Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capita Journal Sports Editor
i Coach Ralph Caley of the
Eagles loses his regular catcher,
and Coach Walt Lebold ol May
flower will have Winston Cobb
back in the infield for the junior
title series which get under way
at Waters park next Sunday af
ternoon. This situation may not
favor the Mayflower squad as
much as it sounds, since a num
ber of fans believe Bill Ready,
the kid who smacked out a de
cisive three-bagger last Sunday
in the role of pinch hitter, is
just about as good behind the
plate as his predecessor. Dean
Hagedorn, regular Eagles re
ceiver, is definitely on his way
to the navy, according to Coach
Caley and his departure means
quite a hole in the potential
batting strength of the club since
his average at the time of his
departure was .429, a mark lop
ped only by Tom Bartlett, first
sacker, who has registered an
even .500.
;
J Winston Cobb, the Milkers'
regular shortstop, who had been
dividing his time between Salem
and eastern Oregon, came back
this week with the announce
ment that the hay season was
over so far as he is concerned.
The hot weather of the country
east of the Cascades was a bit
too much for him. His availabil
ity means that Coach Lebold
Will be able to place Frank Os
borne in the outfield where he
is at his best. There isn't too
much difference in the individ
ual batting strength of the two
clubs, although the Eagles ap
pear to be a bit stronger In this
department, It should be a good
aeries.
"The hoary tradition that our
pioneer fathers fattened on
abundant game that once roam
ed the pristine forests may be
filed away in the same category
as that one about the ostrich
hiding his head in the sand,"
concluded Harold Titus, author
ity on outdoor life, in a booklet
"Timber and Game-Twin Crops."
As far as the forests are con
cerned the author may be right,
but most certainly the Indians
and the whites who drove them
out of the country had the ad
vantage over present day hunt
ers in the matter of buffalo.
Titus declares that America's
great, dense forests were "bio
logical deserts" and that many
a keen-eyed frontiersman would
have starved to death if he had
relied upon deer and other game
he shot. Far from a dearth of
game compared with lush days
of old, Titus says that today's
nimrod, in many areas, has more
and better game to hunt than his
father. It's all a matter of what
Titus calls "edge."
. The early settler "found wild
turkey, grouse and deer just
where the sportsman finds them
today and no doubt always will
find them: along and near the
forest edge, in and about wood
land openings supplied by na
ture marshes intruding on tree
associations, glacial formations,
or where clearings created by
lightning remained in grass and
acrub. Many animal species had
to have forests to survive, ma
ture and multiply, but these cre
atures needed openings along
with the forests, or they faded
from the picture. Thus the am
ount and type of edge is a de
termining factor in game abund
ance. Birds and mammals, like
other life forms, must have
more than food and shelter to
remain healthv and propagate."
J Titus sees a striking; parallel
'between modern forest practices
and game management, "If
'forest is let alone by man and
manages to escape the menaces
of wind, fire, pests and disease,
its individual trees mature, die
and fall without serving any
purpose other than enhancing
the landscape, Important but
not always paramount. A forest,
then, to serve man best must be
cut." Titus puts up a pretty good
case for the American Forest
Products, Inc., In his booklet
and his conclusions are probably
right. But what the average citi
zen, the follow who likes the
forests, as well as the "edges,"
would like to see is a condition
where fires like the one that has
been raging In Tillamook county
'for a month, would be eliminat
ed entirely. Without a doubt the
Tillamook fire was started eith
er through carclcssnes or ne
glect. Selective logging may be
the answer. If so we're all for it.
Plans to Promote
Bull Fights, N. Y.
Darosa, Spain, Aug. 9 U.R)
'Sidney Franklin of Brooklyn is
going home soon to promote a
.series of 48 bull fights in New
'Yqrk's Madison Square Garden,
he insisted today after his ar
rival from Lisbon, Portugal. He
didn't say how he expected to
'circumvent law hull.
8 Jighting in the United States.
Chicago White
Sox Looking up
By Jack Hand
Jimmy Dykes must have tired
of hearing folks crosstown rave
about the pennant-bound Chi
cago Cubs and decided to go
looking for a piece of that
world series cash for his White
Sox.
Facing the two toughest clubs
in the league. Detroit and Wash
ington, at the home lot, the
Pale Hose have knocked them
out six of seven and pulled 'to
within a half game of the third
place New York Yankees. They
are only 41- lengths back of
the front-runninR Tigers.
Only the Philadelphia A's. 21
games behind, are entirely out
of the American league race, so
it's quite possible for Chicago
to be an important factor in
the closing weeks.
Nobody gave Dykes' lads a
tumble in the spring but they
hopped away to a running start
and were out front until they
ran into a bad case of the jit
ters in the Yankee stadium in
late May.
Everybody figured the Sox
had shot their bolt and would
be content to graze in their
usual lower class stall. But
they have managed to hover
close to the first division and
now threaten again.
Since returning to Comiskey
park after a month-long road
trip, the Giant-killing Sox have
hit .333 as a club while taking
five of six from Detroit and
the series opener from Washing
ton. Until last night there was
only one .300 hitler in the
bunch, Tony Cuccinello. and
he's not playing. The Sox new
comer to the .300 select circle
is Oris Hockett.
Earl Caldwell, a 40-year-old
added starter, is one big reason
for the Sox's rise. Although
the Texan has won only five
games, he has copped all of
them at night when his break
ing stuff is most effective. Last
night he stopped Washington,
7-3, just when the Senators had
a chance to tie for (he lead.
With Oris Hockett banging
out five hits for a perfect night,
the Sox swatted Marino Pieretti
and Wally Holdborow for 18
safeties to ease Caldwell home,
an easy winner after a rocky
start. A banner crowd of 34,
647 watched the contest.
Major League
Leaders
(By the AMOclatcd Pretw)
National I.tmrua
Bnltlnr Holm, BfMton, .38"; Cavaret
ta. CiilcflKo, .3fi3.
Runji Holmes 93: Riven. Brooklyn. 84.
Runs batti-d in Walker, Brooklyn. 9t:
Olmo. Brooklyn, and Adams. 3t. Louis, ftfl
Home runs Workman 13. Holmes 17,
both Boston.
Stolen ba Schoendieiwt, St. LouU.
lfl: Clay. Cincinnati, 15.
Ptlchlnt PaMteau, Chicano. 12-4; and
M. Cooper, Boston, 9-3. .750.
American Leaiu
Batlinit Cucrinello. Chicago. .339;
Stlrnweis. New York. .313.
Rum Stirnwelu SB; Stephen, St. Lou
ts, (11.
Rum batld In Ktten, N.Y., 93; R.
Johnson. Boa ton, AO.
Home run flienheni 15. R. Johnson 13.
Stolen bates iMyatt 33, Cue 31. both
Of Washington.
Pitchint Benton. Detroit, 11-2 .148;
Ferrle-i, Boston. 18-A 783.
Future Uncertain
For Pro Gridmen
Washington, Aug. fl (IP) Pro
fessional football went ahead
today with original training
plans even though the ODT "dis
approved" 13 non-championship
games in September.
Elmer Layden, National lea
gue commissioner, "feeling
much better" about the situa
tion, told a reporter that "we
have to go right ahead and get
the boys in shape." His attitude
was that the games have "not
been called off" by the ODT
stand.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, ODT
director, said in announcing dis
approval of the non-championship
games, that he would be
willing lo "re-examine the ques
tion" prior to the scheduled
dates "in the light of the then
existing transportation situa.
tion."
Capitola Noses
Parrish, 4 to 3
By a score of 4 to 3 the Capi
tola team of the Pee Wee base
ball league nosed Parrish Wed
nesday evening. Capitola won in
spite of the fact that they got
but a single hit off Ed Brunelle.
Parrish chucker. The losers
touched R. Iverson for nine safe
binglcs, including a home run
by Brunelle.
Parrish 3 9 1 Brun.llf ft Mutr.
Cipltoli 4 10 R. lvrrson A D. Ivfraon.
fi Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Aug. 9, 1945
Charlie Erb Plays Pied Piper
Capturing Jap Tinian Island
By Lisle Shoemaker
Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 9 U.R) Armed only with logic. Major
Charlie Erb of Los Angeles, one of California's greatest football
players, risked his life a hundred times to capture 417 Japanese
holdouts on Tinian island, it
was disclosed today.
McCarthy on Way
To Rejoin Yanks
Buffalo, N. Y. Aug. 9 '
OJ.Ri Yankee Manager Joe
McCarthy, who says he
never had any intention of
quitting his job, was on
his way today to rejoin
the club In its series with
the Indians at Cleveland.
McCarthy, who was un
der a doctor's care at his
home near here for more
than two weeks, said that
he made the decision to
return yesterday after a
visit with Yankee Presi
dent Larry MacPhail.
"I never had any in
tention of quitting, al
though when I came home
I was pretty well all In,"
he said. '
McCarthy, a S35.000 a
year pilot, admitted that
he had submitted his re
signation to MacPhail be
fore leaving New York to
come here, but said Mac
Phail refused to accept it.
Aquatic Stars
In AAU Meet
Akron, Ohio, Aug. 9 (IP) The
opening gun of the 1945 men's
senior AAU swimming and div
ing championships and the na
tional women's AAU junior
championships sounds at 3 p.m.
for qualifying heats today.
More than 130 aquatic stars
from 16 states, Mexico and Can
ada will splash through the two
day program in the big 100
meter pool at nearby Cuyahoga
Falls. The meeting proper opens
tomorrow afternoon with heats
in the men's 200-meter free style
and 300-meter medley relay and
qualifying rounds for spring
board diving. Finals in these
events will be held tomorrow
night.
Stars of all the services, in
cluding an 11-man team from
Great Lakes, a team from Cana
day's Camp Chikopi, and four
Mexican swimmers and divers
were included among entries.
Among the universities repre
sented are Ohio State, Michigan
State, Indiana, Purdue and No
tre Dame.
Charlie played Pied Piper to
a collection of Hirohito's ma
rooned fighting men. Assisted
by a ferocious-looking Japanese
nick-named "Toughie," he used
sound reasoning and unanswer
able arguments to pluck be
draggled enemies from the hill
side hideouts.
Maj. Erb's experiences start
ed on March 8 of this year when
three souvenir-hunting seabees
were fired upon by Japanese.
The marines and army men then
surrounded the mouth of a cave
in a rugged terrain and attempt
ed to get them out by an inter
preter on a loudspeaker but
failed.
Finally, after five days, five
cases of dynamite were set off
jiear the mouth of the cave.
jNext morning 10 shocked 'and
: bruised Japanese came out, led
i by the most cold-hearted look
i ing enemy soldier ever taken
' prisoner on that island. Erb
sent the others away and took
personal charge of the leader,
whom he nicknamed "Toughie."
"I don't know whether I
should tell you, but I know
where there are eight more
Japanese," the prisoner told Erb.
Charlie baited the questioning
there, took "Toughie" to his
own quarters, gave him a lux
ury shower and shave, then he
took him to a doctor for medi
cal treatment, gave him a bot
tle of beer and a hearty, hot
meal. That turned the trick.
The next morning the Jap
volunteered to go back and tell
of the fine treatment he had
received and to bring back the
others. So Charlie sent him back
unarmed, accompanied by an in
terpreter. Soon Toughie reappeared
with eight Japanese whom he
had convinced. Another try
brought five and all told his
efforts resulted in bring in 109
prisoners of war.
Packers Observe
25th Anniversary
Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 9 VP)
A tiny David among the big city
football Goliaths as population
goes, Green Bay, and its profes
sional football champion Pack
ers, nonetheless has been the
most consistent winner si,nce the
National football league was or
ganized in 1921.
Today the Packers open prac
tice for their game with the
college all-stars at Soldier field
in Chicago, August 30. Tonight
the Packers and the community
of 46,000 that owns them, cele
brated their silver anniversary
at a banquet. Earl L. (Curly)
Lambcau organized the Packers,
played with them and has coach
ed them since they were a barn
storming bunch back in 1919.
Upsets Scarce in
Rye Tennis Meet
Rye, N.Y., Aug. 9, U.R There
was hardly an upset to be found
today in the 19th annual east
ern grass court tennis champ
ionships after a first round in
which favorites won about as
they pleased.
Defending Champions Billy
Talbert of Wilmington, Del., In
the men's division and Louise
Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
in the women's led seeded play
ers into the second round.
Talbert takes on J. Gilbert
Hall of New York and Miss
Brough opposed Gertrude Mor
an of Santa Monica, Calif., to
day in the feature second round
matches.
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Fischer Bombs 1
Beavers, 6 to 1
By Paul Wells
Carl Fischer, an aging vet
eran of the baseball wars,
dropped his personal bomb on
the Portland Beavers last night,
beating the Pacific coast league
leaders 6-1 to move the Seattle
Rainiers within seven games to
the top.
The 40-year-old Southpaw
limited the pacesetters to three
stingy hits in a mound duel
with Roy Helser, one of the
Beavers' most effective hurlers.
The victory was Fischer's 15th
of the year.
Third-place Sacramento again
pulled four games in front of
nearest competition as Guy
Fletcher, the Solon's ace right
hander, shaded the San Diego
Padres 5-4 for his 18th triumph.
Oakland dropped back into
a tie with San Francisco for
fourth after losing to the Seals
12-11 in' a loosely played con
test. Hollywood and Los An
geles completed the day's sched
ule by splitting an afternoon
doubleheader, the Angels win
ning the opener 5-2 and the
Stars the nightcap 4-3.
Seattle jumped on Helser for
two tallies in the fourth to wipe
out the one-run deficit, added
another in the fifth and then
completed his downfall with
three In the ninth. Seattle's
second baseman, Bob Gorbould,
had a perfect four-for-four per
formance.
Sacramento squeezed out its
5-4 win over San Diego b y
scoring once in the first of the
ninth after the two teams had
been deadlocked since the sixth
inning. The run, gained off
Reliefer Vic Trahd, was unearn
ed. Seattla 040 210 0030 13 1
Portland 001 000 0001 I 3
Fischer is Sueme: Helser & Adams.
Sacramento 102 010 001 fi 7 1
San Diago 000 103 000 4 6 1
- Fletcher. McCarthy (91 k Bchluetcr;
Brillheart. Trahd (71 tz Ballimer.
San Francuco 150 000 051 12 12 2
Oakland 010 400 00011 14 2
Barthelson, piercer (01 & Sprlnr: Gil
more. Lntz (S), A. Ralmondi (8) At W.
Baimondl.
Holl7trood ...t 000 000 0112 S 1
Los AilselM 012 000 02X 5 7 0
Smith At Hill: Lammera ir. Kreltner.
Hollywood 000 004 04 7 2
Lor Anseles 300 000 13 S 1
Kimball At Hill; Cornelias, Merkle ) At
. Greene.
Softball Squad
Named by Schwartz
Sixteen players and managers
will represent Salem in the
forthcoming softball tournament
sponsored by the Portland re
creational organization sche
duled for next week. This group
will be directed by Bob Sch
wartz, Sr., and Walt Lebold as
assistant manager. No announ
cement has been made as yet
concerning the time the. Salem
club will play its first game.
The personnel of the team in
cludes Percy Crofoot, Bob
Knight, Lu Singer, Kenneth
Manning, Allen Schwartz, Bob
Schwartz, Jr., George Scales,
Norman Nellis, Ken Filsinger,
Warren Valdez. Ed Weisner,
Del Campbell, Tom Zeller and
Bud Craig.
Wilson Sustains
Skull Fracture
Detroit, Aug. 9 (U,R) Ford hos
pital attendants today reported
Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Wil
son "doing nicely" after under
going an operation for a skull
fracture which he sustained in
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Standings
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49 50 .
45 50 .
Pacific Cot Lcxtiit
W L Pet. W L
Portland 82 47 .936 San Fran 5
Seattle 75 54 ..Ml Ban Dleio 81 73
Sacram'to fl 63 .523 L. Anzeli 58 70
Oakland 65 67 .4S2 Hollywood .53 IB
EmuIIi Wednesday
Loji Anttlci 5-3. Hollywood 3-4.
San Franc!.ico 12. Oakland H.
Seattle 6. Portland 1
Sacrtnunto 5. San Dieio 4.
American Lcarue
W h Pet.
Detroit 56 42 .567 Cleveland
Wash' ton 54 43 .557 Boston
New York 50 44 .532 St. Louis
Chicaio 50 47 .520 Phlladel'la 33 63
Result Wedneidar
Detroit 5-1. Boston 1-7.
Cleveland 1. New York 0.
Ch.caxo 7. Wuhlniion 1.
Philadelphia 9. St. LouU 4.
National Lea rue
W L Pet W L
Chlcato 65 34 .657 P.tUburth 52 51
S:. Louii 60 42 .588 Boston 46 57
Brooklyn 56 43 .566 Cincinnati 43 54
New York 54 48 .529 Philadel'ia 27 74
Result! Wednesday
Chicaso 5-3. Boston 3-2.
St. LouU 3, New York 6.
Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 0.
PitteburKh 4-0. Philadelphia, 8-5.
Muslin was Imported into
England from India in the late
1600's.
yesterday's Detroit-Boston game.
Wilson was felled by a smash
ing liner off the bat of Tiger
Hank Greenberg in the 10th
inning of the game. He was car
ried unconscious off the field,
but revived shortly after his ar
rival at the hospital.
Attendants said Wilson would
not be back in the lineup for
at least two weeks.
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Finale in Class
B Diamond Play
The Yeater and Clough-Bar-rick
clubs of the junior baseball
loop's class B organization meet
at Leslie field at 6:15 Thursday
evening in the concluding game
of the regular schedule. A win
for the Ceebees means the sec
ond half pennant for that outfit,
A Yeater victory would throw
the second half into a three-way
tie with West Salem Lions shar
ing the spoils. Elfcstrom's club
won the first half pennant.
Titan Hanover
Wins Easily
By Orlo Robertson
Goshen, N. Y., Aug. 8, OP)
The three year old trotting
championship, labelled months
ago for delivery to Titan Han
over, today is in possession of
that little bay colt that E. Rol
and Harriman and Major El-
bridge T. Gerry took out of
the yearling sales two years ago
for $3,000.
Titan Hanover, a son of Cal
umet Chuck foaled on Lawr
ence Sheppard's Hanover Pa.,
shoe farm, erased any doubt
as to his right to the title yes
terday when he won the $51,
046.96 Hambletonian from 18
rivals the largest field in the
history of the corn tassle der
by. The champion had to be good
to win the first heat since he
scored from the second tier of
the unwieldly field. But under
the expert guidance of 42-year-old
Harry Pownall he bounded
into fourth place inside of the
first eight of a mile, trailed
past the half-mile post and then
swung into command to win
in 2:0474.
With the advance of the pole
position in the second brush,
Pownall took the smooth-riding
horse to the front and never
was headed as he trotted the
mile in 2.04. Axomite, owned
by Octave Blake of Plainfield,
Taft Chamber to
Present Program
The Taft chamber of
commerce will provide the
program Thursday eve
ning during a meeting to
be held at the Salem
chamber in the Interest of
development of the Siletz
river and harbor. This de
velopment program, which
has been under way for
some time, is In the In
terest of recreation and
commerce. The general
public will be welcome to
attend and see the motion
pictures of ateelhead and
salmon fishing. The meet
ing has been called for
7:30 and Howard Maple,
chairman of the Salem
chamber's recreational and
wild life committee, has
been working with the lo
cal chapter of the Iiaak
Walton league in creating
interest in the project.
Vancouver Defeated
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 9, (IP)
First place in the senior cify
league was taken over by the
Bellingham Bells last night as
they defeated the Vancouver
Arnold and Quickly baseball
team 11 to 8.
N. J., wound up second In the
first heat, beaten a length, and
Lt. Col. Dunbar Bostwick's Kim
berly Hanover took over the
runner-up spot in the second,
three lengths back.
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