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
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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
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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.
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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.
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- Seventeen-year-old Tom
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homer, the first hit into
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lyn's left field stands this
season, didn't even net
him the usual reward a
carton of cigarettes.
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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.
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countries aliens who have fal
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