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' Home Bun Hitter Gets 'Warm' Reception Eddie Miller (7), Boston Braves' shortstop, gets an indifferent reception from his teammates as he trots into the dugout after hit ting a home run with one of his mates on base in the fourth inning of a game with the. Giants at New York. New York led, 6 to 0, at the time, and won the game, 10 to 2. (Associated Press Photo.) Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sportt Editor Those fans who had their hopes built up of seeing a world series baseball game without the neces sity of traveling across the con tinent might as well give up the Idea. For there is little likeli hood that the annual classic will get outside the confines of Man hattan island this year. Perhaps it is just as well that the cham plonship games are not to be put 'on wheels. To this writer such an arrangement would cheap en the affair, even though a cut of the gate for war relief pur poses might provide a good peg upon which to hang it. It is not entirely too silly to suggest that this year's classic may be the last for the duration. Gene Tunncy's suggestion that we really get down to the business of fighting and veer away from the route to "wonderful nonsense" ;may be well worth heeding. Sports have a place In the scheme of war preparation for their moralo building effect, but promot ers who would tie their kites to "benctjt" schemes will bear watching. ; Intimation tjiat inter-School basketball for the Klamath Falls Pelicans may not materialize this coming winter is made by Bob Leonard of the KF Herald-News. There will be no buses for haul ing athletes this year, while op erators of private cars will not be in favor of donating rubber to the cause. KInmathMs in an unfavorable geographical condi tion in connection with its op position Insofar as rail trans portation Is concerned. To make the trip to Mcdford by rail the Pelicans would cither have to travel south to Black Butte, Calif., and take the old Shasta route north from there, or trav el to Eugene and then double back to the southern Oregon metropolis. Just what will happen to the Viking program has not been determined. So far, however, there has been no public Indica tion that cither basketball or football will be curtailed. The No Name loop is quite a com pact affair and with the excep tion of Corvallis, rail transpor tatlon could be used by all mom bers. However, it would prob ably be necessary to make over night stops in several Instances thereby Increasing the cost of operations. it mother nature depended up on coaches, athletes and sports directors to reproduce themselv es, it would soon be a feminine world. The latest arrival Is little Callle Jean, eight-pounds plus daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Llghtner. It is understood the Senator business manager was so sure that a male baby would arrive at the Salem General hos pital he wagered a hat on the occurrence. So Al lines up with Spec Keene and Leslie Sparks in the matter of keeping the world populated with girl ba bies. She might make an cxcel len first baseman at that prob ably wouldn't squawk when the scorers gave her an error on an easy chance at the initial bag. Slravens In Astralia Gervals Private Clarence Stravens writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stravens. He spent his Fourth out nl sea, had a wonderful trip. But he misses Oregon's summer and fruit. Also he has moved since arriving In Austialia to a new address. College Football Asks Financial Assistance By Harold Classen New York, Aug. 21 (IP) College football, which one coach said made its -biggest war contribution "in turning out well-conditioned young men for the country's armed forces, " also intends to help financially. Already the University of Oklahoma has dipped into its athletic funds for a $50,000 war bond, Ohio State has promised $25,000 and the military and naval academ ies have sold the broadcast rights for their game for $100, 000 with the sum going to the two services' relief funds, as As sociated Press survey discloses. ; The Ohio State contribution is to be a part of the Big Ten plan in which the nine football playing members of that cir cuit have promised to earmark all receipts above expenses for overseas touchdowns. Ohio State later announced that no matter how small its grk. profits might be, its check would be for at least $25,000. Virtually every school is planning to aid financially, somehow, although none knows if the sport; will be played in 1943, and everyone knows that football, in most cases, supports the entire collegiate sports pro gram. Georgetown and George Washington, both located in Washington, have combined on a plan of sending 2,500 tickets to a different camp for each home game and consigning an other 1,000 to the capital city USO. Duquesne and Fordhain have announced that a 25 cent war stamp must be purchased before the person with a pass will be allowed to enter the stadium, a plan which probably will be come nation-wide. Another practice which will be almost nation-wide is that of letting uniformed men obtain scats at cut rates. Almost all schools have set 50 cents as the price for a ticket to service men. Salem Softball Opens Playoff Golden Pheasant and Keith Brown teams of the Salem soft ball loop will open the play off series at 6:30 this evening on Sweetland field. Harold Smither and Bob Freeman are expected to do the chucking" for their respective teams. Winner of this evening's en gagement will meet the Paper Mill Office club Monday night for the right to clash with the Papermakers in a two out of three series. The club that comes out on top will be en tered in the state tournament to be held at Corvallis. Long Hauls for Athletes Probed Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R) Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson warns that sporting events which entail long-distance travel by a large number of spectators must eventually be curbed because of the strain they place on the nation's transpor- tafion system. "As the pressure of war be comes stronger, it Is obvious that our normal recreations and sporting events must be re-ex amlned," Patterson said. "The whole problem revolves around the question of transpor tatlon and is now under the study of Joseph B. Eastman, di rector of the office of defense transportation." The Capital Journal, Salem. Ore. Fred zimro.rmn, sport. Editor - Friday, August 21, 1942 Labor Backs Baseball Tilt Salem-Spokane Tilt Due to Start at 6:15 Tonight's union labor program at George E. Wa ter's baseball park will be in two parts: first, the West ern International baseball game between the Salem Senators and the Spokane Indians at 6:15. With that affair concluded, the vocal and instrumental music, the speaking and the comedy turn of A. Murray O'Flynne of Spokane will be present ed. ' . The largest crowd of tHe sea son is anticipated and a portion of the net receipts will be turn ed over to service men's organ izations. Twilight Ball Fails To Draw Coast Fans . San Francisdo, Aug. 21 (IP) The war-decreed inauguration of twilight baseball in the Pacific Coast league brought a light turnout- in more ways than one. Out went the lights last night in One hundred thousand acres in Northern Ireland will be de voted to flax growing next year. L mm v- j 1.4 i j ....3tfflB (By tlie Aiwnelated Pi-prs The Vancouver Capilanos strengthened their hold on the Western International baseball league top spot last night with an 11-4 victory over the failing Tacoma Tigers as Roy Bryant pitched a five-hit farewell ap pearance for the Caps at Vancouver. The Canadian batsmen pound ed Tacoma's Del Holmes for 15 hits, bunching most of them in the seventh inning for six runs, while the Tigers enjoyed only one good inning, the third, off Bryant. The Cap pitcher left the team today preparatory to joining the United States army air corps. , At Spokane, the in-and-out Indians bounced back into the win column with a 6-1 trouncing of the Salem Senators to even the series there at two each. A. Murray O'Flynn allowed Salem 10 hits but only three of them were bunched, in the first inning, to produce the Oregoni- an's lone tally. Spokane scored single runs in the first, second and fourth innings and topped it off with three tallies in the fifth, although they hit safely only nine times. O'Flynn aided his own cause when his fifth inning double scored a man. Sntem (1) AB R II TO A E Robbr, ss 6 1 3 1 2 3 Taorminl, If 0 1 1 0 0 San 'Francisco's Seals stadium on the first pitch of the eighth inning. And out went thous ands of fans to other spots than the ball parks everywhere a league game was played. Seattle, which beat Portland 8-5 and the apprqach of dark ness by an even closer margin at Seattle, had the only hope ful explanation. Only 1,601 fans, many of whom ate cold box suppers, were in the stands in contrast with 3,233 at the last night game. But club offi cial pointed out there was a special army relief program at nearby Longacres race track. In San Francisco, where fans vainly have been going to night IllRhnrds. lb , LrllilnKer, cf Onlltenux, 3b O'ConncIl, rt Snlatrom, 3b . Elliott, e Monrp, p TotAls .... Spokanf (ft) Aden, ct ... Swmppr, 2b Cnmeron, .lb Huccoln. lb . Coclcroft. rf Russo, If ... Myers, c .... PtillliiK. M .. O'Flynn. 5 0 3 9 0 0 ,501300 4 0 0 3 4 0 ,4 0 0 1 0 0 .401011 ,4 0 0 301 ,3 0 3 1 2 0 .30 1 10 34 0 9 AH R H PO A E 5.13300 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 13 0 3 0 4 1 4 1 3 Chicago Grid Ace Injured . Evanston, 111., Aug. 21 (U.B Bill Decorrevont's hopes of re turning to -football stardom on the same gridiron where he rocketed to unparalleled heights as a high school performer were crushed today when a knee in jury forced him to withdraw from practice with the college all-stars. The Northwestern university halfback suffered the injury during a drill for the all-stars game - with the Chicago Bears August 28 and immediately was withdrawn from a list of avail able performers by head Coach Bob Zuppke. "The knee looks pretty bad right now," Decorrevont said, "I'll not only miss a chance to play against the Boars, but likely will be forced to take things easy for at least three weeks with it." The all-star contest with the Bears is at Soldiers Field and as a senior at Chicago's Austin high school Decorrevont was the magnet that attracted 100,' 00Q fans to the giant stadium for a scholastic title game. llAell9 iiom Champion Plow Girl Miss Patricia Altrec (above), 17, who opcrales a 70-acre farm near La Center, Wash., defeated nine male competitors in a three-state regional plowing contest at Beaverton, Oregon. The attractive high school miss took over operation of the farm when her father took a Job in a war Industry. .(Associated Press Photo.) , TolAH 3S 0 0 27 14 4 Snlem 100 000 0001 10 Spokan 110 130 00X 0 0 4 Runs bnttpd In, Lelnlnirer. Buccolfl, Stamper. Aden 2. O'Flynn. Two base hits, O'Flynn, Myers. Three base hit. Camer on. Stolen bases, Cameron, Cockroft, Pul- 11ns 3, callteattx. Btlccnla 3, Myers. Dou ble playa, stamper to Pttlllns to Buccola, Left on bases, Salem 13, Spokane 11. Bas es on balls, oft Moore 5. off o Flynn 2. Struck otll, by Moore 5. O'Flynn 4. Passed balls, Elliott. Time of name 2:03. Urn plres, Reaele and Moran. Short scores: . Taeoma 031 000 000 ..'4 5 ' Vancouver 130 010 60x 11 15 1 Bryant and Stieme: Holmes and 81akk. Adams to Report For Navy Training Albany, Aug. 21 (U.R) Dwight Adams, Albany high school coach and physical education di rector, has received instructions to report at the Chapel Hill, U, C. naval pre-flight training school next Thursday for indoc trtnation as a lieutenant, junior grade. Adams, who also is state softba". association tournament director, will be unable to at tend the tournament starting at Corvallis Sunday. Adams, a WlllamcUe univer sity graduate( was coach at Dal las before coming to Albany. Whilo here he co-ched basket ball and baseball and was to have filled the football post this yar, the job having been vacated last winter when the army cRllcd Tommy Swanson, a reserve officer, into active ser vice. . Luncheon Cliiblests Monmouth The Monmouth Luncheon club, which meets weekly on Tuesday at Mon mouth hotel has adjourned to Tuesday noon, September 22. The date coincides with the fall opening of tho Oregon College of Education. Consumer expenditures for commodities during 1P42 Is esti mated by the department of cohimerce at $52 billion. (By the Associated Press) Pioneer Leaaue Boise 7-13. Oxden 6-6. Pocatello 7. Twin Fnlls 3. Salt -Lake 14. Idaho Falls 1. Taeifle Coasl Sacramento fl. Los Anr.eles 4. Oakland 7. Hollywood 1. , Seattle 8, Portland 5. Western International Vancouver 11. Tacoma 4. Spokane 6, Salem 1. American Learue , Ohlcano 6, St. Louts 5. Boston 7, New York 4. Philadelphia 9-6. Washington 2-1 name 13 Innlnas), National Leattie Olnclnnatt 5. Plttsburi-h 3. Brooklyn 2, New York 1. - games this week for a sight of the Seals licking Los Angeles, Just that happened 9-4 but only 1,007 customers saw it. The night before a San Francisco defeat was witnessed by what sports writers called "a slim crowd of 2,500." Lights, re quired at yesterday's twilight affair after the sixth inning, went off 'so abruptly in the eighth under dimout require ments that few fans knew what the final score was. The appearance of only 594 twilight fans at Hollywood io see Oakland. win 7-1 so jarred club officials that they called off today's game while they swallowed headache tablets and pondered whether to stage any more twilight encounters. San Diego and Sacramento were idle. They are scheduled to play a twilight game today at the Solons' park, Short scores: Portland 001 110 020 5 10 2 Seattle 042 000 llx 8 IS 3 Osborne, Schubel 2, Fltzke 3, Stlne 0, hiiu jjeuvicn; riscner ana itearse. Los Anneles 201 000 014 12 San Francisco 000 304 3x 9 15 1 (Called at end of 8th account darkness) Rarfensberfter, Mallory 6. Dobernlc 7, Lynn 7, Davis 7. and Todd: Beats. Epperly . nna uarooowsKI, Oakland 100 010 1047 13 I Hollywood : . . 100 000 0001 5 i Salveson and Ralmondl; Thomas Sev ens 9, and Brenze), Atwood 9, Standinas Western International W Vnncouver 71 THcoma ,, 64 Salem 51 Spokane 52 Pacific Cnmt W Los Annelfs 80 Sacramento 81 Seattle 78 San Diego 73 . San Francisco fiB Oakland 66 - Hollywood 84 ' Portland 51 Nntinnal Learn W Brooklyn 81 St. Louis 74 New York ' 65 Ctnclnnrftl ' 5 Pittsburtrh 54 Chicano 54 Boston 48 Philadelphia 32 American Lea tun W New York 78 Boston 67 Cleveland , 62 St. Louis ' 63 Detroit 60' . CnlcAfto 50 Washington 47 Phlludelphia 48 Britons who lose their ing ration coupons must in writing for new ones. cloth-apply Pet. .602 .529 .440 .430 Pet. .610 .574 .553 .514 .470 .458 .448 Pet. .655 .sun .525 .521 .402 ' .466 .400 .384 lenalor Senator Battlni AB . Richards ......i 380 Taormina 171 O'Cohnell 90 Gaflteaux 419 Petersen ..' 380 r Leinlnner v 437 Salstrom 130 RobbR 157 Soderburg 89 Moore 63 Smith 96 Bablch 42 Erautt 21 Clow 64 Elliott 12 104 118 31 7 20 13 .304 .288 .279 .274 .270 .258 .236 .235 .306 .118 .143 Relief Hurler Seeks Chance As Regular By Jack Cuddy New York, Aug. 21 (U.BArc Adams of the New York Giants. is the unsung pitching hero of the 1942 basebal) season andj as usual there's a bit of pathos in his unrecognized success. Adams, a chunky, fair-skinned brown-haired guy from Iron City, Ga., is like most indispens able ogs in any typically Am erican organization. He's such a great and dependable relief pit cher that his value in that posl prevents him from being raised to a starter a major league starter the goal of every fling er in organized baseball, Ace Adams is certain to make the headlines this year as the greatest workhorse in modern major league history. It appears now that he will play in more than 56 games, breaking the joint record held by Christy Mathewson (1908) and Hugh Mulcahy (1937). Last night Adams made his 49th appearance of the season, taking the mound in the eighth inning of the Giants-Dodgers game at Ebbets field, And the Giants still have 35 games to play with their lamentably im- Adams, who has the modified drawl of a Georgia cracker dip ped lengthwise in metropolitan milk, isn't much interested in this workhorse record. But when we mentioned the word "start er" in the Giants' oven-hot dressing room at Ebbets field, he snapped at it like a hungry turtle. - . . "Sure, I'd like to be a starter," he replied eagerly. "That's the real job," Adams' brown eyes glistened as he pictured himself a regular starter, with four or five days of rest between mound assignments. Then his eyes dull ed, and he said: "1 guess I won't be a starter for some time, because they need me to work the way I am do ing. And if that's the way I can help the club most, it's okay with me," he added. . Air Mechanics to Drop Grid Game Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) All competitive football scheduled at army schools were air corps mechanics get their training have been canceled in an order possibly presaging further cuts in the widespread military sports program. Major General Walter R. Wea ver, commanding general, wrote the school heads under his com mand that inter-school or Inter camp football would interfere to much with the urgent train ing' of technicians needed for the air forces. Wyall Misses Hall of Fame " By One Blow By Paul Scheffels New York, Aug. 21 (U.R)-Vet-eran Whitlow Wyatt, the "Rock of Chickamauga," . was just a pebble in the path of the Yan kees in the last world series. Bui if his current pitching is any indication he may prove to be an irresistable force should the Dodgers play the New Yorkers again in the October classic. The 32-year old Georgia-born righthanders had kicked around in organized baseball from 1928 to 1938, when he was called to Brooklyn from Milwaukee after winning 23 games. Since then he has become ina creasingly valuable to the DodJ ers, especially last season when he won 22 games to lead the National league. Yet, at no time was his worth more clearly dem onstrated than when he held the Giants to one hit to bring Brooklyn a 2-1 triumph at Eb bets field yesterday. . Wyatt missed the pitchers' hall of fame by the margin of 'Johnny Mize's homer as the Dodgers edged the Giants in the opener of a four-game series. The blow came in the second inning and was the 20th for Long John. The victory gave Wyatt 15 victories against only four defeats. Cincinnati broke a six-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Pirates in the only oth er National league game sched uled. Johnny Vander Meer pitch ed his 14th victory as he held the Pirates to six hits. Jim Tabor's third home in tvJy days, this one with two on, cli maxed a six-run rally in the fifth inning that enabled the Red Sox to whip the Yankees 7-4, and take the series, 3 to 1, Albany Dickering For Lewis Club Albany Decision to cooper ate with Camp Adair in bring ing lo Albany the Fort Lewis Major leaguers for a baseball benefit game August 29, was reached at a meeting here Thursday, under the leadership of James W. Jenks, acting pres ident of the Oregon State base ball league. At the meeting it was disclos ed .that the recreation division at Camp Adair is willing to as sume most of the financial risks, on condition that a game is s-0 ranged for Salem, Sunday, Au gust 30. At Thursday's meeting it was disclosed that as an additional attraction the Camp Adair sol diers will draw upon their own talent for a floor show which in itself, it was agreed, would at tract a crowd. All net proceeds will be used to purchase athletic equipment for Camp Adair soldiers, who are in dire need of much more such facilities than are now available, Chairman Jenks said. Major League Leaders (By the Associated Press) American Learua Battine Williams, Boston, .351; Gordon. New York, .337. Runs Williams, Boston, 103; DiMalo, Now York. 93, Home runs Williams, Boston, 30; Laabs, St, Louis, 22. Pitching Borowy, New York. 11-20 HuRhson, Boston, 16-3. W National Leurua Batting Reiser. Brooklyn, ,338; Lom bard), Boston, .335. 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