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.
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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.
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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
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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.
Hottest pitcher in the league,
however, was Joe Mishasek of
Hollywood, who had won six
straight through Sunday to
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VOTE 503 NO (X) on the franchise
question Friday, June 22
SALEM CITIZENS COMMITTEE
CARL X. NELSON, Chairman. 171 North rr.nl, 8ekm. Oman
O. K. DcWITT, Secretary, 1MT Ohemeketa, Salem. Oregon
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We Dorit Want Bond Money!
A.tl abiding and heart-felt conviction of the House
of Seagram echoes in these candid words, given
public expression again and -again down through
the years:
"Liquor is a Luxury."
We don't want to sell whiskey to anyone who
buys it at a sacrifice of the necessities.
As we have said so many times in the past: "We
Don't Want Bread Money!"
And, just as certainly today: "We Don't Want
Bond Money!"
For War Bonds, In highest truth, are a necessity
of life the life of this nation, which is still so many
grim, fox-holed miles from total victory.
More, they are a guaranty of life the secure,
prosperous, happy life of every one of us in an inflation-free,
peacetime America.
This should be indelibly etched upon the mind of
every thinking person. And, only after the utmost
Bond purchase that conscience and common sense
demand, should one feel free to enjoy such goodly
luxuries as fine whiskey.
This we feel honor bound to say. We could not
look at our service flag and say less.
THE HOUSE OF SEAGRAM
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