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Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editor Some of the boys who are as strong for the Portland Beavers as the residents of the metrop olis, sort of smelled a rat as they sat through Sunday's double bill out at the Vaughn street park of the "Lucky Beav ers." Aforesaid rat was what they termed lack of pep, hustle and a tendency to rest on their heels and stay there regardless of what occurred. A losing ball club seldom looks good to its most ardent admirers and the Portland Beavers probably are no exception. It may be Bill Klepper's boys felt that their six and a half game lead was sufficient to permit a bit of coasting and of course, as a few suggest, there may have been club house argument or two. But Just let Marv Owen's club win a couple and all will be for given until the next time. Will softball become as pnpu lar in Salem within the next few years as it was during the time when state tournaments were drawing .capacity throngs at Sweetland field? There's a pos sibility that it will, although fa cilities will have to be construct ed and lights will be Imperative. Softball .as .a recreational .or playground activity can get along on a daylight basis, when the game becomes semi-professional as was the case during the height of the boom In Salem, It takes Illumination to make It pay. Some of the local enthusi asts are not too strong for a Softball ark In Bush pasture, since It's a bit difficult to make an admission charge. However, It has been done as witness the setup at Corvallis where the program operates exclusively on a charge basis. .In any event when the time comes to blue print Bush park Softball should nave a representative sitting in on the conference of minds. Associated Oil, the concern that has sponsored football broadcasts down through the years, has a film library too, although few people have heard about it. The films include mo tion pictures of such contests as the Shrine East-West game of 1945, Washington Redskins vs. Army All Stars and similar high spots of gridiron warfare. Prom ised for early release is a pow erful, action-packed film of last season's slugfest between Army and Navy. These pictures are available for public showing and groups interested should contact local agents of Associated. No more baseball eamps at Bear Mountain In the Catskills or other spots north of the Mason-Dixon line and the boys who have difficulty in getting the old soup bones warmed np will cheer at the prospect of the re sumption of their annual March sojourns In Florida, California and other climes where spring training Is more to their liking. A few managers put out Infor mation that spring training was little different along the Hud son, In . southern Indiana or Beaumont, Texas, but we have a hunch all will be perfectly satisfied to return to their old haunts. Beaver Slump Bears Watching By Paul Wells 'Associated Preat Sporta Writer) ' With five weeks remaining In the Pacific Coast Baseball league season, the big question ' is whether the "old man" of the front-running Portland Beavers can stand the pace of a stretch drive. For the first time this year the Beavers have shown signs of a genuine slump, having had to go all out to gain a 4-4 se ries split with the Oakland Acorns last week after drop ping aS-2 engagement with the second-place Seattle Rainiers. Tonight they open a home stand against the Los Angeles Angels which may prove whether their lineup of veterans is cracking. Seattle, four and a half games off the pace, faces a tartar in the vastly-improved Oakland Acorns, who are battling to wind up in the first division and a chance at the governor's play off pelf. The Rainiers edged the Angels 4-3 last week and are still definitely in the pen nant race. Their skipper, Bill Skiff, forecast three weeks ago that they would displace the Beavers before the end of the season. Portland's decline can be traced to the game more than a week ago in which Don Pul ford, its star hurler, suffered a unique injury. In some man ner he strained the shoulder of his pitching arm so that two fingers of his right hand were virtually paralyzed, impairing his effectiveness. Both the Beavers and Rain iers play at home this week, after which they will go on the road for two weeks before con cluding the season in two-week home series. San Francisco, fighting to stave off Oakland's threat to its first division spot, tangles with the third-place Sacramento Sol ons this week. Standinpa National Learnt) W L Pel. W Otitew 74 SO .5S Plttaburth fll St. Loull B 41 .885 BtMton S4 Brooklyn 51 .353 Cincinnati 45 New York 63 54 .538 Philadel ii, 34 Result Monday Bt. Louis 2. Boston 0. Pittsburih 11. Brooklyn !. Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati t. New York 9, Chicago . American Leatrae W L Pet. W 65 41 .560 St. Loull 81 64 40 .566 New York M 8D 53 .937 Boston S3 58 54 .SIR Phlladel'ifc 35 Qamea Monday Detroit 4-4, Philadelphia 0-1. Washington 6-7. Cleveland 0-0. New York 4. Chlcato 1. St. Lout 10. Boston 6. Detroit Wash' ton Chicago Cleveland L Pet. 58 .513 65 .454 66 .396 II .396 L Pet. 53 .318 64 .500 61 .465 74 .331 Major League Leaders (By the Aaaoctated Preaa) National Laua Battlna Holmei, Boston, .391! Oavar etta, Chlcnao, .363. Run Holmea 108: Rostn. Brooklyn, 94- Rum batted In Walker 91. Olmo 97, both ol Brooklyn. Home runs Holmaa 34, Workman 19, both of Boston. Stolen bass Schoend lens t, St. Louts. 31: Barrett Pit tabu rah. 17. Pitching Passeau, Chicago, 14-4 .778, Wyae. Chicago. 16-1 .730. American Leant Battlm Cucclnello, Chlcato, .183; Case. Washington, .316. Runs StirnweisB, New York, 74; Steph ens, St. Louis, 71. Runs batted In Ftten, New York, 13; Binks, Washington. 11, Home runs Stepheni. St. Louis, 18; R. .Johnson. Boston, Cullenblne of Detroit. Seerey of Cleveland. 13. Stolen bwes Alyatt, Washington, 34; Caje, Washington, 31. Pitching Ferrlss. Boston. 19-6 .160; Newhouier, Detroit. 30-7 .141. 6 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, August 21. 1945 Jeff Cravath Warns Trojans Will be Tough for All Comers By Jack Lerner Los Angeles, Aug. 20 (U.R) Ordinarily, when a football coach watches his team receipt for a seven touchdown pasting during the course of an afternoon scrimmage, you wouldn't expect him to be bubbling over with enthu siasm. But, not so with Jef ferson Cravath, the far-famed University of Southern Califor nia grid boss. Instead of reaching for the nearest Bromo-Seltzer, after his charges had visibly taken it on the chin at the expense of the behemoth Fourth air force squad, Cravath warned that his team would take a back seat to no one after the curtain rises on their 1945 season September 22. "We're ragged now, but just wait. We may not be too hot in the first two or three games after the season starts next month, but after that we're go ing to be pretty tough for any college or service team to han dle." And the wily Jeff should know whereof he speaks, having held a monopoly on the Rose Bowl classic for the past two years, and looking forward eagerly to a third term. The apple of Cravath's eye is rugged Jim Callanan, another one of the famous Callanan brothers of whom Jeff seems to have at least one per season. Captain Callanan looks like money in the bank, probably the best defensive end of the coast. Jack Nichols, although a new hand at the grid game, promises to win the regular quarterback berth. The lanky ex-Washington University basketball ace, seems to . handle the ball well and Cravath is confident that Nichols will develop into one of the better passers on the coast this year. Others who will be reckoned with in the backfield depart ment are Bobby Morris, left half, a strong finisher last sea son, and Ted Tannehill, a new comer from Oroville, Calif., at right half. Cravath is counting on the duo for most of Troy's ball carrying chores. Turning to the line, Jeff has a lbt of beef but not too much experience. Sports Field To Be Located First step In a topographic survey of Bush's pasture, for which a contract was awarded Monday to G. R. Boatwright, civil engineer, will be to de cide the location of the 10 acres that is to go to Willamette uni versity for an athletic field. The contract was awarded Boatwright at an afternoon meeting of the long-range plan ning commission of the Chamber of Commerce. His bid was $850. C. A. McClure, engineer for the commission, who receiv ed the bids for the work, said the basic plan probably would be ready by the first of the year, but no actual work towards de velopment of the park site would be done before spring. McClure reported that four sets of specifications were re quested by engineers, but only two submitted bids. Newsom to Tackle Iron Man Stunt Detroit, Aug. 21 W) Bobo Newsom of the Philadelphia Athletics cast himself in the role of a one-man pitching staff to day as he prepared to twirl both ends of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Undismayed by his record of six wins and 15 defeats three of the losses at the hands of the Tigers Bobo sought and got Connie Mack's okay for the idea. "Don't be surprised to see old Bobo in there at the finish," Newsom told sports writers. Phelan Strikes Optimistic Note Moraga, Calif., Aug. 21 OI.R) A ray of light today brightened the dark and dreary football picture confronting St. Mary's Gaels for the past two years. Surveying a large turnout of 42 hopefuls, Coach Jimmy Phe lan struck an optimistic note more height, more weight and experience than last year, and a large number have played football before. SALE LAST Of Our Army Rejects 62x843-11). All Wool Blankets $7.00 each THOS. KAY WOOLEN MILL Zfifl South 12th St. SALE Baseball Night Successful One It was a perfect ending to a successful season, when cham pions of four divisions of Salem junior league baseball leagues, were guests of the American Le gion during Monday night's ses sion of Capital Post No. 9. Bill Klepper, business manager of the Portland Beavers, climaxed the party when he extended an open invitation to members of the four teams to be his guests for a Portland-Los Angeles game at the Vaughn street park next Saturday night. Klepper was accompanied to Salem by Billy Garbarino, attached to the Portland business office and well known in these parts. At least two of the teams that took part in the season's program had' previously planned to take in a Portland ball game Mayflower Milk and Clough-Barrick. B. E. Owens, post commander, and Oliver Huston, chairman of athletic activities, were in charge of Monday night's pro gram which included the pre sentation of blue jackets to members of the American Le gion junior club. Ribbons were given members of the other three teams while trophies from Howard Maple's store were dis tributed. Special awards went to Roger Dasch, Ralph Ham mack and Bill Ready for their efforts with the bat. Klepper complimented those responsible for the junior base ball program and spoke con cerning the relationship be tween the Portland ball club and the recently purchased Sa lem Senators. Airplane to Speed Athletic Travel Portland, Aug. 21 (U.R) A new era in athletics where teams will be flown across country and even over the oceans for games was envisioned today by the University of Oregon's two out standing coaches, G. A. "Tex" Oliver and Howard Hobson. Both coaches are just return ed from service coaching, Oliver to pick up the football chores where he left off three years ago and Hobson to resume his basketball duties. Speaking to a Portland audi ence, they said plans are under way to fly football and basket ball teams from the west coast to New York's Madison Square Garden, to Honolulu and prob ably eventually to British and European schools, which could be included in collegiate ath letic schedules. You'll never be a hermit If you serve OLD HERMITAGE Iff A N 0 For Generation A Gnat Kentucky Whitley" NATI0NM. DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORP., H.Y. BOURBON WHISKEY A BLEND M.I PROOF . 491. GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS Bean IPIcEteps Good picking, 90 A. of good beans. Catch our truck along . the following route. Truck leaves Farm Labor Office at 6:45 A.M. daily and stops at the following: locaoc HIGH & MISSION 12TH & MISSION 12TH& STATE 25TH& STATE FOUR CORNERS ROBERTS STORE AT AUMSVILLE I iwr-iwi We have some accommodations In our mod ern campground for those who wish to camp. Ph. 7-X. Turner, Darley's Planta tion, West Stavton. rvm win i j T - Ourocher Grabs Brown's Smokes New York, Aug. 21 UP) - Seventeen-year-old Tom Brown's first major league homer, the first hit into the upper deck of Brook lyn's left field stands this season, didn't even net him the usual reward a carton of cigarettes. After Brown hit the ho mer against the Pirates yesterday and returned to the dugout, he was pre sented with the cigarettes, given by the sponsors of a radio broadcast of the ball game. Dodger Manager Leo Durocher promptly confis cated them. "Too young to smoke," he said. Dixon to Return To Oregon State Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 21 U-P Lt. Cmdr. James V. Dixon, for mer football line coach at Ore gon State college, is ready for discharge from the navy and should be back on the campus shortly, Graduate Manager Percy Locey said today. Dixon is ready for discharge from the Georgia navy pre flight school near Atlanta, where he has been in charge of athletic training programs. He has been on leave from his Ore gon State job and has indicated a desire to rejoin the coaching staff in Corvallis, Locey said. He has coached at OSC since his graduation in 1927. Babe WorksWith Borrowed Clubs Lake Forest, 111., Aug. 21 MP) The rest of the gals in the 45th women's western amateur golf tournament hoped today that favored Babe Dldrikson Zahar ias' missing golf clubs won't show up before Saturday. Here was the picture as 32 qualifiers opened the first match-play round of a week long battle for the nation's top (wartime vintage) feminine amateur title: Mrs. Zaharias, perhaps the greatest woman athlete of all time, tackled Jean Hutton of Kansas City with a set of bor rowed clubs and an unimpres sive qualifying 80 to her credit. Louise Suggs, 21-year-old star from Lithia Springs, Ga., carried a record-breaking medal score of 73 against Rena Nelson of Crystal Lake, 111., and apparent ly was the class of the upper bracket. Newhouser Has 20th Victory (Bt the Associated Prwtal Hal Newhouser, D e t r o 1 1 's slender southpaw ace, is match ing his torrid 1944 pace by be coming the first big leaguer to win 20 games in a sensational pitching spurt that may mean a flag for the Tigers. Hank Greenberg's return has boosted the Bengals' hopes and Al Benton's hurling has taken up much of the slack caused by Dizzy Trout's back miseries but it's Mr. Newhouser who will make or break Steve O'Neill's world series plans. A year ago Newhouser had the same 20-7 season victory re cord as today but Trout also had copped 20. The slim lefthander has won seven of his last nine starts. He dropped a 3-2 ver dict to Chicago and was lifted for a pinchhitter in a game that eventually was lost in 12 inn ings. Newhouser's 4-0 shutout of Philadelphia yesterday was his 20th triumph and the Tigers also needed Les Mueller's 4-1 job in the second game as Washington blanked the onrushing Cleve land Indians in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader to stay within a game and a half of the lead. Washington continues to threaten by the sounder method of employing two capable throw ers per day. After Marino Pier etti shut the door on Cleveland's hopes, 7-0, Alex Carrasquel, making his third starting ap pearance, earned his 5th straight decision, 6-0. New York Yankee morale should be on the upgrade with Red Ruffing and Charley Keller back in uniform and Joe Di Maggio reported on the way within 10 days, and the McCar thy clan responded with a spir ited 4-run rally in the ninth to beat Chicago, 4-1. The defending champion St. Louis Browns pulled through with a 10-6 margin over Boston in a free-hitting spree, featured by Milt Byrnes' 3-run homer. Chicago's National league lead was clipped to 6Vi games when the Cubs dropped a 9-3 night tilt to New York and St. Louis whitewashed Boston 2-0 behind Ken Burkhardt's 7-hit chucking. Charley Schanz awoke from a. six-game losing streak to trim the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 as the Phillies enjoyed their longest winning spree of the season four games. The U. 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