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
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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.
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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."
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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
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was hopeful that before its
meeting adjourned intra-league
details, including a possibla
post-season "world series" be
tween circuit champions, would
be worked out satisfactorily.
Alsea Fishing
Trip Successful
Independence Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Hulburt returned Tues
day evening from a four day
fishing trip on the Alsea river.
They were accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bittier of San
dy. Hulburt reports that tha
party caught over 100 cut
throat trout. A number of the
fish were on display in the win
dow of the Independence Hard
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display at the annual 4-H spring
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