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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1941)
Leo Turner Wins Easy Decision from Buddy Pe terson Sports Parade Br Harry Ferfuwn (United Prase Steft Writer) New York, May 21 (U.R) The Goo dali round robin tournament, one of golf's sternest tests, opens at Fresh Meadow tomorrow and the favorite la little Ben Hogan, who Is just a wee bit taller and wider than the driver he swings. Bookkeepers hold him at the short price of 5 to 1 in a field of 19 of the best professionals In the game. Most of his opponents will be big guys with halfback shoulders and heavyweight arms, but the bookies atlll think that Hogan, who weighs barely 140 when he has a heavy sand wedge In his hand, Is the man to beat. . Hogan Is something out of Hora tio Alger the poor boy who made good, the little fellow who put In weary hours of practice to overcome his lack of size, the lad who made a promise to his mothei years ago and saw that promise come true. Just because golf does not Involve bodily contact, don't get the Idea that it doesn't require stamina and strength. The national open cham pionship a grind of 72 holes finds many of the boys trudging Into the clubhouse limp and exhausted. But the Ooodall Is almost twice as bad. The 15 players go 126 holes and It's match play all the way with never a chance to relax the strain on nerve and muscle. Hogan finds himself pitted against auch husky citizens as Craig Wood, Vlo Qheul, Jimmy Thompson, Law on Little, Clayton Heafner, Jimmy Hlnes and Ed Oliver. Any one of them probably r "Id pick him up with one hand, but little Benny will stand on a tee and, on the average, belt a golf ball aa far as any of them. Hogan's hands tell the story of how he got that way. They are a mass of callouses where he has gripped clubs for years In hour after hour of practicing. Other pros could spend their time playing bridge or chewing the fat in the clubhouse. Benny was eternally practicing, hit ting long Irons, short Irons, woods and staying on the practice greens 'til dark closed In on him. when he was 18 years old and oaddylng down In Texas, his mother suggested it might be a good Idea for him to get a summer lob instead of spending his time lugging clubs around the course. "Mom," the kid replied, "I'm go ing to work. I'm going to work at golf and some day 111 be a great golf player." There were many times in his subsequent career when It appeared that his predlot.on would never come true. Luck seemed to run ag ainst him, and he once shot three Ms In the Texaa open only to have somebody tie him and then win the play-off. Hogan really got under way last year. The hours of practice began to count, something In his game started to click and he began rolling up victories. During one stretch last season he reeled off 218 holes of competitive golf in 24 under par, Ten times In 12 rounds he broke 70. To make up for his lack of else Hogan has developed a full swing and terrlflo Impact at the moment the club meets the ball. But his chief weapon against the big boys at rreah Meadows will be hi ability to concentrate, to dismiss every. thing from his mind except the Job of getting the little white ball Into the hole In the fewest possible num. ber of shot. Hogan won the tough Ooodall last year and the law of averages ought to be running against him this trio. But you can't sell that idea to the bookmakers who know what the lit tle fellow can do when the pressure Is heaviest. Standings (By th Aiiocltua PrM L ret. Bt- LOU ) f ,M nrookirn 3J 10 . nw York is is ,5sa IS 13 .464 Cincinnati u 17 ,433 PlttsbuTfh i ib . ""ton IS it .400 irmiriffjpnia 10 10 .133 cifvuind ""o II 11 ,631 "troll 16 ift ,-ifl New York n 17 ,500 Bolton It 14 .600 wttwinftian , 14 16 ,434 PHIlidMphli, 1 ia .419 St. Louli 10 16 .345 Tf It TtU atcrtminto , si 11 .136 oriilK ,),.!,,,,,,,,,,, 24 19 nan Ditto ji 1! ,oia ftrr FrinelMO , Jl a .477 Hollywood 10 33 ,453 Loi AntjtUl , lg 34 .439 Oitclund ,, is 55 ,419 Portland 17 34 .415 HtaUrn In It r national W L Pet. Pna 11 ft .668 Yakima 6 g .643 8lm , 7 t ,600 Wanatchit T ff .438 Vancouver , , 1 11 .431 Taeomft I 10 .333 Game Officials Say 'Let Fawns Alone' At this time of the year. When does are dropping their fawns, the state game officials and atata po lice are flooded with Inquiries con eernlng deserted fawns. If you're tramping through deer country and run Into a fawn, seem ingly deserted, don't molest It, be cause In all probability Its mother Is out foraging for food and will be back In due tlma to give maternal attention to the young one. The best rule, say game officials, is to lust keep hands off the fawns and let the mother handle the sit uation. , c The Capital Journal, Salem. Ex-British Golf Champ Reports For Army Duty Atlanta, aa. May 31 (U.R) Kx Brltlsh Amateur Champion Charley Yates today hung his golf bag In Ihe closet and reported to Fulton county draft board No. 1 for a year's tussle with the rough and bunkers or army life. Beyond his Induction at the Ft. Mcpherson center near here, Yates had no Idea what the next year held for him but he was ready for whatever Uncle Sam had In store. "I haven't talked with anybody about what I'm going to do but whatever It Is It'll suit me fine," said Yates, whose happy-go-lucky grin has won him friends all over the world. . Beavers Lose 1 1-Inning Game (Br the Associated PrM) The Seattle Ralniers, Pacific Coast league baseball champions, went back Into a hitting slump last night, bowing to Oakland, 7 to 3, before Jack Salveson's five hit pitching. Salveson, the loop's most effec tive hurler last year, gave the Oaks Its best pitching of recent seasons. Three of the hit came In the fourth Inning and produced all of Seattle's counters, but by that time the Oaks, who had enjoyed a five run third, already had enough to win. After achieving moderate success on a southern tour, Portland re turned home for the first time In two weeks and promptly lapsed again Into last place, losing an 11 inning game to Hollywood, 8 to 3. The Beavers got only five safe blows altogether, to 12 for Holly wood. Sacramento's system of concen trated assault paid off with an other victory. The Senators scor ed six runs In one swoop and took the series opener from Los Angeles, 7 to 5. Thus they re-concooted the same formula which twice lick ed San Francisco Sunday. By their performance the leading Solons gained further ground on the rest of the circuit. Tom Seats, the large southpaw for whom San Francisco paid the Detroit Tigers a fancy figure, re turned his biggest dividend yet by limiting San Diego to three singles and no bases on balls. He had a no-httter In hand until the Padres got the first two hits In the eighth. The Seals cracked three San Diego hurlers for 18 hits to win, 0 to 0. The same teams play again to night. The scores: Saeramento (HI! One wo T t toe Anllll 100 010 010 S II I Preltas and Wlecsorek! Thorn... Goff man 0, Berrr 0, Plores S and Oolltni. Oakland 006 030 000 T 10 1 Seattle 000 3 00 000 S B 1 Veson and Conroy; Barrett, Soriano I, and Fallon. Han Diet o 000 000 0000 I 4 San Franolaeo 101 S00 MX t 1R 1 Thomas, Dllbtck 4, Brewer S and Bal keld, Detore, Ballanltr, Beats and Osro- dowtkt, Hollywood 100 ON 000 09 S II 0 Portland 100 010 000 00 I t Dasso, Toat I, and arenseli aoniatea, Harrell II, and Schulta. Wliirly Wins 'Preview 9 Race; May R tin Friday By Bid Feder New York, May 21 (fP) The hilarious story back of the $50,000 race that Belmont park got for $2,500 was told today after Whirlaway had won the De a good-siMci piece or the year's racing championship. After his easy decision yesterday over Charles Howard's Mloland, the only horse still standing In Whacky Whirly's way tills year appeared to be George D. Widener'a Eight Thir ty. The chances are the two won't tangle until the Pimllco Special in November, for Whirlaway will spend the next couple of months banging at his own 3-year-old league, prob ably starling again Friday in the I7.S0O added Peter Pan handicap at Belmont unless something happens to him before then. But behind yesterday's race Itself were (1) the frantic effort of at least two trainers to scratch their horses, because they hadn't realized what they were running Into, and (3) the .lucky break for Belmont when a $3,500 overnight allowance affair popped up with a field that would have done credit to any ISO. 000 stake. As for the race Itself, Warren Wright's Lightning Streak lust showed the older boys how he did it in the Derby and Preakness. With young Wendell Ends doing a credit able Job In the saddle, the balmy son of Blenheim II hit the leader at the head of the stretch and won In a breese. True. Mlolanrf Ahllffinalv mnl wide at the head of the stretch and gave him racing room on the trail, nil WtllrlaU-av waa Knn .,. , ' ',, ' v ug, II down the straightaway. But In his iirsi stars against older horses. Ore. Fred Zimmerman, Sports Editor Joe Louis who meets Buddy Baer in Washington May 23 in a warm up bout for his coming battle with Billy Conn in June. Egg Spattered Ducks Lose to Huskies, 6-3 (Br the Associated Presi) ' The Northern division, Pacific coast conference baseball title race developed into a three-way tussle yesterday when Washington downed the leading Oregon team, 6 to 3, at Seat- tie to come within a half -game of first place, The idle Oregon State team, cur rently In third place, Is only a game and a half from the top. In another conference game yes terday at Pullman, Washington State climbed out of the cellar by downing Idaho, 9 to 2, Eggs sailed In the Oregon-Washington game as overheated tempers carried over from Monday's game when an argument occurred over a Washington player being called safe at first In the Huskies ninth-inning winning rally. Yesterday's egg shower came when Coach Howard Hobson and Oregon players vigorously protested a reversed decision against the team. Eggs grazed Hobson and one spattered Outfielder Bill Carrey's back. ' The outburst came from the stands In the sixth Inning after two Oregon runners scored when the umpire called Chuck Clifford's bunt safe. The decision then was re versed and the fireworks started. Oregon protested and the eggs fol lowed. When play was resumed, Clifford struck out. Oregon opened the scoring with two runs In the third, but Washing ton tied It up in Its halfand took a good lead with three runs In the fourth on two singles, a walk and Oy Stephens' triple. At Pullman, Henry Bushman, W. S. O. fielder, converted Into pitcher, tossed a slx-hltter to beat Idaho. The oloee title race now hinges on Oregon's final two games. With "preview" of what might well Whlrly took care of some giade-A handlcappers. The mile and a sixteenth affair was listed as an overnight allowance, with no Importance. But Trainers Ben Jones for Whirlaway, Tom Smith for Mloland, Bill Mulholland for Your Chance and Jim Oaver for Hash all got the Idea It was a good opportunity for a "conditioner" for the campaign ahead. The only thing wrong with the Idea was that all of them got It at the same time. Since the winner's end of the thing amounted to only $1,690, they didn't figure It was worth running for, but Belmont officials said there could be no scratches unless the condition of the track changed before post time. Alien Gun Licenses Must Be Renewed All alien gun licenses Issued prior to December 31, 1940, must be re newed, according to an announce ment made by Frank B. Wire, state game supervisor. Heretofore thl type of license was considered to have no expira tion date, but under a ruling of the attorney general the alien gun li censes come under Ui general law requiring renewal of all licenses at the end of each calendar year. Tle alien gun license fee Is 3S and Is In addition to the regular hunting or trapping license. fx $r,',..' Oregon State and Washington's four-game Invasion of Pullman and Moscow. The scores: Oregon 002 000 0103 9 4 Washington .002 301 00X 9 1 Beglerles, Rleder (3) and Calvert; Jorgenson and Watson. Idaho 000 200 0002 6 2 Wash. State .202 310 Olx 9 13 1 . Snyder, Bechtol and Kara; Bush man and van Slyke. Northern division standings: W. L. Oregon 0 4 Washington 8 4 Oregon State 8 8 Washington State 3 8 Idaho 2 8 Pet. .692 .867 .tfl .273 .200 Fights & Fighters (Br the Associated Press) Buffalo, N.Y. Jackie Donovan, 154H, Buffalo, and Andre Jessurun 164, New York, drew (10). New York Leonard Bennett, 146, Chicago, outpointed Jerry Florello, 151, Brooklyn, N.Y. (18). Salem. Ore. Leo Turner, 161, of Portland, outpointed Buddy Peter sen, 162, Turner (6). Scorekeepers Work Overtime on Game Hot Springs, Ark.. May 21 (P)- The Texarkana and Hot Springs teams of the Cotton States league played a 41-run game last night In only nine Innings. Texarkana finally won, 28 to 15. Each team pounded out 22 hits. Hot Springs' six errors, against three for Texarkana, contributed to de feat. Hot Springs folded up In the last two Innings, while Texarkana slammed 10 runs across, five In each frame. Scoreboard Br Ui Asioclitd Preis) Nfttlnnftt PhHadflphlt St. I-ouU 4. PltUburth T. Nw York t. Chicago I. Brooklyn 1. OtnelnntU t, Bolton 6, AntFTlrftn PhlladflPhtt 8, OliT-lund ft. Nw York 10. St. Lou In 9, BoitOtt 4, Dttrott 3. chlcAto ft, Wishlniton t. Coast San PraneUfO 9. San tMeto 0. Oakland 7. fltattla I. Rarratnfnto 7, Los Antclrt ft. Hollywood 6. Portland ft (11 tnnintt.) WmUri Intern a Hnal Yakima , Spokane 4. Vancouver t. Salem 0. Wenaichet t, Taeoma ft. Ptonwr Twin fait I, Otden 1. Poc at Pi! IS, Salt Lake 4. Trfana Fall I. Bolat 4. i College was him ton Statu 9. Idaho 9. Washington . Oregon 1. Lewlston Normal 4. Idaho Frosh 3. The '40 Wednesday, May 21, 1941 Law of Averages Catches Up With Dodgers, Indians By Judson Bailey (Associated Press Sports Writer) Percentages control everything In baseball. You see them In the standings of the clubs, In the batting and field ing averages and in other statistics. You don't eee them but they are present when a left-handed plnch hltter Is sent in against a right handed pitcher, or a batter Is walked to set up a double play, or the Infield comes In close to play for a sacrifice, or the outfield moves around In position for a dead-left field hitter. "Percent age" is the reason behind every move In the game even to the bat ters who never strike at a 3-0 pitch. This "law of averages" also is the key to the present tallsplns of the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers. Before the Indians lost their three straight to the seventh place Philadelphia Athletics they had won 23 games and lost nine for a .714 percentage. Before the Dodg ers dropped four In a row at Pitts burgh and Chicago they had won 22 and lost six for a sensational .786. These simply were speeds too fast for either club to maintain. In the past 40 years In the major leagues only seven championships have been won with percentages above .700. In the course of bringing the Dodgers down to earth, the Cubs made 33 hits and 30 runs In three contests. They bagged yesterday's finale, 9-1, bunching six hits for three runs In the fourth against Klrby Hlgbe and nicking Newt Kimball In the eighth for six runs, three of them on Lou Stringer's triple with the bases loaded. The Cardinals, cut down, 6-4, In 11 Innings by the Phils remained a half game behind the Dodgers In won-lost figuring although holding onto the official percentage lead, Frank McCormlck smacked a three-run homer with two out In the ninth to give the Cincinnati Reds a 9-6 victory over the Boston Braves. Frank McCormlck smacked a three run homer with two out In the ninth to give the Cincinnati Reds a 9-6 victory over the Boston Braves. Arky Vaughan settled a see-saw game between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh In favor of the Pi rates, 7-5, with a two run homer in the seventh. The Athletics ambushed Mel Harder, undefeated previously with four victories, and whipped the In dians, 8-B. The second place Chicago 'White Sox polished off a sweep of their three game series at Washington with Lefty Thornton Lee holding the Senator to six hits for a 8-2 victory. Young Earl Johnson, southpaw star of the Boston Red Sox, held the Detroit Tigers to four hits and shut them out for eight Innings to win, 4-2. The St. Louis Brown handed the Yankees a 10-9 decision on a platter garnished with no less than six error. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press) American League Batting Cullenbine, St. Louis, 414; Dickey, New York, .391. Home runs Heath, Cleveland, and York, Detroit, 8. Pitching Harder, of Cleveland, Johnson, Boston, and Smith, Chi cago, 4-1. National League Batting Vaughan, Pittsburgh, 389; Slaughter, St. Louis. .358. Home runs Ott, New York, 8. Pitching Warneke. St. Louis, 4 0; Casey, Brooklyn, 8-1. Preferred lj Solium Mn a Has KAtUt as tell as UIUTT el tccsausotalisasl Caps Shut Out Solons 9-0; Pippins Win 6 A (Br the Associated Press) Yakima's rampaging Pippins get their chance this week to move into first place in the Western International league. Last night on their home field, the Pippins 'downed the lead ing Spokane Indians, 6 to 4, In the first game of a series. The triumph put Yakima within one game of first place. A dropped throw by Frank Mllanl, Spokane first baseman, started Yakima on it way to five runs in the fourth Inning. The error let a man get on first and a single by Johnny Stamper, who hit four for four, filled the bases with two out. Another single, a walk and Bill Johnson' triple brought In the rune. At Vancouver, the Capllanos con tinued their winning ways by blank ing the Salem Senators, 9 to 0, In the first of a four-game aerie. Pitcher Ernie Kershaw gave up only two hits for one of the best league pitch ing exhibitions of the season. He was never in trouble and struck out five men. Not a single Salem player Les Steers to Jump in Relay Meet Saturday By Robert Myers Los Angeles, May 21 (IP) For an event appearing on the nation's track and field schedule for the first time, the Los Angeles Coliseum re lays seem to have done very well in corralling the finest talent In the country. The meet goes on In the Coliseum Saturday. Pick your leading athlete and It's nine to one he'll be here, performing In the Bame pot where the 1932 Olympic Games were held. The same group of sportsmen who staged that attraction, incidentally, are backing this Inaugural relays. Several events vie for top billing. One Is the pole vault, which will find Cornelius Warmerdam, who punctured the 15-foot celling myth, competing against Earl Meadows, who used to share the world record of 14 feet 11 Inches. It still stands on the record books, but Warmer dam has done 16 feet 2S8 Inches, and may improve on that this week end. Then there Is the high Jump, fea turing Les Steers of Oregon, who did 6 feet 102632 Inches, and Bill Stew art of Torrance, Calif., with 8 feet 101232. Johnny Wilson of the IC4A champion University of Sou thern California Is another likely candidate. He has done 6 feet 9H. (Setting away from California en tries, the 120-yard high hurdles boast entries of Fred Wolcott of Rice, Bob Wright of Ohio State and Pete Owens of Howard Payne, Texas. AMERICA NEEDS AND WANTS IT RIGHT NOW! 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' Fans at the Tacoma game also were guests at the wedding of Del Holmes, Tacoma pitcher, arid Miss Betty Bohannan, of Clovis, Calif., who gave their vows In a home plate ceremony performed just before the ball game. The scores: Salem 000 000 000-4 2 2 Vancouver ..lUOOOOOx 9 9 1 Swope, Lelb (2) and Adams, War ren; Kershaw and Brenner, Lingua. Spokane ....001 003 0004 9 2 Yakima 001 800 OOx 10 1 Anderson, Lannlng (4) and My ers; Barkelew, Greer (6) and Sueme. Wenatchee ..023 000 0108 12 1 Tacoma 012 001 1008 13 2 Jacobsen and Mayer; Smith and Botelho. Helser Bothered With Sore Arm The Salem Senators released Outfielder Bob Hornlg yesterday and temporarily lost the services of Roy Helser, left-handed pitcher who has won three straight West ern International league games. Helser remained at home with a sore arm while the team was on a 11 game road trip. Pitcher Gordon Lleb was ob tained from the Portland Beavers to take Helser's place. Woodburn Wins Final Contest Woodburn, Ore., May 20 The Woodburn Bulldog baseball machine finished the league season on Tues day, May 20, In an encounter with Canby, played at Legion park, which ended with Woodburn on the long end of a 7-6 score. Batteries, for Woodburn, Mathews and Pavlicek; for Canby, Miles and Mendenhall. Woodburn, 7 runs, 9 hits, 2 errors; Canby, 6 runs, 8 hits, 6 errors. The high spot of the game came In the fifth Inning, when Garnero of Woodburn clouted a home run high over the left field fence, with a team-mate on base ahead of him. Tire Service 710 STATE ST. BBBBBBlBBBBtBtteiisiKa' Kellar Wagner Flattens Smith For Fourth Win Leo "The Lion" Turner won a clear-cut decision over Buddy Peter son in the six-round main event of the Powder Proctor benefit box ing show at the armory last night. Turner, whose Oregon middle weight crown was not at stake, had things all his own way throughout the fight. He hammered the game Peterson from post to post, but was unable to put him down. After the third round Peterson was continually hanging on to savt jj himself. The lightning lefts of "The Lion" were too much for his op ponent. ' Turner exhibited the speed he is noted for In gaining the edge In the battle. For a while In the last round It looked as if Peterson might go down, but he managed to weather the storm of blows from Turner to be on his feet at the bell. Kellar Wagner, local heavyweight continued his sensational string of wins by knocking out Logger Dan Smith of Longvlew in the fifth round. . Previous to this Wagner had put Smith to the canvas in the first round with a terrific right to the head, and again In the third canto. Smith bounced right up again In each instance without a count. In the fifth Wagner caught Smith with a terrlflo uppercut that lifted the Longvlew fighter clear off th'" floor for the knockout Smith, oui' completely, tried gamely to get to his feet, but slumped back on the canvas. Johnny Woods, popular Dallas boy, won a close decision over Little Dempsey, Los Angeles, In the first six-round bout on the card. This fight was close all the way, with Woods having a slight edge. Stan Vlrgls of Salem packed too many hard punches for Al Peters, Salem, and won an easy victory In a four-round preliminary, Vlrgls had has opponent on the canvas four times, but was unable to put him away. Young Nationalists, 132, scored a quick knockout over Rosle McCoy of Kansas City in the first round. Johnny O'Connell won a close deci sion over Tommy Trolllnger of Sa lem In the opening event. These boys fought at 14S pounds. Hoop Game Picked Tops by N.Y. Boys ,s New York, May 21 () Baseball may still be America's favorite ' game but that no longer goes for New York boy. A poll of nearly 9,000 members of the Children's Aid society' 10 boys' olub In the city gave basketball the No. 1 spot. Baseball, leader In previous year's polls, came in second. si m aaaaaw wmi voua ata rail (I 'WW I I or nut f I VAMIIf x. s t J NO CASH DOWN X $400 itwiiK tkmm M to my Salem, Ore. B. VAN ONSENOORD
