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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1937)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1937 CRACK PORTLAND SOFTBALL CLUB COMING TONIGHT THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON GOLDEN GLOW MILKMEN WILL MEET HOGG'S The "Great Calhoun," who rank along with Mickey Berland and Biif Jorgenson in Portland Softball pitchers, will difplay his hooks and slants on Sweetland field tonight for the edification of Hogg Broth ers batters and several hundred fans. Calhoun will do mound duty for Golden Glow, a team which has had a winning streak of 13 straight games. Golden Glow la tied witn Rotary Bread for second place In the American league. Pitted against the "Great Cal houn" will probably be George Both, fast ball pitcher who has kept Hogg Brothers trailing close behind the league leading Walt outfit. The first game of the evening will bring togetlier the Papcrmak ers and Square Deal. Crowfoot, the windmill chucker. is expected to dish them up for the paper workers. SCOT BEATEN BY CLINGMAN Salem devotees of the wreatllng racket went home fiat 1st led last night after watch inn Otis Cltngman deal out a wide variety of punish ment to Scotty MrDougall in the main event of the weekly grappling exhibition. Clineman wu handed the first fall by Referee Elliott when the Scot failed to follow in structions and discontinue the use of his Illegal choke hold. Cltag man won the second round on his own account by tearing into Mc Dougall and finally planting his knees under the Scot's chin. The Black Panther, after taking the first fall, lost the second and third to Andy Tremalne In the 45-minute special event. Bob Cum mlngs lost two out of three to Dan ny Ruso in the 30-mlnute pre liminary, i jk & 0-" 1 fi ,:fi I Left Six Lclands ; Above Conner Trio; Below Betty Willis and pal The "greatest of eae" with which the much-touted daring young man flies through the air. which in fact characterises all the alluring feats which take place under a circus tent, is the result of the very an tithesis of enje, namely: hard work and much of it, to the accompani ment of equal portions of patience and perseverance. TJi la fact will bear testimony of any or the performers and trainers with Russell Bros, circus which Is billed to exhibit in Salem on Tues day, August 3. It may be dt.MlIiu.ion.ng, but cir cus performers do not get that way by some magic gift. True, there must first be a natural aptitude Bui beyond that are endless hours of practice. bliMerrd palms, aching backs, and frayed nerves, yet un tier lying all of Uiese. the pride that comes from true achievement. Rocer T. Bahson. world famed financial expert, has found lnspira tion In the circus and writes of it In these terms: "If every industry were operated with the mine Intel llgent organization and strict dis Mungo May Be Through; Yanks Rating Feller as Sixth Speed Merchant By EDDIE BRIETZ New York, July 21 tVP) Van Lingle Mungo, fireball ace of the Brooklyn Dodgers, fears his pitching days are over . . . His mighty right arm is almost numb from elbow to shoulder . . . Best doctors In New York are x-raying and diagnosing . . . Mungo was batted from the box in less than an winning by the Cubs Sunday . , . New York Evening Post says Mike Jacobs and Jimmy John-, ton, both lops In fight promoting, will announce a partnership soon . . which Is page "wun" news If It's so . . . Prom London comes word Don Budge will Jump to the pros the minute the United States wins the Davis cup. It will be reunion in Califor nia when Indiana and Southern California play basketball In Los Angeles next winter . . The entire Indiana squad will be home bred while eight of California's first ten players will be liooslers . . . Add rags to riches: Harold Utman, who used to hustle peanuts at Eb bets Held, has Just signed a contract for his Parkways foot ball team of the American as sociation to use the Dodgers' field this season when the Brooklyn football Dodgers are playing abroad. That youngster doing the battle practice catching for th Boston Bees is the son of Ziggy Sears, na tional league umpire . . . Tommy Farr, Marcel Thil, et al, arrive on the Berengaria today . . . Tommy is quoted as being "convinced" he will whip Joe Louis . . . Col. John Red KiJ pa trick, president of Madi son Square Garden, flew to Los An geles to sign up Sonja Heine, the skate queen also a few fighters. Hope Bob Feller doesn't feel hurt but the Yankees (who should know) rate him no bet ter than sixth as a speed mer chant . . . They place Van Mun go, Tommy Bridges of the Tl cipline as the of a great circus, would there be any business depres sion? If every young man develop ed the courage and exactness of those pcTformers, would there be any unemployed? Tf we all In our daily work showed the persistence and patience of thoae animal train ers, could we help being successful? oi course Uwe people require character, health and IntelllKence as a foundation on which to build . . . The secret of circus aucoass continues to be those old fashioned qualities of industry, courage, good nabiis, and thoroughness.' This comes from Dame Laura Knight, England's foremost woman artist: "Circus performers are the hardest working, cleanest living people I have ever met. with a pride in their bodies, an ideal of attain ment and an Infinite capacity for endurance" And to this, another famous Englishwoman. Lady Elea nor Smith, the novelist, adds: ''The performers of the circus are neith er an vases nor magicians, thry are charminj, normal, industrious peo ple, whose private existence might well set an example to us all." gen and others above Feller ... Joe Medwlck of the Card inals says National league pitch ers soon would put a crimp In Joe D I Ma jgio's style . Charles -Trusty" Tallman, West Virginia university football roach, has resigned to become head of the state police . . It's "Colonel Tallman now and you'd better salute, too. 1 VAN UMiLE MUNGO Dodg ers' pitching ace, suffers with an ailing throwing arm and believes his mound days may be over. Mungo became tem peramental in spring training when ha refused to pitch to Babe Phelps. JUNIOR BALL RACE DOWN TO 8 TEAMS Woodbum The race for the Am erican Lesion Junior baseball chanv plonahlp of Oregon has settled down to eight teams, four of which will enter the finals to be held at Legion park here August 7 and 8. Corvallls and Roseburg will meet In a two-out-of-three game series to determine the entrant from that section. Corvallls defeated Newport and Eugene to enter the sectional finals while Roesburg swept through all southern Oregon teams. Hood Rt ver will meet Ontario with the win ner of two out of three games enter ing the tournament. The race in Portland has narrowed down to two teams, El Rey and Pos toff Ice Phar macy, who are deadlocked for the top rung. El Rey entered the tourney here last year as the Portland represen tative and won the state title, but was ellmlnaed by the Washington state team. Woodbum, Marion coun ty and district champ, will meet Estacada this week-end for the Wil lamette valley championship, with the winner entering the state finals. Woodbum represented this section last year but was eliminated by El Rey in their first game and went on to take third place with a smashing victory over The Dalles. Tickets for the state series are now on sale by the Woodbum Legion post. IheSTANDINGS COAST LEAGUE TEAM W li Pel. 4S .602 45 .Wt 49 f.63 Si .83.! S4 .5(19 85 .41' f 64 .433 73 .367 39 .633 31 3S ,557 37 .53J 44 .4.S7 4 .413 46 .403 : S3 .346 33 .701 33 .610 31 .603 34 .553 31 .493 43 .4C0 M 3:5 it .103 Dlrco 8 Sacramento 6ft FrtnciKO 63 Portland 38 Lou Anield P6 Oakland m 8111 47 MlMton 40 NATIONAL LEAGl'E ChlcMO (0 lNw York M Pittsburgh 44 Bl. Lou l 43 Boston J7 Brooklyn 33 Cincinnati 3t Fhiltdflplii 30 AMERICAN LEAfit'B Ntw York . m Chtcaeo M Detroit 47 Boston , 42 Clr fluid ... 37 Wavhmgion 30 iuu as PhiUdflphta 33 Chuck Bond Signs With Redskin Club Washington. July 31 UK The Washington Redskins football team announced today that Charles Bond of the University of Washington had been signed to play with the pro fessional team at the start of next season. Bond, named as an all-Pacific coast tackle last season, will re port here for training August 2.V FREE! FREE! 20 double edge Blue Bteel Rarer Blade or 10 slnsle edge, with each purchase of the new Cf DeUixe Hone al JJW For Sharpening Safety Razor Blade.v single or double edge. WOOI.PF.RT LFOO Corner of Court liberty CHICAGO CUBS, DETROIT CHASE FLEEING YANKS Br Associated Prrss) Trying to catch Uie galloping Yan kees the.se days Is about as hope ful as trying to keep up with Gar Wood in a one-lung outboard, but you can't rule the White Sox or the Tigers off. the track for trying- The Sox have won six in a row to maintain their place as runners- up to the champions, now six and half games in front after drubbing the Brown in both ends of a double header yesterday. The Tigers, encouraged by the promising recovery of Manager Mickey Cochrane, who for the first time since hia injury put on a uni form during morning workout yes terday, have won five straight since handing the Yanks the lone setback of their current road trip. Both have been fairly easy pick' ing the last few days. The Sox caught first the Red Sox and now the Senators in the throes of a los ing streak, making it ten defeat in a row for the Nats yesterday with a 4-3 triumph in ten Innings. The Red Sox aren't proving too tough for the Tigers, either. The Hub crew waa up in second place last week but has hit the skids again, that ten inning. 10-9 licking by Detroit being its fifth in a row. Even the fact that Jimmy Foxx chimed in with his nineteenth and twentieth homers and Colonel Mills and Eric McNair came up with one each couldn't save the Sox. Tuesday's games: National Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1 MO innings) : New York 4, Cin cinnati 3 (10 Innings) : Boston 5, St. Louis 3; Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. American Chicago 4. Washing ton 3 (10 Innings): Philadelphia 7, Cleveland 5; New York 5-9. St. Louis 4-6 (first 10 Innings); Detroit 10, Boston 9. Streamlined Ball Speeds Up Contests Qalnesvtlle. Fla., July 21 (pi There wa plenty of debate today on the merits of "streamlined" basbeall, but no one questioned that It proved Its speed In Us profession al debut. Gainesville defeated Leesburg. 2-1, In a, Florida state league game last night with only one hour and 19 minutes required for the Play. Av erage length of six other games played by the same teams this sea son was two hours, 23 minutes. Ninety-one out of 154 ballots turn ed In by fans were classed as un favorable and 63 as favorable, but managers and umpires were unani mous In their approval. "Streamlined baseball proved It self," said Manager Bob McShane of Gainesville, "and professional baseball will do well to look into it." Frank 8. Wright, University of Florida public relations man. drew up the new rules, which forbid the between-outs "throw around." elim inates preliminary pitching, puts balls and strike penalties on stall ing, calls for Inning changes at double-quick and provides for Imme diate substitution of pitchers and catchers when they become base runners. Pitchers warm up before the duRout, but there Is no preliminary pitching from th mound. BANKERS LOSS The Bankers team of the Indus trial Softball league lost to the Paper Mill Mechanics last night, 13 to 8. Machinists 13 13 3 Bankers 0 12 4 Craig and OeOeer; Ross and McCune. THE BEST BET FOR EVERY ROUND T.iiiri:M!r.'iTmrrs'i OlDrtTMl Dltmillt. INC., N. T. c CMIM to nMfc Trademark Reg. V. . Pal. Off. Thu whhkey ft C ! 16 months I U 1 oU-90 proof tod, h Weals Ducks Nose 3-2; Oaks Move Into 6th Position as Indians Skin The Oakland Acorns miraculously moved into sixth place in the Pacific coast league today, relegating their cus tomary seventh place berth to the skidding Seattle Indians. Playing errorless ball and hitting hard, the Oaks defeated the San Francisco Mission Reds, 7 to 1. last night, while big Jim Chaplin gave the league-leading San Diego Pad res a 4 to 0 shut out over the In dians. The Padres' lead was increased to a game and a half as Portland won it 14th game In 16 starts, de- Skits and Scratches By FRED ZIMMERMAN Capital Journal Sports Editor At last a little information con cerning our friend Dwight (Elmer) Aden, who was bought by the Boston Red Sox last spring, assigned to Canton. Ohio, and then switched to Lewiston, Idaho, of the Western International circuit at the last mo ment. A clipping sent us by "Frisco" Edwards from the Lewiston Tribune gives Aden's batting average as .285 as the result of 70 trips to the plate. He has hit safety 20 times, Including four 2-baggers. Aden is sixth on the Lewiston batting list in the percent age column which Is topped by Wes Schulmerich with .417. The former Willamette university fly chaser is roaming center field for the Indians and is batting as lead-off man. Roger W. Peck. Tacoma, presi dent of the Western-International league, predicts a big fu ture for tbe circuit. "Every town in the league with the excep tion of Vancouver is showing refreshing attendance," Peck told Lewiston fans on a recent visit. "We have had our prob lems, of course, but these pro blems will occur in any new or ganization of the class of the Western-International." Frisco Edwards and Bill Doran, who were officiating at Lewiston dur ing the time of Peck's visit, are Civen credit for doing a good Job of umpiring. Because he has fought and defeat ed nine negroes in his time, Tommy Farr, British heavyweight champion, predicts he will hand Joe Louis a beating when they clash in Yankee stadium the night of August 28. Just who the colored boys were that he si,r. sues' mm , V. - Out Solons featlng the second-place Sacramen to Solons. 3 to 2. Although wild, "Sailor" Bill Pose del won his sixth straight for the larruping Portland Beavers. An un earned run was blamed for "Gentle man'' Dick Newsome'a defeat In the eighth inning first baseman Dutch Prat her lost a throw from third base In the lights. A sacri fice and a double by Johnny Fred erick caused the run home. A wild pitch and too many walks cost Wesley Flowers and the Los Angeles Angels a 5 to 4 defeat at the hands of the San Francisco Seals in 10 Innings. Flowers, re cently released by the Seals, limit ed his former mates to five hits, but saw two runs scored in the sec ond inning when he forced in one tally with a walk and let another come home on a wild pitch. The Angels out-hit the Seals IS to 5. Merrill May, third baseman and recent Oakland addition, led the Acorns' assault on the Missions with a triple and three singles and drove in three runs. It was the Oaks' seventh consecutive victory. Chaplin virtually won his game single-handed. The big Padre hur lets victory was his 16th for the sea&on. He hit a homer in the sev enth and also bagged a double. Harold Patchett of the padres also hit for the circuit in the seventh. SIRS. BENNETT HOME Falls City Mrs. M. H. Bennett has returned from California where she spent the past six weeks with relatives and friends. toppled Farr fails to state. Since there have been few really successful negro heavies. It is probable a ma jority of the boys beaten by the Britisher were unknowns. One or two experts who saw the bout be tween Farr and Max Baer a few months ago, expressed the opinion that the play boy could have polished off Farr if he had stepped In and really put his heart in 1U Golden Glow, a squad of milk fed softball artists from Port land, will show how It Is done in the metropolis Wednesday night on Sweetland field. Those fans who have been asking for something different should re spond to the efforts of the man agement to bring new faces Into the local program. Golden Glow will play Hogg Brothers at :3t. (j) Sfreef and Number Cify and State SILVERTON BALL PARK OK SAYS SHOE MANAGER They can leave the fences of the SUverton baseball park right where they are. as far as Veme Harrington is concerned. Harrington, manager of the Ore gon championship Reliable Shoe team which opens its interstate series against Johnson Paint of Ta coma at Silverton Thursday at 8:30 p. m is all for having a deep outfield. "Ball games are ruined in parks which have close fences where lazy fly balls go for home runs all the time," he said. 'Furthermore, Uie outfielders don't really learn how to play the outfield. They learn to play balls off the fences, but when they get into major league ball where the parks are large they have to learn how to chase them. "The Silverton park is big enough that outfielders have to turn their backs at times and race toward the fences to catch fly balls. "It also puts base running and throwing at a premium. A triple can easily be stretched into a home run unless the outfielders show speed and make a good relay of the ball. "I think it would be a mistake to shorten the field." The fences of McGtnnls field at Silverton are 365 feet from home plate on Uie foul line and 390 feet distant in centerfield. considerably farther than at Portlands coast league park. Not a ball was smacked over during the entire 30-game state tournament, but there were several home nins within the park and one terrific drive bounced over for a home run. The Reliable Shoe players are working out daily in Portland to be In top shape for their best three out of five games series with Johnson Paint. Manager Harrington predic ted that his charges will be In even better shape for the playoff thsn they were for- the tournament it self. KORNSBY RELIEVED OF MANAGER'S JOB St. Louis. July 21 (i Donald L. Barnes, president of the St. Louis Browns, announced today that Manager Rogers Hornsby had been relieved of his duties effective to day. OCCUPIES PULPIT Palls City Frances Wise of West Salem filled the pulpit at the Meth odist churrh Sunday morning. HERE'S YOUR COUPON Mail or Brini It le Our Office CAPITAL JOURNAL . 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