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Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editor 'Might as well admit it and make the best of it Walt Cline, Jr., is the best golfer in Salem," commented a member of the pellet chasing fraternity as he discussed the outcome of the city-open championship tourna ment now under way at the Sa lem Golf club. This gentleman who was doing the talking said the prospect of an upset inso far as Walt is concerned, is ex tremely remote. "He would have to have one of his very in frequent off days, while his op ponent was playing over his head, if Walt were to be in dan ger of losing the crown won last year." There's no denying that Walt is a competitor. Tough op position doesn't make much dif ference only makes him play all the harder. Now he can go out and lose his first match to Millard Pekar. The YMCA has always been a pretty good "farm" for high school basketball teams and the 4 record of at least one team M the Presbyterians of the "A" division, Church league, isn't far off the customary beam. The six members of the club won all of their games in league com petition, a couple of them by extremely lop-sided margins, None is a member of an inter- school team although most of them take part in intramural programs. "If they stay togeth er another season, they will be harder than ever to beat," com ments Vernon Merrick, who rode herd over them during the past season. The gang in cludes Bud Barnholdt, Bruce Boatman, Eldon Calcy, Elton Lalky, Captain Jack McCon- ville and John Westphal. The second "Happy Hour" program the navy's idea of a first rate entertainment- scheduled for Willamette's gym nasium next Friday night ' at 7:30. Paste the dale in your i na hat and be there, for the show will be worth witnessing. A similar show was presented a year ago by the navy boys on Willamette's campus and brought forth a lot of knuckle tossing, not to mention bits f haHa fhnn ntrfii-nrYn Kiit-loc! que, Floyd Bevans, New York Yan kee pitcher, who yesterday spoiled Washington's home game opener, got his start In the dia mond game as an American Le gion junior moundsman with Woodburn. As we recall it, he was reared in the neighborhood of Hubbard and gave the ap pearance of being under-nourished until he started eating re gularly after the Woodburn sponsors got him under their wing. He was a hard working kid, a characteristic tnat has re mained with him during his professional pitching career. He is a good example of what per sistent work, temperate habits i and a desire to get along with hi fallnura fln iln fnr 9 man. Bigwigs of the National Pro fessional Football league appear to be taking a realistic attitude toward the formation of a rival loop and instead of fighting competition in what has been an exclusive field, may get to gether with the American cir cuit on a basis of understanding at least. This in spite of the curt statement of Elmer Layden, national commissioner, that "there is nothing for the Na tional league to talk about as far as new leagues are concern ed until someone gets a football and plays a game." There is the possibility, of course, that the backers of the American loop are trying to pull a fast one on their rivals and crawl under the tent without even saying "by your leave." Whe ther there's room for two big time pro leagues may be open for discussion. However, there's V nothing to prevent a second group from trying their luck in the popular fall pastime. There may be a lot of money lost be fore dividends are collected. NCAA Considers Wide Publicity Chicago, April 21 (IP) The executive committee of the Na tional Collegiate Athletic asso ciation, meeting here in an an nounced session, today may establish a statistical and pub licity bureau to handle details of all college athletics on a nation-wide base for publication. The committee yesterday dis cussed the proposal and appar ently favored such a bureau to work in cooperation with the office of the secretary-treasurer, Kenneth L. (Tug) Wilson, western conference athletic commissioner. Army engineers have approv ed plans for a 70-foot wharf to , be constructed in the Willam ette river by the Doernbecher manufacturing company to pro vide water transport for its mill near Oregon City Vikings Nose Axemen, 2 to 1 Partial revenge for the beat ings Saldm high absorbed in football and basketball from their upstate rivals was secured Friday in Eugene when the Vik ings spooned out a 2 to 1 defeat of Coach Duane Mellem's Axe men. Prior to leaving for Eu gene, Coach Gurnee Flesher de clared, "We're going up there with the intention of beating them." The margin was close but no one would have the te merity to take away any of the credit due Joe Carroll for his three-hit pitching in the seven inning contest. Only one error was made behind him. He walk ed six and whiffed nine as com pared with one base on balls and two strikeouts by Pitcher Walker of the Axemen. The Viks tallied their two runs in the second frame. Don Farnum, left fielder was safe on first when Second Baseman Fulps dropped a pop fly for the only error turned in by Eugene. Jack Malmin came through with a single and Dick Allison work ed Walker for a pass to fill the sacks. Farnum was thrown out at the plate when he attempted to go home after Carroll's infield fly, an automatic out, dropped safely to the ground. With two away, Bud McKinney, right fielder, got hold of a pitch to his liking and drove in the two tallies. The Axemen scored in the fifth when Left Fielder Ek strom connected for a single to put Hutchinson across the plate from second. McKinney, Hendrie, Dasch, Farnum, Malmin, Allison and Carroll each got a single off Walker. Salem 2 7 1 Eugene 13 1 Carroll and Allison; Walker and Radiger. Dallas WilTPlay Canby Tuesday Dallas The Dallas high school Dragons will meet the Canby baseball nine here Tues day afternoon at 3:15 p.m. for their first home game of the season, James Brown, high school principal, has announced. The Dallas boys will be at full strength with the possible ex ception of Rohrs, catcher, who twisted his knee in the Leba non game. The game with Leb anon, first of the season for the Dragons, resulted in a 5-0 win for Lebanon on their home diamond. Double Duty Job For Bob Quinn La Grande, Apnl 21 OP) Bob Quinn,. on leave of absence this year to work on his doctorate at Columbia university, will direct the coaching program at both La Grande high and East ern Oregon college next year. Through the plan for the duration only Quinn will have one major spot at the high school, where Clifford Exley, now in Colville, Wash., and Ron Walk, 1945 basketball mentor, also will coach. Quinn came here in 1929 from Pendleton. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon are co-starred in "Mrs. Parkington," Louis Bromfield's thrilling romantic novel, with Edward Arnold. . Starts Sunday at the Capitol theater. vHi i ii r - -L-l-. There's Danger Ahead for George Tobias, Tony Caruso, Errol Flynn and Buddy Yarus as they pursue the savage Jap in Warner Bros.' latest dramatic film, "Objective, Burma," starting today at the Elsinore. Starring Errol Flynn, the film also features William Prince, James Brown, Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Frick and O'Connor Favored For Top Spot in By Leo Petersen New York, April 21 U.R) The field for the successor of the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis as baseball commissioner has narrowed down to such an extent that it no longer is a question of whom the club owners want, f- but whom they can get The two men who could have had the job have turned it down. James A. Farley eliminated himself in the deliberations of the special. four-man committee which the major leagues set up to recommend Landis' succes sor. The money he is receiv ing as an executive with a soft drink manufacturing concern Portland Wins 2 From Stars Bj the Associated Press) Pacific Coast league clubs were grouped today like race horses breaking from the bar rier. Seattle and Portland, dead locked in first place, pulled four games ahead of the field by sweeping doubleheaders last night. Tied for third in show position were Oakland, Sacra mento and San Diego. San Fran cisco, Los Angeles and Holly wood trailed in that order. The Rainiers, after two suc cessive losses to the Acorns, bounced back with two narrow victories, 3-2 and 2-0. Beaning of Seattle's first baseman, Geo. McDonald, by Italo Chelini and Ted Norbert's second inning homer, his eighth of the season, highlighted the seven-frame op ener. McDonald failed to regain consciousness until taken to a hospital. In the nightcap Glenn Elliott chalked up his fifth suc cessive victory for the Rainiers. The Beavers kept pace with Seattle by edging out the last place Hollywood Stars 1-0 and 7- 6, the last game going 11 inn ings. Pitcher Jake Mooty broke into the win column for the first time this year in the opener. Johnny Intelkofer, Star hurler, lost his own game in the night cap when he walked in the win ning run with the bases loaded. In Los Angeles the Angels evened their series with San Diego, winning 7-3. Lou Novi koff, Los Angeles outfielder, had a perfect night at bat with four hits in four trips to the plate. At the Seals stadium. Bob Joyce came through with his third straight victory as San Francisco crushed Sacramento 8- 2. The win gave the Seals a 3-1 series edge. Sun Diego 102 000 0003 0 Los Angeles 412 000 00X 7 14 0 Tlneup, Trahd f3l Bailey 6) and Ball lnger; Cuellar and Kreltner. Sacramento 010 000 0012 9 0 San Pranciaco 000 021 41x 8 17 0 Wilson and Marcuccl; Joyce it Sprinz. Oakland 000 001 02 9 1 Seattle 010 020 X 3 7 1 Chelini and Raimondi: Fischer it Pinley. Oakland 000 000 000 O 7 3 Seattle 000 020 O0X 2 8 1 Mann. Ayala (8) and Fenech: Elliott and Finley. Hollywood 000 000 00 6 1 Portland 000 010 X 1 ft 4 Mfehasek and Hanson: Mooty it Adams. Hollywood 220 020 000 00 10 2 Portland 000 050 001 017 8 0 Intelhofer it Hill: Helser it Adams. lAiVSV iff Henry Hull and Dick Erdman. Saturday, April 21, 1945 3 Major Baseball was too much more than the S50.000 a year the commission ership pays. And Edward Grant Barrow decided against the job because of his health and his advanced years. He soon will be 77. So it looks like Ford Frick, president of the National league, is going to get the job after all. He has been the only campaign er for the post and he would have had the job now had it not been for opposition within his own league. The situation is such that there seems to be doubt wheth er the major league club own ers will be able to muster the majority of 12 votes necessary to select Landis successor when they get together in Cleveland next Tuesday. The word from the pipe line department now is that the commission is going to recommend two men, Frick and Leslie J. O'Connor,, who for years served as Landis' secre tary. A deadlock may develop since O'Connor is strong in the west but has no support in the east. If Frick cannot be named as a compromise candidate, the ma jors may have to go through their fourth wartime season without a commissioner. Pigeon Whistle Conies High Spokane, Wash., April 21, IIP) Spokane county commission ers rejected as "unreasonably high" the $31,000 bid of a Se attle firm for cleaning the courthouse walls and then fell to discussing pigeons. Kemball Devereaux, building superintendent, informed them that the lack of a single part had delayed delivery by a local company of an experimental "pigeon whistle" which would disperse the birds by a sound so high pitched, human ears could not stand it. The $150 whistle, he said, had been ready to go earlier but burned out before it could be installed on the roof. Commissioner Wylie Brown interposed: "They had the whis tle operating once but they got it mixed up so that It affected dogs instead of pigeons.. "I don't know whether the dogs would have gathered around or run from the court house if it had been installed on the roof." Company officials said they had another Pied Piper whis tle that would chase away rats and mice. But the commission ers are worrying right now on ly about the high cost of pig eons. Ball Attendance Satisfactory New York, April 21 U.R The clicking of turnstiles, a sound that major league owners like even better than the crack of the bat. was highly satisfactory in the 1945 opening day games, a United Press attendance checkup showed today. With returns in thus far on only seven games, the attend ance this year for opening con tests totals 184,488 as compared with 193,514 a year ago. When the St. Louis Cardinals, the world champions, open their home season today against the Cincinnati Reds, they may swell the total above the 1944 first day figures. The fact that attendance re mained about the same was con sidered an encouraging factor in view of the fact that cold and damp weather held down the crowds, particularly in the larger eastern cities. Woodburn Loses To Canby, 5-3 Woodburn The Canby Cou gars dropped the Woodburn Bulldogs, 5 to 3, in a Duration league baseball game Friday afternoon. Although Charley Sauvain fanned 12 batters, the Cougars got to him for a total of 11 safe blows. Ott whiffed 14 Bulldogs and held them to 1 six hits. Woodburn was lead- i ing, 3 to 2, when Canby came to bat in the eighth. The Cou gars batted across two runs in that frame and added another in the ninth. i Canby 5 11 3 Woodburn 3 6 4; Ott and Mendenhall; Sauvain I and Reed. J Giants Surprise With 4 Wins (By the Associated Preas) Extra base power by the New York Giants' oldsters kept the Polo Grounders In the National league lead today although Man ager Mel Ott still hasn't seen a starting pitcher go' the route. The Giants surprised their fondest admirers in winning four of their first five games with a display of slugging that found more ardent boosters comparing the Phi Weintraub Ernie Lombardi-Ott combination with the famous Yankees' mur derers' row. The general im pression is that the Giants will be tough to keep out of the first division if the pitching holds up. Harry Feldman might have gone all the way in yesterday's 10-6 victory over Brooklyn be fore 12,640 at the Polo Grounds opener, but Ott took no chances. He derricked him for a pinch hitter although Feldman con tributed a homer in the sixth. Phil Weintraub sent two into the stands, each with a man on, and Ernie Lombardi drove home two more runs to up his R.B.I, total to 13. Mike Sandlock and Ed Stanky homered for the Brooks. The New York Yankees took to the road for a delayed presi dential game at Washington and earned their fourth straight vic tory, 6-3, at Mickey Haefner's expense. Floyd Bevens got cre dit for the win but needed help from rookie Al Gettel and three hits off Nick Etten's bat. A crowd of 24,494 watched speaker Sam Rayburn of the house throw out the first ball. Chicago's surprising While Sox ran their streak to three in a row by edging the cham pion St. Louis Browns, 3-2, on Roy Schalk's double in the 10th. Ed Lopat did all the chucking and contributed two safe blows, one a homer. Only 3649 were present at Chicago. Rip Sewell of Pittsburgh be came the 11th active major lea gue pitcher to hit the 100 vic tory mark by turning back the Chicago Cubs with nine blows, 5-4. Bob Elliott helped him along with a two-run homer to the delight of 9449 customers. American Leaxue New York 6 11 4 Washington 3 S 1 Bevens. Dubiel and Haetner. Holbor- Compton. ow. Ullrich, and Evans. St. Louis 2 8 0 ChicaRO 3 112 Hollingsworth and Lopax St Tresh. Hayworth Cleveland 4 10 1 Detroit 16 3 Grotnrk and Buz- Overmlre. Wllon kowkl. and Richard. -National Learue Brooklyn 6 10 0 New York 10 13 1 Seat. King. Mathaway Feldman. Adams and Owens; and Lombard!. Philadelphia 5 9 1 Boston 3 3 1 Black and Hayes. Bowman, O'Neill, Barrett it Holm Boston 6 8 1 Philadnl'ia ft 8 2 Hutching, Cosiart, C. Schanz St Pea Barrett it Mast. cock. Chicago 4 8 0 Pittsburgh 5 14 1 Wyse, Passeau and Sewell it lApez- Ijlvlngston. Jefferson Lions Wallop Lebanon Jefferson-The Jefferson Li ons let out a roar Friday aft ernoon and then went on to hand the Lebanon Warriors a 22 to 5 baseball walloping. Nine Lebanon errors proved costly al though they were outhit by the Lions, 13 to 8. Jefferson picked up six runs in the first inning then really climbed on the merry-go-round as they scored 11 in the second. Lebanon 5 8 9 Jefferson 22 13 1 Cox, Moody, Elkins and Can ny; Sjelton and Fish. Bill Protects Sacred Persons of Reporters Tallahassee, Fla., April 21, (U.R) The Florida house of rep resentatives Friday had been given two bills making it a felony to assault newspaper men and photographers. Drawn up by the Miami press photographers association, one of the proposals provides a one year prison sentence or a $1,000 fine for persons maliciously damaging a newspaperman's camera while the photographer is following his occupation in a public place. The other provides the same penalty for assault on a report er or photographer who is on lawful business. The MPPA said it would cam paign vigorously for passage of the measures. Several Miami photographers have been beat en in recent years while taking news pictures. Ellcnsburg Man Director Chicago April 21, IIP) J. Clifford Kaynor, publisher of the Ellensburg, Wash., Daily Record, was the only new di rector named Friday by the na tional editorial association. Brake Relining and Adjustment Immediate Service S. P. Motors 240 S. HIGH Phone 21534 Standings i By th Associated PrA) Pacific Cot Lracuc W L Pet i W Portland 14 6 .700' San Diego 10 l?attl 14 .100 San Fran 9 Oakland 10 10 .500 L. Angdei 8 Sacram'to 10 10 .500 Hollywood 5 Friday'! RtiulU Portland 1-TT Hollywood 0-fl. Seattle 3-2. Oakland 3-0. Lox Armeies 7, San D'.-o 3. San Francisco 8, Sacramento 3. American Learnt W L Pct.l W N?w York 4 0 1 000 Detroit 2 ChicaRO 3 0 1.000 Cleveland 1 Wa.h'ton 1 3 .500 St. Louis 1 PhilaOl'ia 3 3 .500 Boston 0 Friday's Game Philadelphia b. Boston t. Cleveland 4. Detroit 1. Chlcaso 3, St. Louis 3- Ne York 6. Washington I. National League W L Pet 1 W New York 4 1 .800 St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 3 1 .667 Boston 3 Pittsburgh 3 3 .500' Chicago 1 Brooklyn 3 3 .5001 Phlladel'ia 1 Frldnr'i Game Pittsburgh 5. Chicago 4. Bat ton 6. Philadelphia S. New York 10. Brooklyn 8. L Pet. 10 .500 11 .450 13 .400 15 .350 L Pet 3 .500 3 .333 3 .3.10 4 .000 L Pet 1 .500 3 .400 3 .33.1 3 .250 8 Infielders On Sidelines New York, April 21 0J.R1 Shortstops, or players who used to play shortstop, apparently are going to have a hard time of it in the current major lea gue season. With the season only four days old, eight infielders are on the sidelines for one reason or another, and they have one thing in common, they are pll short stops or ex-shortstops. When Manager Leo Durocher of the Brooklyn Dodgers came up with a Charley horse and elected to sit out yesterday's game with the New York Giants, he saved President Branch Ric key $1,000. Rickey had prom ised Durocher a bonus of that amount if he could play the first 15 games on the schedule and Leo said at the time that "the money is as good as mine tell Rickey to make out a check right now." Durocher's injury probably won't be as costly to the Dod gers, however, as the injuries of some of the other infielders who had been slated for regu lar duty. Manager Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox, one of the greatest shortstops of the past decade, probably is out for the season with a broken ankle suf fered In a game with the Yankees. Others on the shelf include Whitey Wietelman and Eddie Joost of the Boston Braves; Ver non Stephens, St. Louis Browns; Lou Boudreau, Cleveland In dians; Eddie Miller, Cincinnati Reds; Frankie Crosetti, New York Yankees. Rocket-Propelled Bomb Announced London, April 21, OP) A new rocket-propelled "power bomb" i which Is faster than sound, was announced today. A joint communique by the U. S. strategic air force and the British admiralty said: "Rocket-propelled bombs, conceived by the admiralty, were used by B-17 flying fort-, resses of the U. S. eighth air ; force in their attacks against E-Boat Pens at Ijmuiden, Hoi-1 land, February 10 and March ! 14. "The bomb was designed to penetrate the massive roofs of the pens and are believed to have caused considerable dam age to facilities inside." Rocket propulsion gives the bomb a much greater speed than would be attained by grav ity alone. The speed of sound is 1,1000 feet per second at sea level. The bomb is set to ex plode after deep penetration. Whitman Loses To Cougars, 10-5 Walla Walla, April 21 P Taking advantage of five Whit man miscues to score six runs in the first inning, Washington State college batsmen scored a 10-5 victory over the Mission aries yesterday in the victor's first game of the season. Regional Fairs May be Banned Washinotnn Anril 91 tPt State, regional and county fairs may De Danned this year as a travel conservation measure, Transportation Director J. Mon roe Johnson said today. In a statement .Tnhmzon tioned fair managers against making elaborate preparations for such events during the sum mer and fall. Those who do so, he said, "are nroceedini? at thpir own risks." ROLLER SKATING 8:00 to 10:30 Kvery evening except Monday, Turtdar it ThUMday Sunday Matinee 2 to 4:30 Special rates for parties Phone 9066 Capirola Roller Rink TAKE CAPITOLA BUS Pro Grid Loops May Collaborate Chicago, April 21 iPi Pos sibility of two major profession al football leagues, working in a manner similar to baseball's major league, was envisioned today as the all-America foot ball conference moved toward conclusion of its final organiza tion meeting. The all-America group, its postwar plans already past the blueprint stage, yesterday ask ed the National football league for an audience with a view toward paving the way, toward collaboration, or an understand ing, on schedules and player drafts. The new organization re ceived somewhat of a cold shoulder from Commissioner El mer Layden of the 25-year-old t Sea. 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