Skits 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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(,. Di.lribulcr.. tat, New York
can. preawcri rwirei ipirin. m
lot : I
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triple titleholder who Just keeps
rollin' along the comeback trail,
takes on a promising but un
tested youngster, Nick Latsios.
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