Capital journal., June 21, 1943, Image 5

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Beavers Take
From Solons
Br tha Associated Press)
The newest member of the
Pacific coast league's exclusive
upper division society, fourth
place Portland, is taking no
chances on cancelling its mem
bership In the midst of a win
ning streak.
The canny Beavers play a
doubleheader with last place
Sacramento today while the
other outfits in the circuit rest
or travel. In making up a pair
of games postponed by unfavor
able weather Bill Klepper'a men
see a chance to creep up on the
faltering San Diego Padres who
now hold only a 2Vi game lead
on their third place standing.
I Portland took over Oakland's
1 spot in fourth position yester
j day by slapping the Solons
f twice, 4 to 1 and 8 to 2. With
1 first game tied one-all in
; tne sixth, a Sacramento error,
i followed by three Portland hits
S brought In two runs to break up
jj the contest. Stan Rogers' triple
led to a four run outburst In the
5 first inning of the second game.
3 It was Portland's third win in a
I row.
I ' Portland, only team to win a
f series from league leading Los
J Angeles this season can thank
I the Angels for their new posi
I tion. By splitting a pair of
I overtime games, 4-3 and 5-2
I yesterday, the Angels out-ma-
neuvered Oakland five games to
1 two in the series,
j Seattle showed renewed
1 vigor after a shakeup in batting
; order to take two from San
j Diego yesterday, 9 to 8 and 3
I to 2. The first battle went 10
1 innings.
s On Saturday Seattle showed
Asking new power in scorching
Diego, 13 to 1, in the first
I game but dropping the 10-in-I
ning nightcap, 3 to 1. Holly
I wood defeated the Seals, 4 to 3,
while Los Angeles took Oakland
I twice, 9 to 2, and 6 to 4 in a
if 10-innIng affray.
I Second place San Francisco
I kept pace with the Angels by
splitting a pair with Hollywood
"j to win five out of the seven
1 game series. Tom Seats turn-
!ed in his seventh mound victory
without a defeat in the first
i game by setting the Seals up to ;
J a 5 to 1 win. In the nightcap
i Babe Herman's single with two
out In the final seventh allow
I ed the Stars a 3 to 2 comeback.
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Drciserwerd and Mslone; LI ska tna
Shea.
Sacramento 000 10102 5 1
Portland 411 200 x 8 10 1
Bmtar, Pisclier (6) and Peterson; WU
and Adams.
Am" Francisco 100 000 310 5 10 1
Hollywood 100 000 0O01 t I
Seats and Otrodnwslcl: Blanlon. Mc
Laughlin (9) and Hill.
San Francisco 000 011 02 5 0
i Hollywood 000 110 13 T 1
i Lien. Gibson (6) and Sprlnz; Smith and
Brensel.
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Los An teles 000 001 110 14 7 1
Oakland 100 001 010 01 1 4
Phlpps and Holm; Diblaal and Sal
mon di.
Lon Angeles 000 020 001 I 0
Oakland 00O 200 03 ft T 1
Mallory and Fernandei; Plppen and
Leonard.
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San Dleao 00 330 003 01 lit 1
Seattle 000 100 035 1 ft 10 1
Johnson, Da mo cat, Schani W and
Sulk-eld, Demoran. Elliott (6) and Snemi.
Ban DlCKO 000 020 03 4 3
Seattle 000 030 x 3 1 0
Brlllheart and Salkeld; Speeca and
pun me.
Albina Defeats
Buckler Kids, 8-7
Portland, June 21 (IP) Albina
ffisine & Machine Works re
tained first place in the war
industries baseball circuit yes
terday by defeating the Buckler
Kids, 8-7.
Commercial Iron Works
measured Marine Electric, 5-3.
Portland, June 21 (IP) Byer
ly's nosed out the U. ,S. coast
guard, 4-3, In the greater Port
land baseball league yesterday
while the army engineers de
feated the Camp Hatheway
headquarters nine, 6-2, and
HER SEVEREST CRITIC frilm Actress Ida Luplno's
severest critic is her pet police tot, DacheM. shown her with the
srrecn star. Duchess howls when the teea Ida an the screen and
Miss Lupino swears that Duchess understands tvery word shi says.
Sailor George Abrams, leading contender for the world's mid
dleweight boxing title, packs more than fistic dynamite in his
right hand. He is a talented artist. He has two ambitions, one
to win the world's championship and another to become a sports
illustrator on a newspaper. He is shown at an easel, during his
time out from learning to become a sailor, working at his favorite
pastime.
Gunder Haegg Wins Over Rice
In Battle of Poor Condition
By Sid Feder
New York, June 21, W) The "Battle of the Bad Shapes" is in
the books today as a win for Gunder (The Wonder) Haegg and
the wonder really is a whole lot of a foot-racer. But if ever a guy
had two strikes on him it was
Greg Rice yesterday in tangling
with the Gaule galloper. Both
the Swede and the stumpy step
per from Notre Dame had been
doing so much hollering about
their lack of condition for yes
terday's 5000-meter national
championship that you got the
idea it was the fatmen's race at
the annual Sunday school pic
nic.
But, while Gunder the won
der still was off form as wit
ness his 14:48.5 time for the
5000 compared to his world rec
ord 13:58.2 he had a chance to
run himself into some kind of
workable shape In the New
Hampshire Hills since arriving
in this country.
Rice, on the other hand, had
(By the Associated Press)
Pacific Coast Leaaua W. L, Prl.
Us Anteles 47 17 .734
San Francisco i 39 34 .019
San Dieto 34 33 .1.1ft
Portland 29 33 ,47B
Oakland 39 3ft .43
Hollywood 2B 36 .MH
Seattle 2R M .397
Sacramento 31 39 .350
Reialtt Teiterdar
Loa Ante)" 4-2. Oakland 3-5 'first
came 10 innlnii, second tame 9 innlnisj.
San Francisco a-i- Houywooa i-s.
Portland 4-1. Sacrsmento 1-2.
Seattle 1-J, San Dteio l-I tfirst tame
10 innlnts).
Reanlls Saturday
Los Antelts i-6. Oakland 3-4 (second
game 10 inntntsi.
HOUTwooa t. oan uieao i-s.
Portland-Sacramento postponed.
American League
New York
W. L, Pet.
.31 30 .BOB
.30 3ft .545
.37 27 .R00
.38 29 . .491
.24 38 M0
.27 30 .474
.33 37 .440
.23 27 .440
ftmulU Ye tarda?
Washington .1-6. New York 3-'.
Boston 7-6. Philadelphia 3-5.
Chicago 10-3. Cleveland -7.
St. LOuiS S-S, Detroit 3-4.
W. L. ret.
.33 19 .033
.33 34 . .S79
.38 24 .538
.38 35 .538
.27 25 .519
.33 28 .440
.31 32 .ans
.19 34 .358
BeavlU Taattrdar
Brooklyn l. New York 7 (10 innlncs.
St. Louis 10-1. Oh leaf o 9-2.
Pittsburgh 64. Cincinnati 4-2.
Philadelphia 13-7. Boston 7-0.
Portland sir base swamped the
negro camp Hatheway team,
19-0.
only a couple of hours a day
off from his duties at the mer
chant marine academy and had
to work on a sun-hardened
track near the station. He was
so obviously out of shape that
he never had a chance as the
swift Swede took the lead in a
hurry and won off by himself
by some 35 yards.
This was apparent not only
from the fact that Rice had an
upset stomach even before the
race, that a "stitch" caught his
side on the eighth lap of the
grind and that he needed the
help of two men to walk to his
dressing room later. But the
books show that he's practically
made a habit of beating that
14:48.5 time, himself. Last year,
for instance, he grabbed the
event in 14:30.7, and as far back
as three years ago he posted the
A.A.U. record of 14:33.4.
It's a tough break, therefore,
that he probably won't get an
other crack at the Scandinavian
skimmer.
This isn't taking a thing away
from the Swedish zizzler, even
though the 19,000 (estimated by
officials) fans did kick in up to
five dollars per copy to see
foot-race at the A.A.U.'s party
yesterday. The fact that it turn
ed out to be a one-man show
was no fault of his.
And it was worth it to see
him strut his stuff. He runs
like 16-year-old Bourbon
smooth and powerful. And al
though he didn't have to show
the same kind of kick, it wasn't
necessary for him to explain
later, through an interpreter,
that he still had a sprint left at
the finish of the 5,000 if he
needed it. He said, too, that
until he gets into shape "which
may be a couple of weeks or
longer" he won't try his favor
lie 1500 meter distance.
Rubber Men Act
To Slow Down Bombers
Akron. O. UP) Although most
aeronautical attention is focused
on attaining increased speed en
gineers here are pushing re
search on how to slow down and
stop planes once they touch
ground.
Already, they say, brakes op
erating on the "expander tube"
principle give American planes
a greater degree of stopping
power than ever approached in
other vehicles. Extraordinary
stopping power is needed for
bombers, says R. J. Keller, brake
engineer at B. F. Goodrich, be
cause few landing fields can ac
commodate even relatively
shor.t-run stops.
Mexican Village
Downward Bound
' Mexico City The strange
phenomenon of a sinking village
Is being studied by the govern
ment department of Indian af
fairs. The town, Yahuiche, in
tropical Oaxaca state, has been
evacuated by Indian Inhabitants
whose homes are slowly drop
ping into the ground.
Soldier's Hobby
Salt Lake City ( Pvt. Jack
F. Straub of Indianapolis is an
army man with an army hobby.
Stationed at the Salt Lake City
air base, he collects army insig
nia and now has more than 800
times. He is the son of Col. El
mer F. Straub, former Indiana
adjutant general and now a
member of Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower's staff.
Wellington, N.Z. OP) The
deep-sea fishing waters round
the coast of the northern part
of New Zealand which attract
ed visitors from all parts of the
world before the war are now a
favorite resort of American ser
vicemen on leave.
Americans In
Hot Flag Race
By Judson Bailey
'Associated Press Sports Writer)
This year's pennant race in
the American league may be
come historic as the tightest
from top to bottom that the
major leagues have ever seen.
With the season approximate
ly one-third gone, the eight
clubs are separated by only
eight games, and six of them
are bunched within 2li.
The greatest distance between
any two clubs is the three
games separating the first place
New York Yankees and the
second place Washington Sena
tors, yet in ordinary times this
would be considered a red-hot
rivalry.
It is a pretty good one even
now, and yesterday, when the
Yanks and Senators tangled in
a doubleheader at Yankee sta
dium, Washington won the first
game, 5-3, and New York took
the second, 7-6.
Wildness by Charley Wcnsloff
and Ernie Bonham gave the
Senators the opener. The Yanks
clinched the nightcap with five
runs in the second inning,
Cleveland and the White Sox
also split, Chicago nailing the
first 10-6, with seven runs in
the fourth inning and the In
dians capturing the second, 7-2.
Boston swept a doubleheader
from the Philadelphia Athle
tics, 7-3 and 6-5, with an at
tack that included five home
runs,
The Browns downed Detroit
twice, 6-3 and 5-4, with homers
figuring importantly.
In the National league, Pitts
burgh downed Cincinnati with
a double victory, 5-4 and 4-2,
and the Pirates ascended to
third place.
The Phillies swept two at
Boston, 13-7 and 7-0, scoring
ten runs in the seventh inning
of the first game and getting
a dazzling three-hit pitching
performance from Schoolboy
Rowe in the nightcap.
The Brooklyn Dodgers nosed
out the New York Giants, 8-7,
in a single game that went ten
innings before a hit by Augie
Galan drove home the deciding
run.
This cut the first place mar
gin of the St. Louis Cardinals
to 2V2 games as the world cham
pions divided a doubleheader
with the Chicago Cubs. The
first was a wild affair in which
ten pitchers were used, the
Cards winning 10-9 with a six
run rally after two were out in
the eighth. The second game,
abbreviated to five Innings by
weather, went to the Cubs, 2-1.
Garrison, Ramirez
Battle July 12th
Portland, June 21 UP) A 15
round bout between Rodolfo
Ramirez of California and Jim
my Garrison of Kansas City,
billed as a Pacific coast welter
weight title fight, is scheduled
for Portland, July 12.
Matchmaker Joe Waterman
said Ramirez is the California
titleholder. He claimed the
Pacific northwest championship
for Garrison. There is no rec
ognized northwest title.
The fight, the first outdoor
bout of the season, replaces
the scheduled Garrison-Henry
Armstrong tangle. Armstrong
was injured in a recent fight
with Sammy Angott.
It will be the first 15-round
bout since 1903 for the resur
gent Portland boxing game.
Beavers Invade
West Virginia Farms
Charleston, W. Va. (IP) Those
pesky beavers are at it again in
West Virginia, so many of them
will have to start building new
lodges.
During the past years, the
conservation commission said
the animals not only lived on
their normal diet of willow,
birch and other woods, but got
away with quite a few garden
and farm crops. In addition, the
fur-bearing animals were flood
ing too many meadows in some
of the counties.
To put a halt to the destruc
tion, 23 beavers were live-trapped
and taken to areas on state
and federal lands where condi
tions for their establishment
were more favorable.
THOUSANDS OF MOTORISTS
Si'ow carry liability insurance on their car and the
NEW LAW (effective June 9th) docs not effect them
if they have an accident.
If you are one that hasn't insured your car don't delay
another day. We issue your policy while you wait.
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The Capital Journal, Salem,
Aimee Gets Jack
On Sawdust Trail
Los Angeles, June 21 (IP)
Former heavyweight
boxing champion Jack
Johnson is "going to do my
fighting for God from now
on."
That's what the negro
ex-pugilist told 3000 per
sons at Angclus Temple
yesterday after being call
ed from the congregation
by Aimee Semple iMcPhcr
son, pastor of the temple.
Johnson said he planned
to affiliate with the An
gclus Temple soon.
Pro Grid Moguls
Fail to Agree
Chicago, June 21 (U.fi) A bit
ter internal battle over the 1943
schedule plans threw the na
tional football league meeting
into a hopeless deadlock early
today and forced the extension
of the session for another day.
After a continuous 16-hour
session devoted principally to
mapping the schedule, the pro
grid' moguls finally abandoned
the futile task and agreed to re
convene today.
As is the case of most con
troversial questions in the cir
cuit the issue centered around
George P. Marshall, colorful
owner of the world champion
Washington Redskins.
Marshall purportedly had an
agreement with the league that
he be given six home games.
He advertised the season ticket
sale in the capital on that basis.
When the tentative schedule
was drafted early yesterday the
Redskins were given the six
games. Then the furore started.
The New York Giants said
if the Redskins were entitled to
six home games that they want
ed a like number.
Defense Tested in
Portland, Vancouver
Portland, Ore., June 21 m
Portland and Vancouver, Wash.,
tested civilian air raid defenses
yesterday in a mock evacuation
drill involving hundreds of war
dens and civilians.
Streets were roped off as a
protection from unexploded
bombs, a simulated gas attack
was comballed and several civi
lians moved from two sections
of Vancouver in a 14-hour
drill.
In Portland nearly 900 were
evacuated as air raid wardens
simulated bombing attack condi
tions in a 72-block area of a
residential district.
Army officers and civilian de
fense officials from California,
Washington and British Colum
bia praised civilian defense or
ganizations of both cities.
Richard R. Whitaker, trans
portation and evacuation offi
cers of the California stale war
council said, "It's the best exhi
bition of a civilian evacuation
I've seen yet."
PROUD His best friends
wouldn't recoijnize him. but this
Australian sailor, back in his na
tive country after 20 months of
action abroad, Is justly proud of
his beard.
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Coach Downey
Dead in South
Reginald Downey, for a num
ber of years head of the athletic
department at the Salem Indian
school, Chemawa, died Saturday
in a hospital in Albuquerque,
N. M. He had been ill for many
months and was a victim of tu
berculosis. He is survived by
his widow, Rose O. Downey, a
son, Robert, and a brother, Tom
Downey. The latter is a scout
for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
According to Information re
ceived at Chemawa, Coach Dow
ney's remains will be taken to
Tacoma for burial, probably
Wednesday,
Downey came to Chemawa
as a student and later attended
Salem high where he played
football and basketball with
Coach Spec Keene. Later he
took over the coaching duties
at Chemawa and remained there
until approximately 12 years
ago when he was transferred to
the middle west, The extreme
cold of that section proved de
trimental to his health and he
secured a transfer to the Indian
school at Alguqucrque.
Harry Givan Best
In Tacoma Tourney
Tacoma, June 21 (IP) Seat
tle golfers monopolized honors
in the Pacific Northwest Golf
association's service benefit
lournament here yesterday, with
Harry Givan, former Walker
cupper, topping the field and
Albert Scotty Campbell, for
mer Seattle shotmaker, now a
chief petty officer in the navy,
and Harry Umbinetti tying for
second honors.
Givan carded a 69-75 for a
144 total. Campbell had 73-73
and Umbinetti 75-71 for 146
totals.
They were followed by Char
les D. Hunter, Tacoma city
amateur champion, with 75-74
149, and Bill Welch, Jr., na
tional public links champion
from Spokane, with 72-78 150.
The one-day tournament re
placed the week-long northwest
amateur of former years.
Handicap Series
To Start June 26
Deadline for registering for
the Salem Golf club handicap
tournament has been fixed for
next Thursday evening with
first round play booked for the
following Saturday. At the close
of play Sunday 36 men had
signed for the event which is
expected to be operated on
scheduled from the first round
through the championship
match.
Sunday found the Salem
course well patronized with
many servicemen and women
participating in various types of
competition.
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Father and Son Rule the Philadelphia Athletics. Connie Mack,
80-year-old boss of the A s, takes care of most of the business of
operating the ball club while son Earle works with the players.
However, Connie continues to manipulate his score card during
the games; his favorite method of directing strategy.
Gussie Suhr Makes Hit with
First Basing Job for Seals
By Norman Montcllier
San Francisco, June 21 ttl.R) August "Gussie" Suhr, the San
Francisco Seals' first baseman, is just a hometown boy who has
come back to his favorite club after a highly successful major
league career and today can be'
regarded as Just about the most
popular player of local fans.
Suhr, 37 years old, with a
record of nearly 11 years in
the majors with Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia in the National
league, returned to San Fran
cisco this season to prove to
baseball fans that his skill at
first base hasn't , faded a bit.
As a native San Franciscan,
born the year of the great earth
quake, Suhr has a natural at
tachment for his hometown ball
club.
He has remarked that "I'd
rather play with the Seals than
with a major league club," and
means it.
Suhr joined San Francisco
first in 1925 and played here
until 1928, when he went to
Pittsburgh.
With Pittsburgh he distin
guished himself at first base and
hung up a National league re
cord for consecutive games
played that still stands.
In 1940 he went to Philadel
phia and then to Montreal in the
International league and this
year completed his odyssey by
signing again with his favorite
Seals.
As a hitter this year Suhr
hasn't been sensational, hitting
just above the .200 mark, but
his dependability in the pinches
has been proved time after time
and he is recognized as a clutch
hitter who seldom fails to pro
duce when needed.
The six-foot, 177-pound first
baseman declares his baseball
ambition is "just to help my
club."
In talking about his greatest
thrills in the game, he recalls
the time he hit three home runs
in one game in Portland, Ore.,
60 (rain neutral spirits. Seat - ram -
III $S I
Monday, June 21, 1943
during his earlier service with
the Seals, and a triple he col
lected with the bases full off
Burleigh Grimes in one of his
first major league games.
Major League
Leaders
'By thft Anoclsted Press!
Amrrlran .eamia
Bnttlng Stephens, St. Louis,
.338;
Hftekntt, Cleveland, .140.
Runs baited In Slebert. Philadelphia,
aft: Jolinson, Washlnaton. and Etten, New
York. 34.
Home runs Keller. New York. 10:
Strnnrna, fit. LOUIS. 7.
Pttrhlna Canrtinl. Washlnaton,
Chandler, New York. 7-1.
National Leaau
BAttlnf Dahlaren. Philadelphia.
-0l
Herman. Brooklyn. .337.
Runs batted In Herman, Brooklyn. 44l
DIMnftRlo. Pittsburgh, 40.
Home runs DIMaaalo, Pittsburgh- Ott,
New York, and Nicholson. Chlcaao, 7.
Pttchlna Sewell. Plttsburah, 8-31
Cooper, St. Louis. 9-3.
Greenberg Champ
Of Tennis Courts
Detroit, June 21 0)1!) Sey
mour Greenberg, Chicago, held
the national clay courts tennis
championship for the second
successive time today following
his triumph over William Tal
bert of Cincinnati, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3,
6-3.
Bob Kimbrough and Earl Co
chell, both of Los Angeles, de
feated Greenberg and Talbert
for the doubles championship,
1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Pauline Betsz, women's sin
gles champion from Los An
geles, teamed with Nancy Cor
bett of Chicago to win the wom
en's double championship with
a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Mary
Hernando and Mildred Sirwai
lis of Detroit.
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