Carl Fischer were the winning
pitchers.
The tallend Hollywood Stars
battled 11 innings to defeat Sar
ramento, 6 to 5. With Brooks Hold
er on first base, Jimmy Grant
of the Solons fielded manager
Buck Fausett's bunt but threw the
ball into right field, allowing
Holder to gallop all the way in.
Joe Mlshasek outlasted four Sac
ramento twiners.
The Portland - San Francisco
game was rained out. - '
League Standings
(By United Press)
AMERICAN
W L Pet.
Chicago 15 8 .652
Detroit 14 9 .609
New York 15 11 .571
St. Louis 13 10 .565
Washington 12 15 .444
Cleveland 10' 14 .417
Boston 10 15 .400
Philadelphia 10 17 .370
NATIONAL
New York 22 7 .759
Brooklyn 17 , 11 . .607
St. Louis 15 13 .536
Chicago 13 13 .500
Pittsburgh 13 14 .481
Boston 11 14 .440
Cincinnati 10 14 .417
Philadelphia 7 22 .241
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 33 17 .660
Seattle 29 20 .592
Oakland 27 25 .519
San Diego 26 26 .509
Sacramento ...25 26 .490
Los Angeles 25 27 .481
San Francisco 22 28 .440
Hollywood 16 35 .314
Fight Results
(ny United Press)
Oakland, Calif. George (Sug
ar) Costner, 140, Cincinnati, do
cisioned Paul Lewis, 156, Oak
land (10). ,
Elizabeth, N. J. Cocoa Kid,
161, New Haven, outpointed Vin
cent Jones, 153, Tampa, Fla.,
(10).
Directors Discuss
Postwar Rules
Champaign, 111., May 24 uV-i
Big Ten athletic directors and
coaches meet today to launch .of
ficial discussion of post-war eli
gibility rules and expansion.
The meeting follows an inform
mal discussion last night between
Western conference officials and
representatives from five other
midwestern universities.
The Big Ten's new rules and
regulations, governing the com
missioner's office, also are ex
pected to come up for ratification
at today's meeting. ;
Foresters Study
Balloon Danger
Washington, May 24 IP For
est service Chief Lyle F. Watts
disclosed Wednesday that "inten
sified precautionary measures"
have been taken in recent months
against Japanese attempts to set
forest fires with bombs carried
by free balloons.
"We have been combating this
problem ever since the Japanese
released their first wind-blown
balloons carrying explosives," he
said. "We are continuing to co
operate with the military in sub
duing this potential menace."
He said the wartime forest fire
prevention campaign, now In
progress, wll stress this newest
danger to the nation's forest re
sources. Forest service personnel in
western states are undergoing
training to handle incendiaries
and explosives found when the
balloons fall, he said.
ON HOSPITAL LIST
Champaign, 111., May 24 UP
University of Illinois athletic of
ficials doubted today that Bob
Kelley, defending 440 and 880
yard dash champion, would be
able to compete in Saturday's
western conference track meet.
Coach Leo Johnson said that
Kelley had not sufficiently re
covered from a leg injury re
ceived last April 15.
IN BETWEEN FARES
Indianapolis tin Policeman
Charles Ford, a. former deputy
sheriff, thought he had seen
everything during his many years
as a law enforcement officer.
Then he saw a woman taxicab
driver parked at the curb, read
ing the Bible.
Ball Nines Ready
For War Veterans
Chicago, May 24 (li'i Baseball
leaders were confident today that
the primitive code "survival of the
fittest" will solve the game's re
turning servicemen problem in a
simple and ancient manner.
The job of absorbing the 529
major league players now In the
service more than the number
currently playing big league base
ballappeared to be a staggering
one at first. The 16 club owners
believed there would be a general
mustering out of players and con
sequently they forsaw only
trouble in the reshuffling process
which lies ahead.
Picture Changes
That's changed now. Studying
the present army 85-point dis
charge system and the navy dis
charge procedure, the big league
magnates find that their players
will trickle back In such small
numbers that there will be no
major readjustment problem. -
The big push, however, will be
on the playing field where as
always the dog-eat-dog formula
of "survival of the fittest" will
hold fourth.
Vice president Harry Grabiner
of the White Sox said that in
talks with other American leagu
ers the consensus is that the
problem, will solve itself.
Tough Task Eased .
"It merely will be every man
for himself just like it always
has," he said. "The wartime new
comer will be trying to hold his
job and the returning serviceman
will be trying to take it away
norn mm." . . -
Vice iirpslrlenr ami oonumi w,nn
aepr Jim. nnllnnhep nf thn Pnko
said that "in talks with other Na
tional league executives the gen
eral impression was that we had
a tough task ahead."
"But now it looks like it will be
simple," Gallugher added. - They'll
ue coming oack in twos and
threes." .
Gallagher said that the Cubs
and Ihnil- fnpm CUL-(am
had absorbed 25 to 30 discharged
servicemen without a hitch.
Three More Boys'
Join Navy Ranks
The list nt now unliiMtAA, rMM
Central Oregon was swelled by-
uiree uus weeK with the enlist
ment in Portland of Eugene Mari
on Butler Rerlmnnr) Phnfloo Vin
cent Reed, Rt. 2, Bend, and Ronal
winiam milium, Terrebonne.
Eugene is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marion D. Butler, Charles is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira J.
Butler, Copalls Beach, Wash., and
Ronal is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus E. Buf fum, Terrebonne.
The applications of all three
boys were processed at the Cen
tral Oregon navy recruiting sta
tion. Bend and they were for
warded for enlistment last Sun
day. They were sworn in on Tues
day and returned home for a pe
riod of inactive duty prior to be
ing transferred to a naval train
, lng center for indoctrination.
Intensive wartime research in
England on the mineral require
ments of plants has, enabled Brit
ish farmers not only to increase
their normal harvests but also, in
many cases, save crops that other
wise would have been failures.
Synthetic rubber tires, driven
500 miles at an average of over
100 miles an hour, came through
without a blowout; the 500-mile
run at this speed on a brick and
asphalt speedway is equivalent to
?0,000 miles of ordinary use.
The lighted end of a cigarette
has a temperature of between
1200 and 1325 degrees Fahrenheit,
which is above the melting point
of aluminum.
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