Skits and
Scratches
' By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
It may be that by the time
peace reigns over the globe,
members of the armed forces
stationed in Japan and those
quartered in Germany, may be
competing for the champion
ships of the world in a variety
of sports. In all probability sons
of Uncle Sam will be compell
ed to keep order In the countries
mentioned for a long period of
time and since G. I. Joes are
more content when they are be
ing entertained or taking part
In some sort of a program, plans
will be laid accordingly. The
brass hats have long since recog
nized the necessity for sponsor
ing a full time athletic project
and that's one reason why golf
balls, baseballs, bats, boxing
gloves and similar equipment
are a bit difficult for the aver
age citizen to lay hands on.
They're all going to the spots
where they will be needed most.
Jack Cuddy, one of the staff
of sports experts of the United
Press, is now touring Europe
where he is gaining first hand
information concerning what Is
being done to keep service men
athletically fit. Since there is
no point in consistant drilling,
arrangements have been made
to provide athletic contests. In
Rhelms Cuddy found a "quar
ter mile running track and cir
cular red brick boxing center,
"Le Cirque," where fights, are
held every Friday night, just as
at Madison Square Garden In
New York. The boxing pavil
lion seats about 3000 and the
service men have to take turns
to decide who shall get to go.
The facilities are a little more
commodious at the huge con
crete 'Stade Velodrome' where
as many as 90,000 can watch
motorcycle races, track meets
and football games."
Gene Tunney came out of the
last war heavyweight champion
ship of the A.E.F. and then
whipped Jack Dempsey to take
over the world's boxing throne.
In all probability the men who
will toss the better brand of
leather will get their introduc
tion to the squared circle while
stationed in Japan and Ger
many. And what is more natur
al that the champs of one
country would like to try their
luck against the others? With
air transportation capable of
moving hundreds of men across
vast distances in a few hours,
there's nothing to prevent them
from getting together. All It
will take is the okeh from the
higher ups.
Leo Edwards who has had ex
perience in virtually every de
partment of baseball player,
manager and umpire is enthus
iastic over the deal which turn
ed Geo. E. Waters park to the
Portland Beavers. He believes
It will be of mutual benefit to
Portland and Salem and will
stimulate interest in the pas
time in both communities. The
"farm" idea ras worked well
with the major clubs and it
should prove equally effective
with the Beavers. Judging by
news coming out of the state of
Washington interest in the West
ern International loop Is on the
upgrade and If financial back
ing can be found in proportion
to the amount of lip service now
In evidence the circuit should
blossom out next spring with at
least eight clubs involved. How
ever, it takes real money to
launch a club in class B base
ball and considerable more to
meet the payroll as the season
advances.
Bible Teams Play
Game of Softball
Mill City Intermediate Bible
school boys of both Scio and
Mill City Churches of Christ
played their first game of soft
ball Tuesday evening in Mill
City on the high school baseball
field.
The next game Is at Weasel
Flat school baseball field, this
coming Tuesday evening at 7:30
p.m.
Several players proved splen
did prospects for future teams.
The game ended when the "sun
slipped" behind the western
horizon.
It proved interesting for both
schools.
Lawson to Coach
Pre-riight Club
Moraga, Cal., Aug. 10, (U.B
Lt. James W. (Jim) Lawson,
Palo Alto, Calif., a former Stan
ford university football coach,
today was head coach at St.
Mary's pre-flight school here.
Lawson's appointment was
announced yesterday by Capt.
Clyde W. Ing, head of the pre
flight section.
Lawson, all-coast end In 1B22,
1822 and 1924, becama Stan-
Beaver Margin
Down to Six
IBr the Associated Press)
Seattle expanded its beach
head assault against Portland's
Pacific Coast league lead again
last night, trimming the Beavers
3-1 to cut their first place mar
gin to six games. The victory
gave the Rainiers a 2-0 series
edge and was a personal tri
umph for Hal Turpin, another
pitching old-timer, who bested
submariner Ad Liska, one of the
aces of Portland's potent mound
staff. '
The Rainiers, fighting hard to
stay in the race for the 1945
flag, have held the Beavers to
two runs and 10 hits in their
last two tilts. Portland scored
its lone tally off Turpin yester
day in the ninth after Liska had
given up three counters on 10
safeties.
San Francisco took unchal
lenged possession of fourth place
as Frankie Seward blanked the
Acorns 8-0 with a seven-hit job.
The win was the Seals' second
in three games between the two
clubs, which entered their series
deadlocked for the tail end of
the upper division. Third base
man Charley Peterson sparked
the attack against Oak hurler
Floyd Stromme with three hits
good for three runs.
Sacramento's Bud Beasley,
the circuit's leading pitcher, re
gistered his 11th triumph against
two defeats as the Solons deci
sioned the Padres 6-2. Beasley
was never in trouble as he scat
tered eight hits and held his op
ponents scoreless until the last
frame. The Solons broke the ice
in the third with an unearned
run, added two in the fifth, one
the seventh and two in the ninth.
Los Angeles made it three out
of four over its crosstown neigh
bor by beating the Stars 8-4
and moving four games in front
of the basement dwellers. Rip
Russell smashed out a 3-run
homer and Mel Hicks a 3-tally
double to highlight the Angels'
victory in which they made as
many runs as hits.
Seattle X Ab R B Portland 1 Ab R R
Oorbould ab 3 1 1 Shone cf 4 0 3
Patchett cf a 1 i Nunes ab 3 0 0
Mntheson rf 4 0 1 Younker lb 4 0 3
McDonald lb S 0 1 Demoree If 4 0 1
Dobbins si 3 0 0 Owen 3b 4 0 0
Aleno 3b 4 0 1 aulltc rf 3 0 0
Whipple If 3 0 1 O'Ncll &a 3 0 1
Sueme e 4 0 0 Adams 0 3 0 0
Turpin p ill Llaka p 300
LUccnessl "000
Harris 10 0
Sousa c 0 0 0
Mooty p 0 0 0
Enillsh 1 1 0
Totals 13 3 10 Total! 31 1 7
Ran for Adams In 3th.
"Batted for Liska in oth.
Batted lor Nunes In 9th.
Seattl 101 000 100 S 10 1
roruand ooo 000 0011 7 0
Errors, Sueme. Runs batted In. Mntheson
3. Patchett. Drmsree. 3-base hits. Pateh-
ett. Younker. Stolen bases, Patchett. Sac
rifices. Dobbins, Oorbould. Double plays.
Nunes to O'Nell to Younker. 3: Dobbins to
Oorbould to McDonald; Aleno to Oorbould
to McDonald: McDonald to Dobbins to Mc
Donald. Left on bases Seattle 8. Portland
4. Bases on balls, Liska 3. Turpin 1. Mooty
1. strike outs. Liska 4. Turpin 1. Mootr 1.
Earned runs. Liska 3, Turpin 1. Hits, off
Liska 10 In 3. Mootr 0 In 1. Loslna pitch
er Liska. Umpires. Edwards. Dempsey and
oohen. Time 1:30. Attendance 8300 esti
mated. San Francisco 150 110 0008 16 1
Oakland 000 000 0000 7 3
Seward &t Oirodowskl; stromme & Fen
cer,. Hollywood 000 004 0004 8 3
Los Anaeles 300 033 OOx 8 8 1
Wlllinms. Porter (A), Smith 8i & Hill;
Woodend. Adams (0) and Kreltner.
Sacramento 001 020 1020 U 1
San Diego 000 000 0022 8 2
Beasley & Schlueter: Knowlea, Trahd
t) e Balllniier.
The British government for
bade the Hudson's Bay company
to give liquor to the Indians.
ford's head coach in 1941 af
ter professional ball playing and
eight years as assistant coach
on the Palo Alto campus.
YtW ' ' '
& ' B5.
Fighters Mix It Up for Truman lP) President Truman and his
party are entertained by seamen scrappers at a "smoker" aboard
the cruiser Augusta en route back from the Potsdam conference.
Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes are the two at
the right end of the front row of spectators.
6 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, Aug. 10, 1945
Gallagher Boldly Predicts
Pennant for His Chicago Cubs
By Bill King
Boston, Aug. 10 Wl Standing on his rights as general manager,
Jimmy Gallagher boldly predicts that his Cubs will win the
National league pennant. ... "I haven't seen anybody who can
beat us out," he explains. "We've
got the best pitching in the
league and the most power." . . .
But Manager Charlie Grimm
continues to hedge. . . . "We're
not talking pennant yet," said
the banjo maestro. "Anything
can happen. Take the Tigers.
Last week they had a six-game
lead and today they're barely
hanging on." . . .
Watch Out Nelson
Fred Corcoran, visiting the
old homestead between tourna
ments, has tabbed three new
comers to big-time golf who will
LaMoffa, Basora
In Feature Bouf
New York, Aug. 10 U.R Jake
LaMotta of New York and Jose
Basora of Puerto Rico, the only
middleweights able to stand up
to Ray (Sugar) Robinson since
the Harlem negro turned pro,
are paired tonight in a 10
round feature bout at Madison
Square Garden.
It will mark the fourth meet
ing of LaMotta, the man with
the indestructible jaw and box
car right, and the fast Puerto
Rican who is a bobbing and
weaving specialist. They each
won a decision In their pre
vious bouts and one ended in
a draw.
LaMotta is the only man who
holds a decision over Robinson
although the latter was victor in
their three other meetings. Ba
sora held Robinson to a draw
and boasts a record of no de
feats during the past year.
Promoter Mike Jacobs office
said tonight's winner would get
another shot at Robinson, al
though LaMotta already is
matched with the negro clouter
for a bout in Cnicago next
month.
be pressing Byron Nelson very
soon. . . . They are Claude Har
mon, the Detroit pro who went
to the semi-finals in the recent
PGA championship, Virgil
Shreve of San Francisco, and
Jim Gauntt of Ardmore, Okla.
. . . Fred reports that Sammy
Snead's arm is fully rested and
he'll be out to snag Nelson's
string of 11 straight major ti
tles In next week's Memphis
tourney. : . . Fred has high
hopes of spotting next year's
PGA classic for one of the
greater Boston courses. . . .
Big Dough
Corcoran figures that h i s
pros are shooting for a total of
$500,000 this year and predicts
that they'll perform before a
half-million spectators before
winding up their 1945 program
in the northwest. . . . The pros
have raised more than $200,000
for veterans' rehabilitation
funds, the largest donation com
ing out of the PGA affair in
Dayton, which yielded $51,600.
Mother's Cooking!
Since he gained his army dis
charge last Sunday, Hughia Mul-
cahy, who came out 17 pounds
under his best pitching weight of
180, has packed on a pound a
day.
McBurnett Places
First, Golf Meet
Turning in a net of 32 after
he had carded a gross 36, Harry
McBurnett collected 22 points
in Thursday evening's roddles
play of the Salem Golf club to
take first place in the event.
Bud Waterman's 35, good for 21
points, was secorai, while Frank
Albrich placed third with his
20 1! markers. He had a net
of 33 V2 after blasting the course
with a gross 35.
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Detroit Picks
Up Jim Tobin
By Jack Hand
Detroit has a fourth front row
hurler to take a turn with Hal
Newhouser, Al Benton and Diz
zy Trdut today in flutterball
Jim Tobin who was waived out
of the national league in a
mystery case similar to La Af
faire Borawy.
While the other national
league clubs turned up their
noses on Tobin at a $7500 tick
et, the Boston Braves waived
him out of the league and into
the American where the Tigers
were eager customers at an un
announced price.
Although Tobin's current rec
ord of 9 won and 14 lost is far
below his 1944 standard when
he captured the nation's imag
ination with a pair of no-hit
games, the capable righthander
should be a terrific lift to the
Bengals whose vital need has
been pitching depth.
The Tigers picked up a dura
ble relief artist in George Cas
ter, formerly of the St. Louis
Browns, earlier in the week.
With Caster in the bull pen,
Steve O'Nell now should be able
to take his regulars off fireman
duty.
Trout went the route for the
second time In a month yester
day and, although he parceled
out 10 hits to Boston In an 11-5
triumph, his performance must
have been encouraging to O'
Neil. Rudy York also showed en
couraging signs of striking his
customary August home run
pace by bashing two into the
stands in successive innings off
Emmet O'Neil and Clem Haus
mann. Washington stuck within one
game of the Bengals by turning
the tables on Chicago's upstart
White Sox, 7-2. Mickey Haef
ner coasted home an easy, win
ner as his mates belabored Bill
Dietrich and Johnny Johnson
for 14 blows.
Joe McCarthy's return to the
helm of his New York Yank
ees struck an auspicious note
as Red Ruffing trimmed Cleve
land, 3-2 for his third straight
since returning to civilian life.
Al Hollingsworth of St. Louis
left-handed the Athletics into
submission with three hits, 1-0,
beating Bobo Newsom in the
only night game.
The St. Louis Cards moved to
within 5'4 games of first place
Chicago by whipping New York,
5-3, while the Cubs were bow
ing to an old teammate, Bill
Lee of the Boston Braves, 7-3.
Meet Bill Salkeld, the Pitts
burgh Pirates' candidate for
rookie-of-the-year honors. The
28-year-old native of Pocatello,
Idaho was bought from the San
Diego club last year after big
time scouts pronounced him the
best catching prospect on the
Pacific coast.
dinger Holds
Swimming Meet
Ohnger playground held its
annual swimming meet Thurs
day afternoon, with Tom Dry
nan in charge, with boys and
girls participating with the fol
lowing results:
Boy ovr U Breast stroke, lroy Hew
lett, time .39.5. Back stroke. Urojr Hew
lett. :32.2. Free style. Hewlett and Jim
Stewart, :34.3. Divim Dunne Andresen
and Leroy Hewlett.
Girls under 13 Breast stroke. Nellie
Cooney and Myrna Jean Boyce. Free style,
Suzanne Hendrie and Call Lee Cltne.
Girls over H Breast stroke. Pat Pow
ell. Delia Saabye and Nancy Warnlckrr.
Back stroke. Delia Smby and Pat Powell.
Free style, Nancy Warnlcker, Delia Bnab
ye and Joan Johnson. Dlvinii. PhI Powell.
Boys under 12 Breast stroke. Melvln
Covin, Robert Wilkinson. Gary Campbell,
time :16.6. Back stroke Dennis Garland.
Rich Edlmton. Melvin Govls, :12.5. Free
style. Buzzy Covalt, Melvin Gov In, Robert
Wilkinson. :08.2. Diving, jonn union,
Gary Campbell, Buzzy Covalt.
Boys 13-14 Breast stroke, Darrel Lawr
enre. Don BiDDond. Buddy Duval: time
:33.5. Back &troke. Clay Rambo. Darrel
Lawrence. :29.5. Free style. Don Rippona.
Buddy Duval. Jack Forreatal. :34.3. Div
ing. Budy Duval. Don Rlppond, Darrel
Lawrence.
PeeWee Circuit
Ends 3 Way Tie
With Pitcher Steckley hold
ing the opposition to one lone
some blow, Olinger defeated
Hollywood, 10 to 2 in the last
regular contest of the Pee wee
baseball league Friday evening.
Parrish, Olinger and Capitola
are tied for first place and
games to decide the issue will
be played next Monday and
Wednesday evenings. Parrish
and Olinger will meet first with
the winner taking on Capitola.
Olinger 10 6 1
Hollywood 2 1 7
Steckley and Oakes; Ryland
and Bower.
Huoe Stadium
In U. S. Hands
By Jack Cuddy
Nuernberg, Aug. 10 U.R) The
cream of the American athletes
in the European theater take
over today in the big nazi sta
dium that was built to glorify
the muscle men of the "master
race."'
There isn't anything domi
neering or superior in the array
of G. I.'s, who will be using the
same fighting hearts in the fi
nals of the European track and
field championships that they
had in the long hard battle
to stamp out nazism.
There is so much of this sta
dium that the servicemen will
need only an portion of it to put
on their show in the same set
ting where on occasion as many
as 150,000 rabid nazis attended
pageants and demonstrations.
The size of this world's larg
est sports and pageantry coli
seum can be appreciated by
watching the various service
man baseball teams at work out
on their big diamond, which
occupies about one fifth of the
arena inside even though the
foul line fences are 325 feet
away and the center field depth
is 400 feet. '
Nearby is the "old stadium"
where most of the track work
outs have been held on the field
which received the international
gold medal in 1934 as the most
beautiful athletic facility in the
world.
The stadium is just outside
Nuernberg, the most rabid of all
the nazi cities and home of
Julius Streicher, the "Jew bait
er." The city, nearly destroyed by
allied bombing attacks, has only
the half-levelled Grand hotel
to quarter officers' mess and
visitors.
Hermann Goering and other
nazi biggies used to occupy the
Grand hotel. American sol
diers now stroll through the
lobbies and along the sidewalks
that bound it, scowling at the
sullen native men but smiling
at the frauleins who appear to
be delighted that fraternizing is
now permitted.
The G. I.'s can't understand
why Uncle Sam keeps them in
Nuernberg to supervise the re
building of the city.
"Let these so-and-so's rebuild
their own city and send us
home," is a typical comment.
The open air parliament of
the Isle of Man can be traced
back to the Dark Ages, when
the Norse invaders conquered
the island in the ninth century.
Standings
Paelfle Coast Leaaua
W L Pet.
Portland 83 8 .831 Oaklan
Seattle 76 54 .SBS San Dleio
Sacram'to 70 A3 .536 L. Anaeles
San Fran 08 07 .490 Hollywood
Results Thursday
Snn Francisco 0. Oakland 0,
Seattle 3. Portland 1.
Los Angeles II, Hollywood 4.
Sacramento 6. San Diego 2.
American Leaaue
W L Pet.
Detroit 88 43 .571 Cleveland
Wash' ton 56 43 .581 Boston
New York 51 44 .537 St. Louis
Chicago 51 48 .515 Phi laden a
Results Thursday
St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0.
Detroit 11. Boston 5.
Washington 7. Chicago 7.
New York 3. Cleveland 2.
National League
W L Pet.
Chicago 85 35 .650 Plttaburch
St. Louis 61 43 .593 Boston
Brooklyn 58 43 .574 Cincinnati
New York 54 49 .534 Phlladel'la
Reiulla Thursday
Cincinnati 3-1. Brooklyn 9-.
St. Louis 5, New York 3.
Boston 7, Chicago 3.
Pittsburgh, 3. Philadelphia 1.
W L Pet.
5 68 .489
81 74 .453
57 76 .439
53 B0 .398
W L Pet.
49 49 .500
49 61 .490
40 60 .479
33 68 .344
W L Pet
63 51 .510
47 57 .463
43 66 .434
71 7.6 .986
C-B Club Wins
2nd Half Flag
Clough-Barrick and Elfstroms
will play a two-out-of-three
game series next week to deter
mine the championship of the
class B division, junior baseball
league. This was determined last !
evening when the CeeBee aggre
gation nosed Yeater's 7-5 to take
the second half crown.
Eventual winners in Thurs
day evening's contest held a 5-0
lead at the start of the second
half of the third but Yeater's
managed to pull up even at the
conclusion of the fourth. Then
the Ceebees pushed over a pair
of tallies in the fifth to cinch
matters. Yates, third basem
for Clough-Barrick, hit threa
for three.
Yeaters R Ab R H C-Barrlek t Al 1 I
Oortzen lb 3 0 0 Cobb U 4 0 1
Coonty 3b 3 0 1 Hettsel as til
Callahan 2b 3 0 0 Parnum lb 3 3 1
Davis e 3 0 1 Rock f 3 3 0
Houck If 3 0 1 Taylor e 3 0 0
Erlckson rf 3 1 1 Yates 3b 3 3 3
Zeller cf 3 3 1 Meyers cf 3 0 1
Arnold as 110 Shaff rf 10 1
Sodeman p 3 1 3 Romlne 3b 10 0
Totals 33 I T Totals 33 1
Clouah-Barrlck 203 037 2
Yeaters 003 200 1 t
Errors. Davis. Arnold, Cooney, Taylor.
Hensel. Runs batted In, Parnum, Yates 3.
Meyera 3. Cooney 2. Callahan. Zeller.
Passed ball. Taylor 1. Davis 1. Wild pitch,
Sodeman. 3-base hits. Hensel. Erlckson.
Stolen bases. Parnum. Cobb 3. Yates. Sac
rifices. Taylor, Romlne. Double playa,
Davis to Ooertsen. Hit by plther, by So
deman 3. Bases on balls, off Rock 1,
Sodeman 2. Htrlke outs. Rock 0, fiodemta
4. Umpires, Zeller and Lebold.
Londos Father
Of Second Child
Los Angeles, Aug. 10, (U.R)
Mrs. Jim Londos, . wife of the
veteran heavyweight wrestling
champion, yesterday gave birth
to her second daughter, Joan
Demitra.
xne omcr gin, uiana, is.io. .
months old.
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