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Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editor Transportation difficult i e s , Housing shortages and lack of equipment apparently have not cteterred the National Baseball Qongress from going ahead with p'lans for keeping up interest in tjie "sandlot" branch of the na tional pastime. The congress has launched its campaign for the M45 tournament which will be $eld In Wichita, Kansas, next August. Teams must first par ticipate in state tournament in jrder to become eligible for the national championships. Gate tceipts are estimated between 40,000 and $50,000 with the Winning club receiving approx imately $10,000. Quite a Juicy fllum. A few years ago interest in semi-pro baseball was fair high in the valley. In fact Silverton was the hot spot of the port in these parts and McGin flis field was the scene of any dumber of games involving the ight to make the trip to Wi aJiita. The Cascade league, oper ating in Eugene, could provide a contender since they are play ijig a good brand of ball there. ! If the people of Salem decide b purchase the balance of the Bush tract (and we sincerely hope they do), Willamette uni versity will construct an athletic field and stands which will be aj credit to the city. We have this assurance from President G. IJerbert Smith, who has a sound and realistic attitude toward athletics. It didn't take h I m long to realize that Swectland fjcld was entirely inadequate for Willamette's needs and he start ed looking lor a better location. The argument has been present ad by those opposed to the pur chase of the park that Willam ette Intends to put a fence abound Its 10 acres. If the field were not enclosed how could ad mission charges be made? By passing the hat? Or perhaps by placing an armed guard around the perimeter, : J Willamette has always been generous with its facilities, even though it must be recognized that Softball more than paid its ay while using Sweetland field. Boy scouts have used it. And tjie Ellison and White chautau ojua circuit for years erected its large tent behind historic Wal ler hall. Sweetland field has linen the rallying points for a ljrge number of civic pro grams bond rallies and similar rjubllc projects. There will be no change in this policy should tjie park project carry. Willam ette may build a fence around tjie field, but it has no Intention cjf playing a lone hand In the pj-oject even though the uni versity and its friends are put ting up $25,000 as a part of the purchase price of the entire acreage. i The minor division of the jun ior baseball league will have their play-off, too. The five club sponsors Tuesday night decided to split the season, with the champions of each half taking part in a two out of three ser ies to decide the title. At this writing it appears Elfstroms will cop the first half. Apparently no provision has been made for keeping the public baseball di amonds In shape this summer. And if present weather condi tions prevail there will be plen ty of reason for a bit of wetting down and dragging. Beavers Win Behind Liska (By the Aasoeiated Prwi) The Portland Beavers and Seattle Rainiers, taking turn about this week in the "win loss" department, are separated again today at the top of the Pacific coast league by four and a half games, while minor shuffling in the lower ranks put the Oakland Acorns and San Francisco Seals in possession of the other two first division berths. Portland squared its series with the Sacramento Solons by 6 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1945 Pacific Coast Will Sponsor Own Major Loop, says Rowland By Hal Wood San Francisco, June 20 U,R There will be no invasion of the Pacific Coast league territory by the American or National leagues now or ever. That's the statement issued here today by President Clarence (Pants) Rowland. Jim Thorpe Joins Merchant Marine Los Angeles, June 21 (IP) Jim Thorpe, the great Indian athlete of three decades ago, has joined the merchant ma rine, the only service that he could get into at the age of 57. His wife disclosed that he joined up last month after the enlistment in the navy of his 18-year-old son, Phillip. Shrinking Field At Santa Anita Arcadia, Calif., June 21 (IP) The steadily shrinking field for Saturday's $50,000 Santa Anita derby was down to 11 today, but as far as the experts were concerned it was still a six horse race. Louis B. Mayer's Busher, Charles S. Howard's Sea Sov ereign and Henry Forrest's Mexican Star, Checkerhall, were rated in the top bracket, with Jay Paley's Best Effort and War Allies of the Arm strong stables just a step lower In the pre-derby calculations. J. Kel Houssels' Bymeabond took on new luster as a conten der as it appeared likely his rider would be Georgie (The Iceman) Woolf. Woolf is ex pected to end the indecision when he arrives today. Celery grows wild in Eng land by the sides of ditches and in marshy places. "It is inevitable that there will be major league baseball on the Pacific coast," Rowland said. "But we never will bar gain away one city or two to the major leagues. "Rather, when major league baseball comes to the west, it will be when the Pacific Coast league is given major league status." Rowland asserted there, was no chance for such a move now or even in the immediate fu ture but that in the years ahead when the west coast be comes as populous as the east, there will be major league base ball in all eight cities in the loop. Recently various easterners have pointed out that with air travel, the east coast teams could be moved to Los Angeles or San Francisco with no more elapsed time than the current train ride between eastern ma jor league entries. , Rowland, here on an inspec tion swing around the league, said that the coast loop attend ance was up approximately 175,000 compared with the record-breaking 1944 season. San Francisco and San Diego are the two leading attendance gain ers. V Military Service Rejects DiMaggio Philadelphia, June 21 U.R) Vince DiMaggio, home run spe cialist of the Philadelphia Phillies, again has been re jected for military service, it was disclosed today. winning, 0-1, last night, as Seat tle dropped a 5-1 contest to San Diego for a one-all stand ing against the Padres. The Acorns' 8-7 and 6-4 sweep of a twin bill with the Los Angeles Angels enabled them to hang onto third place half a game ahead of the Seals, who won twice from Hollywood's Stars, 9-6 and 8-2. Top pitching performances marked the northwest duels. The Beavers' veteran subma riner, Ad Liska, held the Solons to six scattered hits and a sin gle run, while his mates were pounding two Sacramento hurl ers for 13 blows good for six tallies. San Diego's Vic Trahd dupli cated Liska's feat in limiting Seattle to six hits and one run, scored in the sixth inning. The Padres found their former team mate, Chet Johnson, easy pick ings as they shoved across three runs in the third and drove him to the showers with two more in the fourth. The Seals' double victory moved them up a notch, dis placing Sacramento in the first division. Three Hollywood moundsmen were unable to stem the San Francisco assault in the seven-inning opener, giving up 12 hits good for nine runs. Los Angeles fans saw their team outhit the Acorns but still lose both ends of a double header. The Angels collected 13 safeties in the opened, one more than Oakland, but failed in the pinches. Each team used three pitchers, with Jack Lotz getting credit for Oakland's 8-7 win. Rip Russell of the Angels, homered in each tilt to bring his season's total to nine. Jack Caulfield and Norm Deweese of Oakland ran their consecutive hitting streaks to 11 and 1' games, respectively. Hollywood noaooo n a San PTanclsco 004 410 xB 12 2 Marsr.aU, Porter (31, La Oault (&) and HU1: Orrlla, Busolieh (41 and Sprlnz. Hollywood 000 000 1012 9 0 Ban Francisco 000 802 OOx I 9 1 Williams. Intlekofer (6) and Krause; Seward and Ogrodowalcl. Oakland 131 022 000 8 12 3 Los Angela 330 012 0007 13 3 Bablch, chetkovlch, Lota and W. Ral mondi; K. Hick. Marshall, Merkle, Adams and Oreene. Oakland 000 012 010 02 11 3 Loa Anala 020 000 110 00 4 11 1 Oilmorr. Ralmondl (Si. Stromme (10) and French; Cornelia and Oreene. Sacramento 000 100 0001 9 1 Portland 000 021 03x 13 1 Babbit. Powera (S) and Schleuter; Lta ka and Adams. San Dleio 003 200 0005 ft 3 Seattle 000 001 0001 ft 1 Trahd and Bellinger; C. Johnaon. Or phal (4), Prazier 7i and Sueme. Yeater's to Play West Salem Lions Yeater's club of the "B" di vision of the junior baseball league will make its first ap pearance of the season Thurs day evening, meeting the West Salem Lions at Leslie field at 6:15. The appliance company squad won its Initial contest while West Salem has dropped its two starts by close scores. Emile Zola, the French nove list, and Paul Cezanne, the painter, went to high school together. Select Your ... NEWS REELS Today! 16 MM. Reels VICTORY OYER GERMANY (Headline Edition) ....... 2.75 VICTORY OVER GERMANY (Complete Edition) 8.75 MANILA LIBERATED - IWO JIMA (News Edition) 8.75 MANILA LIBERATED - IWO JIMA (Headline Edition) 2.75 ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS (Headline Edition) 2.75 NEWS PARADE (Headline Edition) .......... 2.75 8 MM. Reels VICTORY OVER GERMANY (Headline Edition) . ...... 1.75 VICTORY OVER GERMANY (Complete Edition) 5.50 CAMERA THRILLS OF THE WAR (Headline Edition) .... . . 1.75 U. S. MARINES, CAPE BRITON and TARAWA (Headline Edition) . . 1.75 BOMBS OVER EUROPE (Headline Edition) 1.75 FLIGHT FOR ROME (Headline Edition) 1.75 ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS (Headline Edition) 1.75 DONALD DUCK or MICKEY MOUSE COMEDY 1.75 Montgomery Ward 155 NORTH LIBERTY PHONE 3194 Boston's Climb Gels Attention (By the Associated Preaal Manager Bob Coleman loom ed today as Boston's miracle man No. 2. The rapid rise of the Braves to a contending position in the national league pennant race had baseball followers thinking back 30 years when the Braves under George Stallings, the orig inal miracle man, climaxed a great stretch drive to win their first and only pennant, after be ing in last place in the mid sea son. Since that 1914 season, the Braves have been in the first di vision only five times, but today, after a 15-10 drubbing of the New York Giants last night for their 12th victory in the last 16 games, they were only two games away from second place and only one behind the fifth place Giants. Paced by Tommy Holmes, the league's leading hitter and first baseman, Joe Mack, Boston out slugged the Giants in a game in which six pitchers gave up 32 hits, 16 for each side. Holmes, with three hits, increased his batting mark to .385 and ex tended his consecutive hitting streak to 17 'straight games. Mack batted in six runs with a homer, double and single and scored four times. A pair of homers by Danny Gardella and one by Johnny Rucker failed to help the Gi ants, who dropped their 19th game In the last 24, and fell into the second division for the first time this season. Those onrushing Brooklyn Dodgers cracked out a double win over the Philadelphia Phil lies, 4-2 and 8-1, to pull three games In front of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. Art Herring won his first game of the year in the opener, while Curt Davis registered his Sixth triumph in the nightcap. Freese, Portland Draws Gallery Indianapolis, June 21 U.R) Champion Babe Zaharias car ried form sheet backing today to repeat her laurels in the 16th women's western open golf tournament. But spunky little Babe Freese, a 20-year-old of Port land, Ore., drew a sizeable part 1 of the gallery sentiment and betting to keep up her "giant killing" and get into the finals Saturday against the champion from Los Angeles. Mrs. Zaharias, 31, whose competitive sports dates from track stardom in the last Olym pics, drew first class competi tion in the round of eight from Dorothy Kirby, experienced campaigner of Atlanta, Ga. And Miss Freese, who calmly adjusted her glasses over a nose yesterday and professional Betty Jameson of San Antonia, Tex, 1-up on the 19th hole, meets Phyllis Otto, Atlantic, la., a junior at Northwestern university. freckled defeated Province Pitches No Hit Baseball Dallas Combining Rod Prov ince's no hit performance on the mound with a 12-hit attack at the plate, the Salem Ameri can Legion junior ball club, blanked the Dallas juniors Wed nesday evening, 15 to 0. Prov ince was given perfect support and although he walked five he fanned 10. Two double plays wiped out any possibility of a Dallas score in the frames players got on base. The Salem attack includes a three-base knock by Dick Hen drie and two two-baggers by Roger Dasch. Catcher Dick Allison hit 3 for 3, while Prov ince and Ceriterfielder McKin ney each connected 2 for 4. Salem 331 010 7 lft 12 0 Dallaa 000 000 0 0 0 i Province and Allison; D. Jones, R. Jones and Seiber. Sweepstakes Play At Salem Club Full handicaps will be used Thursday afternoon and eve ning when a nine-hole sweep stakes tournament is conducted at the Salem Golf club. Chair man Harry Gustafson announces prizse will be awarded for first, second and third positions. Sargeant Family Returns Hopewell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sargeant and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stephens and family have returned to their homes here after resid ing at College place at Walla Walla, Wash., for the college year. The men will graduate with the 1946 class. r aaaaaax .Vet, A rv I Standings t boost his woivlost record to A A J at . .-S.L. 1 -, guua iur juui in piace among hurlers appearing in at least live winning games, ibsc week's leader, Hal Turpin, of Seattle, was third with 3-2. Bv th AtUocltited Prew Nation. Lea.ru W. L. Brooklyn 33 31 Pittsburgh 30 34 Chicago 21 32 St. Louis 29 34 New York 30 3 Boat on 27 2b Cincinnati 23 27 Philadelphia 14 44 Scores Wednesday: Boston 16. New York 10. Brooklyn 4-8. Philadelphia 2-1. Chicago 5, PitUburah 3. Only gimea acheduied. American League W. L. Detroit 31 31 New York 28 23 Boston 38 34 Chicago .29 20 Washington 33 26 St. Louis 34 28 Cleveland 21 38 Philadelphia 20 33 Scores Wednesday; Washington 7, Philadelphia S. Detroit 5, Cleveland 0. Chicago 4, St. Louis 1. New York at Boaton. postponed. L. Pacific Coast V. Portland 48 Seattle 43 Oaldand 41 San Francisco 40 Sacramento 30 San Diego 40 Los Angeles 38 Hollywood 31 Pet. .Ill .we .551 .84? .336 .519 Pte. .596 .59 .538 .337 .400 .480 .429 .551 .501 .500 .488 .488 .475 Joyce Champion Coast Moundsman Los Angeles, June 21 (IP) Bob Joyce, veteran San Fran cisco righthander, moved into the Pacific coast pitching lead with 14 wins against five losses through last Sunday's games. Joyce was followed closely by San Diego's Vallie Eaves, 13 and 5. Eaves was still the circuit's strikeout ace, with 108. 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