Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
The oft repeated rumor that
Willamette was going to monop
olize the entire athletic picture
in Bush's pasture apparently
just won't die. It bobbed up
again yesterday when a couple
of men who have been interest
ed in softball and baseball from
the standpoint of contenders as
well as spectators, asked what
the situation south of Mission
street would be once the uni
versity and city finally got to
the planning point in their pro
grams. We have been given to
understand Willamette will be
far from niggardly with its fa
cilities although there is no rea
son why it shouldn't protect its
investment, whatever it may be.
We do not believe the city has
any definite idea as to what its
development will be, although
one would take it for granted
that at least a couple of Softball
diamonds will be included with
ample lighting facilities and
seating accommodations.
We expect Sweetland field
will pass out of the picture as a
rite for athletic contests once
Willamette gets its program un
der way in Bush pasture. The
school needs more grounds for
building purposes and there
isn't much room left on the cam
pus except what Is available
back of Eaton hall and that
means the plant Dr. Sweetland
developed almost single hand
ed. However, unless some phil
anthropist steps into the breach
and provides the means, it's go
ing to be a long pull both for
Willamette and the city before
any creditable development can
be made. Right now costs are
outrageously high and whether
they will be any lower remains
to be seen.
Johnny Oravec, one-time Wil
lamette grid great and now a
sergeant with the U.S. artillery,
is going back to his native slate
of New Jersey. No, not to re
tire, but to take a course in pho
tography with the army paying
the bill. This is the information
Oravec relayed to Howard Ma
ple by Uncle Sam's mail. How
ever, most of the details are
lacking, as those who have been
privileged to read Johnny's let
ters will readily believe. Never
much of a talker, Oravec's com
munications are chiefly noted
for what remains unsaid. Anoth
er former athlete of these parts
who has recently been heard
Afrom is young Bob Boardman
'bf the U.S. marine corps. Bob,
a tank driver who has seen the
maximum amount of action in
the Pacific, was wounded in the
neck. A letter to his mother in
forms her that he is now able
to talk in a whisper, but that
his "trigger finger is sticking
straight out." Just where he has
been hospitalized has not been
made public.
Harness Racing
For California
Los Angeles, July 21 (U.R)
Harness racing fans will see
trotter and pacer events in at
least five California cities short
ly after the first of the year,
President Walter E. Smith of
the California Harness Horse
Breeders association promised
today.
Gov. Warren yesterday signed
a bill effective Sept. 15 which
permits a maximum 50-day har
ness season and legalizes pari
mutuel betting.
Smith names Santa Rosa, Sac
ramento, San Francisco, Po
mona and possibly Hollywood
Park as circuit cities.
t .Ottawa, 111. W) They have
gii answer, out at the La Salle
Cwunty Home, for the abiding
question: "Can a woman keep
a secret?" An old lady who died
there recently, called "Mary
Jane," never told anyone her
family name or where or how
she lived before she came to
the institution 50 years ago.
Through Bus Service lo Newport
Via independence, Monmouth, Corvallis
In Operation Now
Lv. Salem
7:00 a. m.
2:35 p. m.
Lv. Newport
12:45 p. m.
7:05 p. m.
Oregon Motor Stages
Junior Play
Nearing Close
Sunday's Games
At Olinger: 2 p. m. Valley
Motor vs. Funland; 4 p. m., Po
lice vs. Shrock's,
At Leslie: Z p. m. Redwood
vs. Mayflower; 4 p. m. Eagles
vs. Lions.
With three more Sundays of
play remaining in the regular
season of the Salem junior base
ball program, interest in the
championship races of the re
spective American and Nation
al divisions is rapidly growing
to a climax. Mayflower Milk
needs but a single win to cinch
at least a tie for the champion
ship of the American loop. Their
game with Redwood Nursery
Sunday may well be their cru
cial contest in view of the fact
that they were beaten last week
by Curly's, an outfit that was
having difficulty mustering a
complete ball club. It was the
co-ops' first loss of the season.
The second game at Olinger
will feature the Police and
Shrock's, two clubs that have
been sharing cellar honors.
The National league race is
much closer with Valley Motor
having a struggle to keep out
in front of the Eagles and the
Lions. The motorists appear to
have the easier spot in Sunday's
program since they meet the
Funland squad while the Eagles
and Lions are endeavoring to
knock each other off.
Blue Lake and Curly's will
be idle Sunday by reason of
byes.
Janiro Promised
Another Battle
New York, July 21 (U.R)-Pro-moter
Mike Jacobs today prom
ised a rematch after joining
Johnny Greco of Montreal
hammered out a close but un
popular decision over young
Tony Janiro in their eight-round
bout last night before more
than .16,000 fans at Madison
Square Garden.
In this "natural" between a
slugger, Greco, and a boxer, 18-year-old
Janiro, Greco lived up
to the 8-5 odds favoring him and
won the unanimous verdict. But
young Janiro made such a grand
fight of it that the fans booed
the decision lustily.
Greco weighed 143 pounds;
Janiro 141 Vi.
The paid attendance was 14,
971 fans. More than 1,000
wounded navy men were admit
ted free. The gross gate was
$69,175.
TheH
Standings
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet.
W L
Portland
70 41 .631 Oakland 54 57
64 47 .577 L AllKOlM 30 60
Seattle
Sacram'to 56 55 .SOS San Dicao 51 62
San Fran 56 57 .496 Hollywood 45 67
Frfday'a RenuH v
Portland 2, Hollywood 1.
San Francisco 7. Seattle 5.
Oakland 3-6. San Dieso 2-9.
Sacramento 3, Los Angeles 0.
American Leamie
W L Pet.
Detroit 4B 34 .575 Chicaeo
Wash'ton 42 36 .53B St. Louis
New York 41 3f) .519 Cleveland
W L 1
42 40 .
39 38
37 .
Boston 42 40 .512 Philadel'la 28 51
Frldar'a Results
St. Louis 4-3, New York 3-2.
Chicaeo 6. Boston 3.
Wajihinnton 4-3. Detroit 3-1.
Washington 4-3, Detroit 3-1.
Philadoi'ia 8-3, Cleveland 3-3.
National Leamie
W L Pet. W L
Chicago 50 31 .617 New York 45 43
St. Loula 48 36 .371 Boston 40 02
Brooklyn 47 37 .560 Cincinnati 38 40
Pittsburgh 43 41 .512 Philadel'la 24 65
Friday' Results
Brooklyn 10. Chicaeo 4.
Pittsburgh 13. New York S.
Cochrane Stops
Howard, Third
Middlesboro, Ky., July 21
Freddie Cochrane, who stopped
Bobby Howard of Washington
last night in the third round of
a non-title fight, will have no
more fights until he meets
Rocky Graziano in New York
August 24, his manager said to
day. However, Manager Willie Gil
zenbeg added, the red-headed
welterweight would be ready for
a title bout after he meets Gra
ziano, who stopped the cham
pion June 29 in Madison Square
Garden.
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BoboNewson Gets Out of Dog
House; Wins Third Straight
By .Tack Cuddy
New York, July 21 (U.R) Unquestionably Bobo-the-Hobo New
som is referring to himself in the victorious third person today,
saying for example, "Good old Bobo won his third straight yes
terday." Newsom, big right
handed pitcher of the Athletics,
refers to himself generally in
the first person only when he
loses, with such remarks as "I
done my best but nobody was
hittin' behind me."
Bobo has had plenty of op
portunity to use the first person
during the current campaign
Portland Leads
By Six Games
"By the Assoc'atrd Press)
It won't appear in the record
books, but if Portland's consist
ent Beavers win the Pacific
coast league pennant this year
they can credit the Hollywood
Stars and San Francisco Seals
with an assist.
The Stars dropped their
fourth in a row to Portland, 2-1,
last night while the Seals were
knocking off the second-place
Seattle Rainiers, 7-5, boosting
the Beavers' lead to six games
as much of a bulge as they have
had all season over the north
west rivals.
In games with a California
setting, Sacramento shut out
Los Angeles, 3-0, behind but
Fletcher's five hit twirling and
Oakland's Acorns split a twin
bill with the San Diego Padres,
winning the curtain raiser, 3-2,
and dropping the finale, 9-6.
Portland's victory over Hol
lywood, which has lost 10 of
its last 12 engagements, was a
tight pitchers' battle with Wan
del "Lefty" Mossor shading
righthander Ronnie Smith. The
Beavers got their first run in
the opening frame when Spen
cer Harris scored from second
on Manager Marv Owen's sin
gle. Their second tally came
in the fourth when Frank Dem
aree doubled, went to third on
Owen's one-bagger and came
home on a fly ball by Johnny
O'Neil. The Stars pushed over
their lone counter in the first
of the fourth when Ben Cantrell
walked, advanced to third on
Hugh Willingham's double and
scored on an infield out. Mossor
struck out 11 men. Both clubs
got seven hits apiece.
The Seals' 7-5 win gave them
a 3-2 edge in their series and
dimmed the pennant hopes of
the Rainiers, who eight' days ago
were within two games of the
top. Hard-lucker Bob Barthel
son went the route for San
Francisco, being saved by the
stickwork of Rightfielder Neil
Sheridan, who hit his first
homer of the year in the sev
enth, and First Baseman Gus
Suhr, who connected for a triple
and two singles in three trips
to the plate. Charley Aleno
smashed out a round-tripper for
the Rainiers in the fourth with
the bases clear. Manager Bill
Skiff used 17 men, including
three pitchers, in an effort to
slave off defeat,
Sacramento's 3-0 triumph
over the Angels was Fletcher's
16th win and sixth shutout of
the season.
Oakland and San Diego are
tied at two-all in their meeting
as the result of last night's split.
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because he clicked off 12
straight defeats until he finally
managed a victory over the
Browns on June 12.
When Bobo had achieved his
12 straight defeats with the A's,
almost everyone in baseball fig
ured that he had won himself a
ticket to another club. They
thought that Newsom's yen for
travel had overpowered him,
and that he would make his
22nd club-change since entering
organized baseball in 1928.
But he didn't. He stayed right
with ancient Connie Mack of the
A's. And Connie Mack has been
playing along with him, indi
rectly denying rumors that New
som was to be shifted to another
club.
Because of Bobo's three-game
winning streak, many sideline
observers insist that big New
som is trying at last to make
certain that he is not shifted
again that he wants to end his
playing days in Philadelphia.
This could be true because
Newsom is the most travelled of
all current ball players. His sta
tus has been changed 21 times
since he became a professional
with Raleigh in 1928. He is 35,
and a grandfather, but he does
n't feel he is through. And why
should he?
Pneumonia Claims
Writer Edmonds
Sacramento, Calif., July 21
(VP) Dick Edmonds, 31, who two
years ago helped keep the Sac
ramento Pacific Coast -league
ball club in this city, died here
last night of pneumonia after
an illness of five weeks.
Edmonds, sports editor of the
Sacramento Union, was one of
the three men who successfully
staged a drive among the city's
"little people" for funds to re
lain the club's franchise. He for
merly worked for California
daily papers in San Jose, Ma
dera, Colusa, Pittsburg and Na
pa after attending San Jose
State college. He is survived by
his wife and 5-year-old son.
Eddie Mulligan
Signed by Seals
San Francisco, July 21 (U.R)
The signing of Eddie Mulligan,
veteran fielder and club owner,
as talent scout was announced
today by the San Francisco
Seals.
Mulligan held the franchise
of the Salt Lake City Pioneer
league until the war suspended
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Tigers' Tail
fBy tlie.As.sociated Press
Detroit's march to the Amcri
can league flag appears to have
hit a snag in the east where j
the injury-ridden Tigers have
won only three of nine and
dropped back toward the pack.
The distance from the leading
Bengals to the sixth-place dc-
fending champion St. Louis i
Browns is only 5'2 games to
day. Inconsistency continues to be
(he only consistent factor in the
pennant race with each club I
taking turns blowing hot and j
cold. After dropping two dou
bleheaders in succession, the
Washington Senators turned on
Detroit last night and dumped
them twice.
Cleveland, which has been
showing signs of life before hit
ting Philadelphia, was bumped
off in both games of a twi
light double by the Athletics,
while the Brownies, struggling
all year to stay even with the
.500 mark, turned Yankee kil
lers and beat New York two
games.
Six teams have won more
than they have lost and only
the ccllarite Athletics, 1712
tilts off the pace, are hopelessly
distanced.
Washington's twin pitching
stars, Dutch Leonard and Roger
Wolff, made life miserable for
the Tigers, who have been hit
ting an anemic .210 on the cur
rent jaunt. Leonard made a
one-run lead stand up from the
fourth inning, 4-3, with the help
of a fine relay throw to the
plate by Gil Torres, cutting off
the tying run. Wolff was in
control all the way, allowing
only four singles in a 3-1 tri
umph. Dizzy Trout, rejoining the
club after 12 days absence due
lo a back ailment, worked part
of the first tilt after Stubby
Overmire was routed. The Ti
gers worked a triple play with
out influencing the result of the
finale.
St. Louis gave the Yank a
taste of their own medicine
the home run in winning 4-3
and 3-2. Sig Jakucki and Boris
Martin each hit one into the
stands with a man on in the
opener off Al Gettel, and Milt
Byrnes clouted one lo help Al
Hollingsworth shade Floyd Bev
ens in the second.
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Tied by Chozen
Nashville, Tcnn., July
21 IIP) Harry Chozen, Mo
bile catcher, tied a 20-year-old
southern record
last night.
Against Nashville he
went hitless his first two
times at bat but got a
single to center field on
the third try.
That gave him hits in
46 consecutive games, a
record unequalled 'since
Johnny Bates of Nashville
ended such a hitting streak
two decades ago.
After his record hit, he
went to bat three more
times, getting another
single and a double.
Lefty Palmer
On Hill Sunday
Lefty Lee Palmer, the south
paw chucker, who limited Salem
high to two safe blows last
spring, will be on the mound
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at
Geo. E. Waters park when the
Salem American Legion juniors
meet the best Clackamas and
Multnomah county have in the
way of legion diamond perform
ers. Palmer hurled for Milwau
kie high school prior to the jun
ior campaign. Since he beat Sa
lem, however, the locals have
gained greatly in experience
and, at least a part of the time,
have indicated marked improve
ment at the plate.
The series which opens Sun
day will be the third in- which
the Capital post aggregation has
taken part. First they eliminated
Silverton, two out of three, and
then handed out a similar dose
to Forest Grove.
The combination which will
try to check the locals' winning
streak is considered equal to the
others, if not a bit superior.
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Dodson Shows
Best at St. Paul
By Walter Byers
St. Paul, Minn., July 21 (U.R)
Leonard Dodson, golf's swash
buckling "Clown Prince" of a
few years ago, has reformed.
He now is a deadly serious play
er, making him the man to beat
today as second round play gets
under way in the 72-hole St.
Paul open.
Dodson staged a story book
finish when he blazed a five
under par 67 over the Keller
Country club course yesterday
lo take a one-stroke lead on
the 110 man field and to show
that at long last he has become
a business man golfer.
Now 32, and a slim 150
pounds, the Kansas City, Mo.,
veteran has dropped the devil-may-care
clowning and betting
which made him the game's
merry-maker during 1941 when
he was a big money winner.
He played the rolling fair
ways and pin-sized greens for
keeps yesterday. Shooting the
tough putts, on which he ofVn
used to wager anything and
everything, Dodson played the
ball with a furrffWed-brow con
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