Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, June 21, 1944, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSkits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Canltl Journal Sport Editor j- A three way dead heat In the Carter handicap last Saturday t on an eastern seaboard track, tarted the publicity agent for the Thoroughbred Racing asso ciation on a hunt throuRh the files. He dug up quite a bit of interesting turf happenings. Incidentally, the judgea would have had a tough time picking the winner of the Carter handi cap had it not been for the camera that showed the noses of the trio of bangtails hitting the finish line at the same time. By way of indicating what the photoeye does in the matter of determining a winner, back in 1933 only one dead heat was recorded on the American turf. Compare that with the 314 races which were declared to have re sulted in draws last season. The records show that four out of the five horses that start ed a race at Newmarket, Eng land, October 22, 188S, finished in a dead heat. Another re markable bit of racing occurred in 1880 at Lewes, England, when three horses tied for first place and two were finished second neck and neck. On August 12, 1896, over the Jockey Club course at New South Wales, a - trio finished in such a perfect deadheat It was decided to run the race over. Two of the three crossed the finish line at the same time on the repeat effort and It was not until a third heat had been run that a winner was declared. Two successive dead heats were recorded on Octo ber 17, 1903, at Moorefleld, New South Wales. The trio of own ers decided to split the purse after the second attempt. Portland, not to mention quite I few from Salem and vicinity, went to the dogs In a big way Monday night at Multnomah sta dium. So great was the press of the fans to get their money down on their favorite hounds, and so anxious the promoters to salvage every possible dol lar, the intermission between races was lengthened to 35 minutes in two or three in stances. As a rule there is a lapse of about 20 minutes be tween events. Box seat ducats cost more than twice the price of a year ago and no doubt they would be filled regularly were they boosted to a buck instead of 60 cents. A lot of gasoline and rubber would be saved to the war effort if a national lot tery wag authorized. Fans who wondered why they Were not permitted to use the main entrance to Geo. E. Wa ters park the evening the Air Base and the Prison Greys played their tie game, had their answer when It was revealed thnt the Interior of the stands was thoroughly ransacked re cently and several articles re moved. It seems that there are always a few human skunks In every community who are will ing to sacrifice the pleasure of all if they can gain their own elfish ends. The park Is being maintained at no little expense by the owner against the time when professional baseball will again be available. Spokane Youth Best Ball Player Seattle, June 21 (U.R) A board of baseball experts yes terday chose Jim Presley. 16- year-old Spokane, Wash., calch- ' er, as the state's best young baseball player. Presley, a Gonzaga high school star, was selected as the state star after a wild double header between the victorious All-Staters' boys' team and the Seattle-Tacoma squad. The Spokane boy will travel with the Seattle Rainiers until August when he will leave for New York City to represent Washington In the all-Ainerican boy game. Attention!! Truck and Car Owners: Used or New PARTS LARGEST STOCK Axles, Wheels, Tires, Tubes, Gears, Bodies, Glass Salem's Leading Truck and Car Wreckers ACME AUTO & TRUCK WRECKERS Mike Stelnfoooh New Location 3055 Portland Rd. Salem, Albany About on Par The Salem and Albany Legion teams who will meet at Cen tral field in Albany Thursday night, appear about on a par, judging by results of the games the two outfits have played with Camp Adair in recent days. Us ing virtually identical batteries, Camp Adair early this week took two games from Albany by scores of 12-1 and 9-3. Tues day evening the soldiers won over the local juniors, 1S-S. In each instance the game was a seven inning affair. The juniors seem to have im proved a bit in their offense since they collected seven hits off three Adair pitchers, in cluding two by Everett Staats and another pair by Al Light ner who took over the mound chores in the fourth. The visiting servicemen gar nered five runs in the fourth and six more in the fifth. County competition will get under way next Sunday fore noon at Geo. . Waters park and Woodburn engaging in a game which will have a bearin on the state title. Camp Adair Ml aafl 011 U I Salrm 001 000 4 a 7 i Kwizimkl. Diamond. Marr and Pido; Day. LlBhtnrr and Haa.dorn, Schwartz. Seattle 30 34 A34 Am Portland 3a 35 321 Oakland Hollywood 33 30 .314 Ant-ram. 33 38 .470 34 33 .473 30 41 .411 TilMday NlRht'a Rrmilts; Srnttlp 4. Oakland 3. Portland 3. Log Anaalea t. 8acramr-nto 4. Ran Francisco I. 8an Diego I. Hollywood 3. St. Louil SI 30 .J..19 New York 2d Jfl .481 Bniton SI 91 .S34 Philirlel. 37 in .474 Clilcnuo lit IS ft.lfl WnshriRtn 37 10 .474 Del rim 30 38 .B00 ClflvaUnd 37 II ,480 American Leanua Onmat Tupsdny: New York 3. Waihimton 1. Boston 40, Phil. !t-3 flat iami 11 Innt.) CtfVBland 1. Detroit 1. Chlciio 40, 81, Louia l-l. National lafu. St. Louis 37 10 .69K Brooklyn Pittsburgh 3B 38 .549 Boston Cincinnati 39 35 .537 PhlUdel. New York 30 30 t30 OrileaiO OamaK Tutudty: Brooklyn 7, New York 9. Cincinnati I, Pltubunh t). St. Loul 3. ChltBBo 1, PhlladBlphlaBoiton. rain. 3R 39 .491 34 34 .414 31 30 .413 17 31 .164 Didriksen Spell Losing Effect Chicago, June 21 iP) The psychological edge Babe Didrik sen Zaharias seems to have over the field In the Women's West ern Open because of her rocket ing 2.10-yard drives Is beginning to evaporate. As the No. I war-time wo men's tournament today narrow ed down to 16 survivors in the second round of match play, Babe was coming into contact with veteran campaigners who have no illusions of being bea ten before they start. Babe is listed in the upper bracket, one which includes such outstanding players as de fending champion Patty Berg of the marines, and Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, Ga., the 1943 open runner-up both of whom yesterday advanced to the sec ond round. Nearly seven million pounds of "detinnable" scrap goes to plants every month from t h e army. Gl Joes Stage Olympics, Rome Rome, June 21 IIP) Al lied soldiers of the 8th army, the men who chased the Germans through Rome, put on their own track meet yesterday In the unfinished Mussolini stadium where the 1944 Olympics were to have been held. Although running with out regulation trark shoes, Pvt. Zemer S. Cox, of Wichita, Kansas, starred by winning the 101). yard dash In 9.9 seconds and the 820-yard low hurdles in 26.14, in addition to run ning anchor on the win nlng relay team. Standings REGULAR SERVICE for the old car NOW will pay you big dividends when the day comes to trade it off on a new car ESTABLISH lhat WAR SERVICE RECORD on your present car with us WE SPECIALIZE IN Wheel alignment wheel bnlnncinir motor tune uPH motor overhRiilinR brake adjust ments brake relininus lubrication steam cleaning wash jobs body and fender repairing; Anything and Everything Your Car Needs LODER BROS. 44S CENTER ST. I'llONE BI33 "Our Ifilh Year In Snlem. Ornrnn" "Oldsmohile Sales and Service" "Home of Good l:sert Cars" 8 Capital Journal, Salem, Lends Moral And Caddy Support IIP) George Zahanas, for mer professional wrestler, lends a helping hand in Chicago as he performs some caddy chores cleaning golf balls for his wife, the former Babe Didrikson, whose 77 won medalist honors in the first round of the women's western open tournament at suburban Park Ridge. School for Coaches Out for Duration; New Sit-Up Record By Hugh Fullertnn, Jr. New York, June 21 P Ever henr of a school for baseball coaches, in which the small-college, prep and even sandlot tu tors could learn a few trade secrets from the game's big-timers. . . . During the off season most big-time college football coaches appear at one or more such schools but as far as this depart ment can learn, Alabama's coaching school is the only one that includes biiseball and it is out for the duration. , , . When he resumes activities, Coach Frank Thomas plans to call on such former 'Bama and major league stars as Joe Sew ell and Riggs Stephenson as in structors. . . . Looks as though the tutors were muffing a lot Cam.lli of Oaks Bats at .341 Clip Los Angeles. June 21 Man ager Dolph Camilli of Oakland is clubbing the ball at a .341 clip as the batting leader of the Pa cific coast league. Averages released today showed that the former Brook lyn first baseman had collect ed 75 hits in 220 tries, 13 of them home runs. He has driven in 40 runs, one more than his teammate, Lea Scnrselln. Babe Herman of Hollywood has the highest average, .411. but he has been at bat only 52 times In the 36 games in which he has appeared as a pinch hit ter. Oakland leads In team bat ting with .260. Portland and Seattle rank sixth and seventh with .253 and .244. Shone tops the regular Port land clubbers at .309 with Grav pacing Seattle at .286 for 36 games. Wagner Winner Mat Exhibition George Wagner was the sur vivor in Tuesday night's mat battle royal at the Salem arm ory. Wagner and Herb Parks mixed in the finale of the exhibition. Ore., Wednesday, June 21, 1044 ft KM'! . . la." of opportunities to help them selves and to get some assist ance from the big leagues. Sit Up and Take Notice Pvt. Edward O. Spratt of Greensboro, N. C, a pre-avia-tion cadet at Keesler Field, Miss., puts in a claim for the world's situp record. . . . Aver aging one situp every six sec onds from noon to midnight, Spratt reached a total of 6429 to beat the mark of 6034 set by Sgt. Edward Boranek of the AAF training command school at Yale. ... At the finish Spratt explained: "I could have gone on for quite a while, but I fig ured I might as well get some sleep for the next day's train ing." Patty Berg Wins Driving Contest Chicago, June 21 Marine LI. Patty Berg of Minneapolis yesterday won the driving con test, a sidelight of the women's western open golf tournament, by totnling 575 yards on three tee shots. Her drives were 205, 180 and 190. Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, Ga runner-up to Patty in the 1943 western open, placed sec ond with 175-200-180 555. Babe Didriksen Zaharias. Beverly Hills, Calif., walloped her first two drives 250 yards, but went out of bounds on her third to post a 500 total. PIlKI Notr. Our distilleries are now producing alcohol I L A .... h it,, envernment. No whiskey has been m. .inc. October. 1ML The basic Three Feather, blended whiskey were or. dimlnishinn inventories. MOID THt WAR SONDS YOU Bur! . . . i,nnair, so proor, avji Beavers Snap Losing Streak 'By Associated Prsi Portland broke an eight-game losing streak and moved into third place in the Pacific coast league standings last night while Seattle halted the fast moving Oakland win string at seven games to move closer to the leading San Francisco Seals. Portland topped the Los An geles Angels, 6-3, and Seattle dumped the Acorns, 4-3. San Diego dropped Holly wood into fourth p.oce behind the Beavers with an 8-2 triumph and hurler Rex Cecil's 15th win of the season. Sacramento Hurler Clem Dreiswerd allowed San Fran cisco but four hits as the Solons blanked the leaders, 4-0. Short scores: Oakland 501 Ml 000 I 7 0 Pea K If DIM) 000 Q4k 4 8 3 sirnintnf and w. Raimo.ndi, Fiicher. Bubicli 1 9t and Sucme. Los Armeies 001 200 000 S 8 1 Portland 1 10 0H0 22x 8 10 7 Coueer and Fernandas; Pulford and Campbell. 3an OIpko 106 010 0OO8 9 1 Hollywood 010 010 000 2 8 S Cecil and Salkfldl Hufford. Miahaaek I and Younkfr. Sacramento 000 004 0004 9 0 Sim Franc. 'CO OOO 000 0000 4 3 Dreisrwcrd and Stelner: Werlr, Piercej p, Ballou 46 and Sprint. Athletics Clip Boston Twice 'Br Auociat.d Prmi Connie Mack's Athletics haven't hot choices this year, but there's a growing feeling they might have quite a bit to say about who emerges on top in the American loop's free-for-all. Canny Connie's conglomera tion of kids, castoffs and Cubans, mixed with a few of the better boys, served notice yes terday that they are very much in the league. They were re siding placidly in last place when Joe Crunin's spurting, second-place Red Sox came to town and 18,500 fans turned out to see the fun. When the smoke from the aoume neader cleared away, the Mackmen had jumped to a sixth-place tie. The A s needed 11 innings to heat Boston in the opener. 5 to 4. with Eddie Busch, late of Elmira, singling in the winning run. The second was easy, vet eran Hobo Newsom allowm two hits for a 2 to 0 shutout. The Browns stretched their lead to a game and a half by salvaging the second from Chi cago, 5 to 0, after losing the 10 frame opener, 4 to 3. Al Hol lingsworth won his first of the season in the nightcap. Hank Borowy came up with another good mound chore, a four-hitter, and the Yanks loos ed a 10-blow barrage behind him, as the world champs de feated Washington, 3 to 1, with Bud Metheny's homer deciding it. Cleveland beat Detroit, 3 to 1. but skidded into the cellar. Ray Mack, war worker, flew to De troit for the twilight tilt and his ninth-inning fly sent the winning run home as hard working Paul Trout weakened Trout has pitched 26l.i frames in six days. Bucky Walters copped his 11th win with a neat two-hitter against Pittsburgh's Pirates, the Cincinnati star adding the 3-0 shutout to other outstanding mound chores which include a one-hitter, and a pair of three hitters. The Reds eased into third place, .001 ahead of the Giants. Armstrong Meets Untested Foe" Washington, June 21 IIP) Henry Armstrong, the former whiskies now ejy T),. Fi(,. 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Umm I. rt ViIm tl Wi W i.M Crun.r mj n.,nm, Srmthmr MrmJ, ii.u, m, S B C In a 10-round feature bout to night. Hammerin' Henry ruled about a 4-1 favorite to flatten the Alexandria, Va., Greek American, now a soldier sta tioned at nearby Boiling field. IB