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Spokane Regains Lead in W-I Loop; Salem Defeated Caps Turn on Oliver for 13 Solid Hits By th. Associated Prill) Spokane went back Into the Western International baseball league lead by half a game last night, defeating Yakima, 13-10, in a 10 Inning blasting match. Yaki ma had held the league lead Just 34 hours. Prank Mllanl's triple with three men on base sewed up the game for Spokane in the 10th after the lead had shifted half a dozen times dur ing the regular playing period. Spokane, Incidentally jan up the tidy total of 17 hits to Yakima's 10. The evening's most Impressive performance, however, was given by Tacoma, which scored a double shutout over Wenatchee, 9 to 0 and S to 0. Bryant Stephens turned In steady eight-hit Job in the open er and Mel Marlowe, pitching his fourth straight win, allowed only seven Wenatchee hits In the night, cap. Vancouver also scored a shutout at Salem's expense. The number 13 came up for Salem 13 Vancouv er hits which produced four runs In the first inning and three oth ers later for the 7-0 score. Cy Greenlaw, hurling for the Canadian team, gave seven hits. Bill Bren ner and Smead Jolley both hom ered. silm (0) Lanlfero, 3 Cameron, S H O 1 3 1 Petersen, s o 4 ,0 10 0 0 Llghtner, r Betes. 1 BerKBtrom, 1 Griffiths. .. Adams, 0 .... Oliver, p ,, Warren x .... 1 0 0 1 19 0 9 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 Simpson. 0 Totals 91 0 7 94 19 9 Vancouver (?) mon Warfleld. m S Orteig. 9 4 Jonas, 1 4 Jolley, r 5 Jewell, s 9 Wright. 1 9 Callteaug, 9 4 Brenner, e 4 Greenlaw, Totals 99 7 13 97 11 1 Salem 000 000 000-0 7 Vancouver 410 010 log 7 19 1 x Batted for Oliver In 8th. Loslns pitcher, Oliver! seven runs, 19 hits off Oliver In 7; no runs, one hit oft Simp son In 1. Runs responsible for, Oliver S. Struck out, Oliver 9. Greenlaw 3, Simpson 1. Bases on balls off Oliver 9. Oreenlaw 9, Simpson 1. Wild pitches, Oliver. Left on bases, Salem 6, Vancouv er 10. Horns runs. Brenner, Jones'. Three base hits. Wright. Two base hits, Bren ner, Jonas, Lanlfero. Runs bated in, Wright 3. Jolley 3, Brenner, sacrifice, Wright. Double plays. Oallteaux to Wright. Jewell to Oallteaux to Wright 9 Oliver to Orlfflths: Lanlfero to Bates. Time, 1:60. Umpires, Welsgerber and Moran. Spokane 13 17 9 Taktma 10 10 O'Flynn. Klnnaman fl. and Myers; Mc- Connelt, Elsenmenn 6, Barkeley 7, Oreer 8, ana nueme. First game: Wenatchee 0 8 Tacoma 9 18 9 Williams and Mayer; Stephens and Btoeber. Second Ilnu! Wenatchee .. 0 7 1 Tacoma 9 8 Weller and Farrell; Marlowe and Stoeber. Softball Shots By Bob Keuscher City league W Page Woolens 4 Papermakers 9 Square Deal 9 Walts 3 Paper Office 0 Qolden Pheasant ......... 0 Pet. 1.000 .807 .607 .900 .000 .000 Tonight's Games 6 Parrlsh Jrs. Tg. Pheasant Jrs. 7 Klwanls vs. Brass Ducks. 8 Parrlsh Pioneers vs. Richfield. 9 Keith Brown vs. Salem Bog. Salem's new Softball setup has given fans some unusually good ball thus far this season, what with pitching that has produced 13 shut out games and no less than 40 times has seen teams garner less than five hits for a game; but last night's four-ply program was the most un usual of the year. First, because It produced the initial no-hit, no-run game of the year, and second be cause included was one of the wild, knock-down, drag-'em-out battles that have been missing from the park for so long. Alice Qoffrler, who collected a one hit game her last time out beat the boys to the coveted hall of fame with her perfect pitching per formance. She set down 13 Leslie girls on strikes, walked 3, and al lowed one to get on base via a wild throw. In achieving her dream game. With Ooffrler's pitching as an Inspiration the Shamrocks bat ted home 7 runs, for a 7 to 0 vic tory to remain unbeaten In the gals' loop. Square Deal and the Papermakers were the contestants In the slam bang affair that kept a large crowd In an uproar throughout, had them still talking today, and which really hasn't been definitely settled as to who won even yet. According to the scoreboard when the teams left the field, after two extra innings of play and after Manager Lou Singer, of the Dealers, had protest ed the tilt no less than three times, the Papermakers won i to 4. But according to Singer the final score was 3 to 3 In favor of the Dealers and the game ended In the last half of the seventh when the peppery little manager personally hit a, two base hit and came on home with what was the potential winning run on Johnny Koffert's wild throw from the outfield. Singer, however, was sent back to third by the um pires, and failed to score, necessi tating the extra Innings and bring ing about the 5 to 4 advantage for the "Makers. Whether Singer's rirTMTiTrrrrTrrrrTrm rj CLOUDLESS SKIES -Take a pair of baseball moguls, like Billy Southworth (left), manager of the Cardinals, and Branch Rickey, general manager; give them a league-leading team, and such sonny expressions as these will follow. Ruth and Cobb Select Donovan as Referee By Harry Ferguson New York, June 21 (U.R) Just in case they drop their golf clubs and start swinging, a fight referee has been appointed to walk with Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth when they play their long - waited match next week, Arthur Donovan, who has worked in most of Joe Louis' fights, will be the third man on the tee at Fresh Meadow Coun try club next Friday when Cobb and Ruth go the 18 holes of their contest. The proceeds of the New York match will be turned over to the National U-S-0 campaign. Robert E. Strewbrldge, Jr., chair man of the U-S-O national sports committee, announced today that Cobb would arrive in New York Monday, Ruth and Cobb will go to Boston to play 18 holes Wednesday and then return to New York for another 18 holes Friday. The brand of golf may not be what you would see at the National open or the PGA, but the sight of these two old campaigners battling each other again should be well worth the $1 admission. Both of them play left-handed. Cobb ordinarily shoots in the low 80's although he can get into the 70-s occasionally. Ruth has broken 80 frequently and could shoot right along with the professionals if he could get his short game to match the booming drives off the tee. The best show at Fresh Mea dows should be the gallery. There will be lots of persons there who don't know the differ ence between a No. 2 iron and a stymie, but who will be out to watch two of the most famous names in sports tangling again. Most of them will be baseball fans who doubtless will come through at the appropriate mo ment by advising Ruth to hit one - over the fence or telling Cobb to bunt. It will be much the same type of gallery that watched Ruth and John Montague, the one-time mys tery man, play a match here sev eral years ago. On that historic oc casion several of the spectators thought the idea was to station themselves about 220 yards down the fairway and seize the golf balls as fast as they came off the tees. The fights that developed over the golf balls were more Interesting than the match, and the players finally called the whole thing off before finishing 18 holes. protests will be allowed and wheth er the Dealers won 3 to 3 or the Makers won 6 to 4 had not been decided by officials late todav. Un til the verdict is reached the game will not be Included In the league standings, what ever the final outcome the game was one of the liveliest in a number of seasons. Cliff Orey gave State Tjco onlv 6 blngles as he pitched Blue Lake to a 2 to 0 win in the 7 o'clock In dustrial league tilt and Waits down ed Paper Office 6 to 1 In a city league contest. Several spectacular fielding plays were turned in last night including: sparkling catches by George Scales, bod French and Marcia Moore. Tonight's four games pit Parrlsh Juniors against the Pheasant Jun iors at 8, the Brass Ducks against Klwanls club at 7, J & J Richfield against the Parrlsh Pioneers at 8. and Keith Brown against Salem Box at 9. Scores: Welti a t 9 B 3 Maddr 4 0 Paper Offlca l Mlckenham and McCaffery; R. and W. Maddy. Blue Lake j Stat uco o ft 1 Orey and Morley: Thunnemen Miller. Shamrocks 7 ft Leslie , o 0 1 9 uonner ana Cohen; Vlekers and : unt u. Moore, Square Deal 4 i 4! Papermakers 9 8 4 Roth and Singer: Knight and T. Ina. i burs. 1 Negro Breaks Discus Mark Palo Alto, Cal., June 31 m Gird ed for record shattering perform ances, 200 of the finest athletes In America ring down the curtain to day on the 1941 track and field sea son with the big meet of the year the national collegiate champion' ships. With one world mark already placed In the discard in yesterday's qualifying trial1! a tremendous dis cus throw by Indiana's negro star, Archie Harris today's finals brought together representatives from 53 schools in Stanford university's great sports stadium. Harris' mighty effort with the heavy platter measured 174 feet B inches. The recognized world rec ord is held by Germany's Willis Schroder 174 feet 214 inches, set In 1035. Standings Western International W I, 1 Spokane 38 17 .622 Vancouver 3 35 .500 Salem 20 25 20 26 Tacoma Wenatchee American League Cleveland New York , Boston Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Wash Inn ton St. Louli 19 20 .396 Pet. .610 .593 .571 .534 .516 .448 .356 .346 21 IS National Lea rut) W St. Louis 42 Brooklyn 30 New York 30 Cincinnati 20 Chicago 39 Pittsburgh 22 Boston 10 Philadelphia 17 Paelfle Cnasl W Sacramento 51 San Diego 40 Seattle 37 San Francisco 38 Los Angeles 34 Oakland 32 Hollywood 31 Portland 30 Prt, .680 .661 .526 .508 .492 .440 .358 .293 Pet. .690 .533 .514 .607 .453 .43B Spokane Returns Pitcher Anderson Spokane, June 21 W) Business Manager A, J. Montgomery an' nounced today the Spokane Indians of the Western International base ball league had returned Pitcher Harold (Hunk) Anderson to the Be' attle Ralnlers of the Coast league, from whom he was obtained on op' tlon. Anderson pitched 52 innings for the Indians this year, having an earned run record of 2.2S runs for each nine Innings pitched, the best of any pitcher on the squad. His release leaves Spokane only five starters. Montgomery said the club "hopes to develop" some pitchers it owns outright. Salesmen Beaten By Mill Club Dallas The Mill took full advant age of six errors In the field by the Salesman nine to win 13-4 In a twi light league tilt Thursday night. M1U 13 9 1 Salesman 4 7 6i Pulley and J. Wood; Ockley, Rich-1 ardson and Graves. I Umpires, Klsssen and Stoltenberg. Younker Edges Out McCormack As Best Hitter Roy Younker, Yakima third base man, and Levi McCormack, Spo kane outfielder, are taking turns for the individual batting leadership of the Western International league, and this week Younker u on top with a .361 percentage according to the latest averages just released by the Howe news bureau of Chicago. Younker went to bat 158 times and made 57 hits good for 89 total bas es, Including 11 doubles and seven home runs. McCormack is six points behind with a mark of .355, a loss of 28 per centage points in a week. Al Lin gua, Vancouver catcher-outfielder is nestling in third place, the spot he held last week but with a lower percentage, .354, a drop of 12 mark ers. William Johnson, Yakima out fielder, clubbed his way up from 17th place to fourth with a mark of .348, a net gain of 49 points from last week. Fred Lanlfero, Sa lem second baseman, dropped from fourth to fifth place with a loss of 13 points from .346 to 333. Lani fero is the king of base stealers with 13 ttjefts to his credit. Lingua rapped out most hits, 62, most total bases, 96, and is way ahead in two base hits with 21. Pete Hughes of Spokane knocked out two more homers during the week and now leads with a total of 11. Smead Jolley of Vancouver, Is showing the way In runs batted in with a total of 42 in 42 game played. Dick Warfleld of Vancou ver, scored most runs, 43. Roy Helser of Salem, notched two more wins last week and is now topmost pitcher with eight victories and no defeats. A check up of the statistics re veals that the Salem club won only three games and lost 18 while play' ing away from home. Batting averages as of June 16 as compiled by the Howe news bur eau, include: R rtm rd. 33 13 .371 13 5 .364 ST 38 .361 H9 30 .356 63 33 .364 47 31 .348 56 31 .333 13 8 .333 8 3 .333 8 3 .333 61 32 .330 16 13 .327 23 1Q .324 62 33 .331 35 21 .320 44 8 .317 40 32 .314 60 28 .313 58 17 .311 44 17 .303 29 11 .302 43 36 .301 40 42 .200 46 23 .300 35 13 .303 31 10 .300 33 11 .260 43 36 .365 43 26 .285 48 14 .364 48 34 .377 47 18 .376 44 30 .273 38 12 .375 33 6 .373 33 9 .370 10 4 .370 46 19 .366 19 8 .364 43 30 .262 17 9 .263 31 13 .239 44 33 .337 43 31 .355 37 31 .353 39 21 .246 43 38 .346 16 6 .243 5 3 .238 34 6 .331 8 5 .320 8 0 .329 2 .332 35 34 .329 6 3 .314 6 4 .214 16 8 .397 S 3 .303 29 13 .303 30 14 .189 37 II .186 11 8 .186 37 30 .173 33 11 .160 Wilson, Wenatchee ... 61 Hares, Spokane 33 Younker, Yakima ....158 McCormack, Spok. ...166 Lin sua, Vancouver ...175 Johnson, Yakima ....135 Lanlfero. Salem 168 Ronsler. Ynkiam .... 33 Greenlaw, Vancouver ,.34 Warren. Salem 34 Cox, Wenatchee IBS Koehler, Tacoma 49 Mayer, Wenatchee .... 71 Perry, Tacoma 182 McOlnnls, Vancouver 172 Mallory. Tacoma ....139 Gray. Tacoma 15S Bonettl, Wenatchee , . 193 Knoblen, Wenatchee ,.180 Griffiths. Salem ....145 Sucme, Yakima 96 Abbott. Tacoma 143 Jolley, Spok.-Van. ....164 Martinez. Spokane ..154 Farrell, Wenatchee ..120 Aden. Spokane 107 ' Myers. Spokane 78 Hushes, Spokane ....151 Milani, Spokane 151 Reese, Yakima 162 Ciedzius, Spokane ....173 Warfleld. Vancouver ..170 Petersen. Balem 1260 Bliss. Yakima 138 Bush one, Wenatchee 121 Adams. Salem 122 Budnlck, Spokane .... 37 Wright. Vancouver . . 173 Ccmeron, Salem 72 Rlckert. Tacoma .,,.164 Stoeber, Tacoma 65 Beard. Spokane . .... SI Rosc-nlttnd, Snokane ..171 Madrid, Yakima )S5 Starr. Tacoma 107 Bergstrom, Salem ....157 Jewell, Vancouver ...H4 Holt. Yakima 66 Jacobs, Spokane .... 21 Callteaux, Vancouver 104 Evans, Yakima 35 Klnnaman. Spokane .. 35 Ralmondl, Van. -Wen. B Brenner, Vancouver .,139 Helser, Salem 28 Adams, Vancouver .... 28 Marlonettl. Wenatchee 87 t.lnde, Tacoma 44 Welgandt, Yakima- ...143 Bates, Salem 159 Ugh tner. 6a lem . ... 1 45 Jonas, Vancouver ..... 89 Hanson. Tacoma ....157 Endrrii, Van.-Wen. . .144 Pippins Due Here Next Tuesday Eve The Yakima Pippins, currently battling it out with the Spokane In dians for leadership of the Western International league, will come to Salem next Tuesday for a three night stand against the Senators. The latter, following their trip to British Columbia, will return In time for the first game of the season against the Portland Beavers. The game will be played on the Vaughn street diamond. Spokane will be In Salem for a four game series beginning Friday night, June 27. The usual double header will be played on Sunday. Whether the Indians and Solons will make up the game rained out here June 5 has not been announced. Foul Balls Aid In Attendance Dallas, Tex., June 11 JP Foul balls don't count on the score sheet, but as attendance bait oh man. George Schepps, president of the Dallas Texas league club, found out there was no use trying to retrieve balls knocked Into the grandstand by handing out passes, so he decided to be practical. ' So now It's finders keepers, and any finder presenting a ball after the game may have It autographed by the team. The outlay Is about a dozen balls a game and attendance has Increased appreciably. The Capital Journal, Salem, Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal 6 ports Editor Tills correspondent may be a bit Sellable, (.we have been so accused), but the suggestion that Powder Proctor and Leo Turner put on a "training camp performance" at the armory Thursday night for the ben efit of the cash customers doesn't Jibe with our reactions. Certainly If the boys had agreed to carry each other the entire 10 rounds, Turner would not have kept pecking; away at 1 cut he opened over Proctor's right eye in the second. Nor would Leo have cut loose with such head rocking blows as he unleashed In the fourth and seventh sessions. The manner in which Powder dug Into Leo In the ninth could scarcely bo characterized as a friendly act. Whatever the set-up, If there was one, Turner and Proctor were In the best possible condition. In no other way could they have gone the entire 10 rounds at such a furious pace. They put on a fine scrap and the only regret Is that the armory was not filled to capacity. Probably Tiger Jack Pox Is too good a fighting machine to place In front of Keller Wagner, but find ing opponents for the local slugger is getting to be a difficult task. Dal las Bennett, who was a spectator Thursday night Instead of a con tender, because of an Injured hand, appeared to have put on consider able weight. When he is In condi tion, Tex Salkeld should make a second effort to match him with Wagner who has been winning reg ularly with a single punch. Tiger Jack was In the armory Thursday night complaining that he was unable to find any thing to do In the fistic line in the northwest. Be plans to re turn to San Diego where he has had better success along this line. Pitching to batters who hit at anything that comes closer than a country mile to the plate is a tough assignment says Ray Elliott, ex-Sa-lem Senator chuckcr. Elliott, a home town kid, has been doing well with the Valsetz ball club, but he finds that unorthodox club swing ing; Is a bit bothersome to say the least. He remembers a game early In the season when a batter picked on a low Inside pitch and knocked the ball out of the lot. "Experienced batters wouldn't have given the pitch a second glance, but this fellow picked it off the ground, so to speak, and gave It a ride," complained El liott. Helser Holds Top Position When Western International league records were compiled fol lowing last Monday's game, Roy Helser, Salem southpaw, and Mar lowe of Tacoma, were the only un beaten pitchers In the loop. Helser had won eight while Marlowe was credited with three. w Pel. 1.000 1.000 Helser, Salem 8 Marlowe, Tacoma 3 Budnlck. Spokane 6 Osborn, Vancouver ft Jonas. Vancouver 4 Men. Yakima 0 Wrlrion, Wenatchee 8 O'Flynn. Spokane 3 Oreenlaw. Vancouver .... ft Bryant. Yakima 6 Andemon. Spokane 4 McConjiftI, Yakima ft Hayes. Spokane 6 Klnnamnn, Spokane 6 Merrill, Vancouver 3 Oreer. Yakima 3 Porter. Tacoina 3 Hotlines, Taroma ft Jacobscn. Wenatchee 4 Weller. Wenatchee 4 Oliver, Salem S Dlerlckx. Salem 3 Bnrkelew, Yakima 3 Cadlnha. Tacoma 4 Ltbke, Wenatchee 3 Elnenmann, Yakima 2 Tale, Vancouver 2 Williams, Wrnatchee 3 Fallin, Salem 3 Adams, Vancouver 3 Tanning, Spokane 1 Ifcrfihaw, Vancouver 1 Goldman, Vancouver 1 Windsor, Salem 1 Stephens, Tacoma 0 Phebiis, Wenatchee 0 Ralmondl, Van.-Wen 0 Held, Spokane 0 .857 .800 .ISO .150 .750 .714 .714 .667 .625 .600 .600 .600 .500 .500 .455 t .420 .429 .420 .400 .400 ,400 .400 .375 .313 .333 .333 .333 .250 .250 .000 .000 .000 .000 Cards Providing Slugging Show New York, June 31 m Ted Wil liams of the Boston Red Sox and Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers still are the leading hitters in the major leagues, but the best show Is being put on by sluggers among the St. Louis Cardinals. No less than six of the Redblrds, leaders of the National league, have elbowed their way up among the top 10 hitters of the senior circuit. Reiser's 566 at the front of the batting parade was Just 14 points ahead of Enos Slaughter. Johnny Mlze, an additional 10 points be hind, was ready to start gunning after being out a couple of weeks with a broken finger. Williams remained beyond com parison with an average of .420 at the top of the American league. His closest pursuers were Jeff Heath of the Cleveland Indians at .373 and Pat Mullen of Detroit with J66. j Australia plans to spend $100. 000 this year In maintaining slxi bases from which its flying doctors j win operate. Ore Fred Zimmerman, holds Pokes Conn 24 Times in 13th Br Hugh S. Fuller-ton, Jr. New York, June 21 (The Special News Servicel Cauli flower au gratin or using up tures snow that Louis hit Conn ute uurry 01 puncnes mat, polished oir Billy . , . who was It said the bomber has slowed up? . , , Never theless there's proof that Joe ain't what he used to be In the number of guys arguing about who's going to fight him next. . . A year ago nobody wanted the Job. . . Sports writers hereabouts where unanim ous in praising the champion's sportsmanship in not letting go the punch he had all ready when Conn slipped during one of the early rounds, but nobody was surprised. . That's the kind of a fellow Joe Is; he wants to win fairly. Today's Guest Star Dan Desmond, Sfoux City, (la.) Journal: "Billy Conn's 13th round exchange with Lou Is was the most disastrous, most costly trade since the Cubs dealt with the Cardinals for Dizzy Dean." Headline of the Week Prom the Detroit Free Press: "Conn Seeks Daughter's Hand, but Papa Puts Foot Down." Touching All Bases Have you noticed that the Yanks' Charley Keller, who Is hitting only about .265, is leading the league In runs batted in and is near the top in homers. . . He's switching his style to aim for the right field bleachers so that what hits he gets count. . . It took Babe Dahlgren less than a week to become a hero with Chicago fans, who look on his fancy -fielding with amazement after the kind they got used to see ing during Zeke Bonuras hey-day. Yanks Threaten Become Scourge By Judson Bailey (Br the Associated Preaa) If the New York Yankees never had their super-teams o( super-stars Ruth, Gehrig, Gomez. Lazzerl and the restthls year's club might be called great. Fans often get excited over teams nowhere near as powerful as the present Yankees, who are handl' capped In gaining recognition be cause the memory of exploits of their marvelous predecessors ling ers. Yet the way the bombers are blasting In the American league right now, there is a possibility they will become another scourge. The Yankees are In second place, to be sure, but they have beaten the pace-setting Cleveland Indians sev en times In 10 games and didn't really get rolling until recently. They have won 10 of their past 12 games and looked Impressive In do ing It. In 16 consecutive games they have walloped 27 home runs. Joe DIMagglo has hit safely In 33 straight contests, matching the great streak of Rogers Hornsby in 1922 in the National league, Charley (King Kong) Keller has hit a home run In cell of the past four games. This was the sort of slugging the Yankees threw at the Detroit Tigers yesterday for a 14-4 victory. DIMag glo collected four hits. Brown fo Defend Javelin Record Boyd E. Brown of Hubbard, hold er of the national A.A.O. Javelin tossing record, will leave tonight for Philadelphia to defend his title in the annual A.A.U. track and field meet to be held there June 28. Brown, who established his rec ord under the colors of the Uni versity of Oregon from which he was graduated this month, will rep resent the Olympic club of San Francisco In the meet. He will Join the rest of the Olympic club squad in San Francisco tomorrow. Spokane Tourney Opens Next Monday Spokane, Wash.. June 21 ftl.R) The 43rd annual Pacific northwest golf association championships, to be played over two Spokane courses June 23-28. will draw a record num ber of crack amateurs probably around 225 Mahlon Rucker, presi dent of the PNQA, predicted today The men, headed by Bud Ward, 1939 national amateur king, will shoot the rolling, tricky Spokane Country club course, a par 72 lay out tailored for short, straight hit ters. The deep roughs have been al lowed to go untended In the tough-enlng-up program until they pre sent a maximum of trouble. Ward, playing In his home town and on a familiar course, has com plained of stale woods, but has nonetheless put together consecu tive practice rounds of 69, 68 and 66, and Is co-favored with Ken Black, Canadian national amateur cham pion from Vancouver, B. C. Piles Curable 99 ot Pile eases curable with out operation or loss of time, DR. U C. MARSHALL. D. O Oregon Bids;., 8tem Sports Editor the remains: The fight pic 24 times during the half-min twww'.'.wn.iBV-yyy..'.Tg Lou Nova will get the next shot at Joe Louis. Promoter Mike Jacobs plans to hold the light in September. Nova Signed For Meeting With Louis New York, June 21 () Lou Nova, California collegian, today was sign ed by Promoter Mike Jacobs to meet Champion Joe Louis for the heavy- we'ght boxing title in September. The site and date will be announc ed later. Jacobs, in selecting Nova from a long list of challengers, m- eluding Billy Conn, pointed out that Lou was the only one of the group that had not had a shot at the title. Nova staged a great comeback to qualify for the title shot after a year away from the ring because of Ill ness following his defeat by Tony Galento in September, 1939. The Callfornian returned to competi tion last fall and after a warm-up bout or so, punched Pat Comlsky all over the ring to win a ten-round decision in Madison Square Garden last January and then knocked out Max Baer for the second time In the eighth round of their April en gagement In the Garden. Ray Carlen, Nova's manager, said Lou would leave soon for the Maine woods, where he will spend several weeks in preliminary training. Louis, showing signs of staleness In knock ing out Conn in the 13th round last Wednesday, will take things easy for the next two months. Original ly, Jacobs planned to throw Abe Simon against the champion next month. Wenatchee Denies Spokane Report Wenatchee, June 21 W) Jack Bird, business manager of the We natchee Chiefs, today branded as "a deliberate attempt to crucify We natchee" an article by Sports Edi tor Charles R. Starks In the Spokes man review sayjng that the Western International baseball league "may transfer a scries to Lewlston and see If thc-y can fctttract sufficiently large crowds to make It advisable to play out the season In the Idaho city." Other local officers called the story "unthinkable." Stark's article said that small crowds at Wenatchee prompted the move toward the Lewlston tryout ftnd that a fipokane-Wenatchee game here Tuesday night "drew only 160 customers." The Chiefs' front office here revealed that 472 fans paid to sec that game, plnyed In a drizzle. Other figures here showed that to date crowds in circuit towns where Wenatchee has played have aver aged only 607 per game, and that at home Wenatchee has averaged 500. Attendance figures In Wenatchee. desplto poor weather, are above some other league towns, the club's report said. SU1TLE BREWINQ A MALTINQ CO. Sine 187 Emit Sick, Pres. Saturday, June 21, 1941 Sacs Nudged Out, 3 fo 2 by Lowly Oaks (Br the Associated Press) Sacramento's Coast league base ball prestige Is beginning to slip. The Senators fell before Oakland again last night, 3 to 2, proving they're not the near-lnvlnclble team their record seems to Indicate. Oakland, a team that has been stalled on the bottom rungs of the league ladder all season, has won three out of four games of the cur rent series from the circuit leaders and has made the Senators look very bad In doing so. It took 13 Innings of steady. pres sure before Sacramento wilted in the face of Stanley Corbett's seven hit pitching and Oakland's power at the plate. In another drawn-out game, Ban Diego squeezed by Hollywood 4 to 3. San Francisco laced Portland 10 to 3 In a pitcher's nightmare 16 bases were Issued on balls, and there were three wild pitches. Joe Callahan and Joe Orrell, Port land's first two hurlers, allowed 11 walks, while 8am Gibson of Seals passed five. San Francisco won in the fifth with five runs on five walks, one sacrifice, one error, and two singles. Los Angeles batted evenly In the hitting department with Seattle, but managed to hold together In the clutches to win 3 to 1. Both teams collected seven hits each. The scores: Sacramento .. 000 000 110 000 01 7 1 Oakland .... 100 001 000 000 1 S 1 (Thirteen Innings) Munger and Wleczorek, Eluts 3; Cor bett and Conror. San Francisco Oil 180 00310 13 3 Portland 100 000 020 S 7 3 Gibson and Ogrodowskl: Callahan, Or rell S. Gonzales 9, and Bchultt. Los Angeles 000 003 0003 7 3 Seattle 100 000 000 t 7 0 Prim and Campbell; Johnson, Brown 7, Soriano 0. and Collins. 8an Diego .... 003 010 000 000 14 9 3 Hollywood .... 010 100 100 000 08 7 3 (13 Innings) Terry and Detore: Daaso, Blthorn i. and Dapper. The Scoreboard (Br tht) Associated Presik Natlontl Brooklyn , Cincinnati 1. Boston 0, Chicago A, Philadelphia 6. Pittsburgh 7. New York , fit. Loula 3. American Clsveland 9. Washington T. Detroit 4. New York 14, Bt. Louts 3, Boston 4. (Only games.) Coast Sacramento S. Oakland 3. Los Angeles 3. Seattle 1. Snn Francisco 10. Portland I, Ban DIcko 4, Hollywood 3. Westrrn International Vancouver 7, Salem 9. Tacoma 9-3, Wenatchee 0-0. Spokane 13, Yakima 10. Pioneer Ogden 1, Boln 8. PocRtcilo 0, Twin Palls 3. Salt Laks 13, Idaho Falls 11 (called, time limit.) VITAMINS for Added Energy BENSON'S Enriched BANNER BREAD for added vitamins FRESH TODAY AT YOUR GROCER'S A i X t n t ! i i I 1
