LOCAL UNITED PRESS Salem, Legion Champs Open Play Friday Portland, Aug. 11 VP) Ameri can Legion Junior baseball champions from four states and Hawaii converge on Portland to day for tomorrow's opening of the regional diamond meet. The title winners include Bremerton, Wash.; Lewision, Idaho; Butte, Mont.; Hillsboro, Ore.; and Waipahu, T. H. The winner at Portland will enter the western regional meet at Yakima. Capital Alleys MAJOR SCRATCH BOWLING SCORES Capitol Bedding (3) Poulln 572, Ross B14, Bowers 599, Hickman 680. Cupboard Cafe (0) Boyce 539, stratton 474, Mlllord 465. Olodt 604. Karr's (0) Wllkerson 4S8, Mathls 494, Karr 497, Coe 556. Braden Body Shop (3) White 689. S. Braden 554, L. Braden 554, Evans 595. Hartwell Elec tric (1) E. Hartwell 604, Reeves 561, Kay 586, H. Page 533. Senator's (2) Irons 529, Olney 658, Steele 537, Frlesen 577. A. B. C. Window Cleaners (2) D. Page 624, Bennel 375, M. Hartwell 480, McCluskey 614. Cllne's Coffee Shop (1) Cllne Sr., 523, Crawford 481, Cherrlngton 423, Young (30. High team series Capitol Bedding 2365. High Ind. series Vern Hickman 680. High lnd. game Vern Hickman 257. Charles Batters Gus Ezzard Charles Champ Gui Lesnevich Retired? The net proceeds of $51,500 from the 1945 PGA golf cham pionship at Dayton, O., were contributed to the local hospital and represented the largest sin gle contribution of its kind from one event. Bevos Routed as First Division Clubs Score San Francisco, Aug 11 (U.R) The second division teams in the Pacific Coast league may be in for a bad week. By a schedule quirk, all the lower berths teams are playing the four top teams this week and so far the junior members haven't won a game. Seattle came the closest to gaining a victory last night de spite the 11-4 count by which the suds were beaten. At the end of nine frames, the Rainiers were tied with Oakland at 4-all, but the Acorns threw a lucky seven in the top of the 10th to assure themselves of victory. San Diego bopped San Fran cisco twice 3-2 and 4-1 while the league leading Hollywood Stars were nosing out Portland 3-1. Only Sacramento had it easy, coasting to a 10-0 win over the hapless Los Angeles Angels. Portland and Hollywood put on a sparkling low-hit battle. Gordon Maltzberger held the Beavers to six blows, the only damaging one being a homer by Eddie Basinski in the seventh. Frank Kelleher clout ed a two-run homer for Holly wood in the third to give them the margin of victory, al though the Stars got but seven hits off Boy Helser. Seattle had a 4-0 lead until the seventh inning of their game with Oakland. Then Jackie Jen sen and Billy Martin clouted homers for three Acorn runs. The Oaks added the tying tally in the ninth and then broke out in a rash of hits in the 10th to keep the first division pace. Tom Kipp held San Francisco to five hits as the Padres won their opener 3-2 and then Lyman Linde out-dueled Harry Feld man to take the second contest. Bog Wilson singled in the tie breaking run in .the seventh in ning of the first game and Al Rosen blasted a two-run home run in the fourth inning of the nightcap to make the difference. Shoe Tossers to Hold Tournament In Sweet Home Horseshoe pitchers from Port land, Corvallis, Eugene, Sweet Home and Salem will convene at Sweet Home city park Sun day for a horseshoe tournament. About 100 shoe tossers are ex pected to compete in the event. A picnic lunch will be held in conjunction with the tourney. Bobby Jones attracted the highest gate receipts $53,319 at the Marion Cricket club for the amateur championship when he was completing his grand lam in 1930. ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES Oregon, Thursday, August 11, Exchange Club to Hold Junior Golf Tournament A junior golf tournament for Salem youngsters and youths throughout Oregon has been scheduled for August 29 and 30 at the Salem Golf club by members of the Exchange club. The tournament will be un der the direction of Jack Hay, a Salem golfer who is chair man of the club's tournament committee. Application blanks can be obtained from Hay or the club. Blanks will be mailed to out-of-towners. The tourney will be open to all youngsters in Oregon, Portland excepted, who have not attained their 18th birth day by the time of the tour nament. The reason for elim inating Portland contenders was to encourage local and state-wide participation. Entrants will be received in New York, Aug. 11 U.R The battered eyes of genial Gus Lesnevich provided purple per iods today to the dreams of two tough kids' from a tough neigh borhood. They eame a long way, Gus and the stocky little manager named Joe Vella. It was a union in which the manager always felt more pain than the fighter. That's why at the end of the seventh round last night, as young Ezzard Charles slowly slashed Gus to ribbons, fat little Joe threw in the towel. And, as they walked through a dark tunnel under Yankee stadium and somebody asked Gus whether he was through, he pointed at Vella and told them to ask Joe. "He's through," Vella said, his voice shaking. "Better he PCL Standings (By the Associated Press) W L Pet. W L Pet. Hollywood 80 59 .576 Seattle 69 70 .496 Sacramnto 74 64 .536 Portland 67 71 .486 Oakland 74 65 .532 SnFrncsco 62 76 .449 San Diego 71 66 .518 LosAngele ' 67 M .407 Results Wednesday San Diego 3-4, San Francisco a-i. Oakland 11, Seattle 4. Hollywood 3, Portland 1. Sacramento 10, Los Angeles 0. Official Box Portland Hollywood- BHOA BHOA Marquez,cf 4 13 0 Stevens, 1 4 4 0 7 0 Handley,2 4 4 13 3 Noren.cf 3 4 0 0 0 Kelleher.lf 3 1 Shupe, 1 Thomaa.3 Rucker.l: Brovla.rf t 0 4 0 3 0 Baxe,3 3 0 0 2 3 3 3 4 Unser.c 3 111 3 15 1 Gorman, rf 2 10 0 3 0 3 1 O'Nell.ss 3 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 Mltzbrsr.p 3 112 10 0 0 Oladd.c Austln.ss HeUer.p Fernandez Totala 3.1 8 34 10 Totals 28 7 27 14 Grounded out for Austin In 0th. Score by Innings: Portland ....000 000 1001 Hits no loo ui-6 Hollywood 002 000 01X 3 Hits , 112 100 02X 7 Pitcher's record: Ip AB R H Er Bb So Helser 8 23 3 7 3 2 5 Maltzberger 9 33 1 8 1 2 1 Thomas, Maltzberger, O'Neu. k: uas- Inski, Stevens 2, Kelleher. HP: Kelleher. LOB: Portland 7: Hollywood 5. 2B: Basin ski. HP.: Kelleher, Basinski, DP: Thomas to Shupe; Maltzberger to O'Neu to Ste vens; Basinski to Shupe. Time 1:S0. Um pires, Sommers, Mutart and Runge. Oakland 000 000 301 711 15 0 Seattle 300 100 000 0 4 8 2 Gassaway, Cecil (1). Thompson (71, Can- dlni (01 and Kerr, Padgett (8), Karpell, Ardlzola 17) and Warren. San Diego 100 010 13 11 0 San Francisco 110 000 22 5 0 Kipp and Moore; Melton, and Jnrvls, Brocker (1). San Diego 000 310 000 4 7 0 San Francisco 000 010 000 1 8 1 Linde and Ritchey; Feldman and Jar- vis. Los Angeles 000 000 0000 4 4 Sacramento 410 500 00X 10 10 0 Van Dyke, Anthony (4) and ftovotney; Grove and Raimondl. 17 two divisions junior and boys with the separation to be based on age and the num ber of entries in the two day medal meet. First round qualifying scores will be taken on Aug. 29, in an 18-hole tour. The second day will also include 18 holes, and the qualifying day card will be totaled with the clos ing tally to determine winners. Several trophies will be awarded in each division of the tournament. Members of the sponsoring Salem group have been urged to invite out-of-town con testants as well as Salem com petitors to join in the two-day program. It will be the second junior golf meet to be held in Salem this year. The first was sponsored by a sporting goods store. should quit while he's got all his marbles." A few minutes later, an ice bag pressed to those purple bal conies under his smarting eyes, gus tried to argue for a few days to think it over." But Vella didn t want any part of it. "Seventeen years," vella muttered. "That's enough." Ezzard, Champ in 47 States, Rates As Best of Bums New York, Aug. 11 VP) Ezzard Charles has sold him self to New York as the best of a poor lot of heavyweights. The lean Cincinnati Negro still lacks New York state recognition as world heavy weight champion but he rules the 47 states under the N. B. A. Most of the 16,630 swelter ing fans who saw him make Gus Lesnevich surrender at the end of seven rounds last night at Yankee stadium, seemed willing to accept hiin. The next move is up to Eddie Eagan, chairman of the state Athletic commission. The International Boxing club, promoting its first New York fight since buying out Mike Jacobs, must have dropp ed a bundle on the show which grossed only $75,832 plus $17, 500 for radio rights. The fighters suffered from the intense heat of the hottest day of New York's hottest summer. Most everybody, including the judges, had Charles out front 6-1 in rounds at the end. Charles weighed 180, Lesne vich 182. ATTORNEY FINDS 1949 Thar's Fish in Them "The Santiam is alive with fish!" That's the testimony of Peery T. Buren, a Salem attorney who went about collecting first-hand evidence fen a recent trip from Green's Bridge to Jefferson. Despite his observations, Bur en could offer no proof to back up his testimony. The lack of a catch, however, wasn't needed to make his account of the num bers of fish seem true. Buren carted his boat along with an outboard to his takeoff spot. lie was armed with rod and reel and pre pared for a damp occasion by boots and heavy clothing. During the first stage of drift ing down the river (he couldn't use the outboard because of the current) the attorney observed 25 Homers Highlight Easy Victories In Softie Games Three runaway victories were recorded in Industrial league softball play on Leslie field Wed nesday night. Clear Lake Stores clubbed Teamsters 8 to 1, Post Office buried Warner Motors 11 to 3 and Paper Mill downed In terstate 10 to 3. One home run was blasted in each game. In the first contest, Howard Barnwell of Clear Lake homered with nobody on base. Garrett of- Post' Office smacked a four-bagger in the fourth in ning of the second game, also with the sacks empty. Eldon Farlow, Paper Mill pitcher, aided his own cause with a two-run ho'mer in the fourth inning of the nightcap Armstrong was on base when Farlow poled his long blow. Two City loop games are scheduled for Leslie Thursday night, with 12th Street Market facing Papermakers at 8 o'clock and league-leading Mootry's Pharmacy meeting Golden Pheasant an hour later. The Pheasants are one of two teams boasting wins over the potent Mootry club. Teamsters 100 001 2 8 Clear Lake 400 228 a 1 Stattler and C. Bock; Klllinser and Funkhouser. Post Office 001 225 111 12 5 Warner Motors 200 001 0 3 2 7 McDanlels and Scott; Mlckenham, Corn stock and Wood. Interstate 000 21 3 7 5 Paper Mill 302 4110 8 2 DeSart and Manning; Farlow and Kep-hart. into 'Ret i rem e Little Joe knew that they had come close but the clock ran out. "Just a punk kid, he was," Vella remembered. "And al ways he wanted to fight, noth ing else. Well, he's had it." Back in 1933 when they came together, it was Joe, fat and bald now, who was the tough one. "There was a lot of fighting around our neighborhood and I guess I did a lot of it," Vella laughed. "So Gus came to me and asked me to manage him, just a pink in the amateurs." Vella did, and year by year the bond became stronger. They had their big moments. There was the slow five-year climb to a spot of promience. Then 1939 and a shot at Billy Conn for the light heavyweight title . . . Another unsuccessful bid the next year . . . 1941 when they won it and were at the top of the heap . . . and then those three downhill .. years in the coast guard. " It was "old man Gus" now in 1946 but they kept the title from Freddie Mills . . . and from young Billy Fox in 1947 and 1948 . . only to lose it to Mills in England. With Gus 34, there were bigger prospects. Joe Louis had stepped down and hawk ish young Ezzard Charles had stepped up. So the one-time , tough kids from Jersey set ; their sights on the big one. "I was never knocked out," Gus grunted. "Always those cuts around the eyes stopped me." "But," and he brightened a bit, "Charles had better be in better shape when he meets my young fighter, Bernie Reynolds, who's going to be dozens of fish but all of them failed to be attracted by his lures. (Typical of an attorney fisherman, Buren offered in his own defense a tip to other anglers that the Santiam breeds were even passing up the natural flies of the area.) Intent on his fishing, Buren's observations on the next stage of his jaunt became sketchy. "The boat just tipped over. I don't know how. I didn't feel a bump. But I know there were fish in the river, I was looking up at them." With luck, Buren righted his craft in water about 10 feet deep and took off again. A submerg ed log led to his second trip un der the Santiam for a glance or two at the fish. And on the If your lights are poor, we'll find out why And darned soon have 'em glowing. They won't be blinding the other guy But you'll see where you're going. OTTO J. WILSON CO. 388 North Commercial St. I JfM A 1 ' la ' Greeting Holding her birthday cake Shirley May France, Somer set, Mass., schoolgirl, who will attempt to swim the English channel, gets a kiss from her father, J. Walter France, as a special birthday present. Shir ley's father made a practice swim with her. It was Shirley May's 17th birthday. the champ in 1950." They told him that Reynolds, his protege, had been knocked out in the semi-final bout. Gus looked pleadingly at Vella, and little Joe just nodded his head. It gave the road a real rocky ending! Canadian production of nickel had risen to more than 130,000 tons by 1948. (By the Associated Press) By all the laws of baseball statistics, the Boston Red Sox, not the New York Yankees, should be leading the American league today. The Red Sox own the cir cuit's top batter in Ted Will iams. They possess the league's "winningest" pitcher in Mel Par nell. In Williams and . Vern Stephens, they have the one, two leaders in home runs and runs batted in, In addition, they lead in team batting and slugging, and rank third compared to the Yankees' seventh in team fielding. Shouldn't that rate them the No. 1 spot in the standings? Yet the Red Sox find them selves in third place, six and a half games behind the front running Yankees, ' who also own a five and a half game bulge over the runner-up Cleveland Indians. There is only one answer for this strange, and for Boston, sad state of affairs. The Red Sox don't have Joe Page and the Thar Mis By DOUG THOMAS second trip, he ended up under the boat with the craft lodged beneath the log. Luck was with Buren again, but he headed back into the stream only to have disaster strike again as he was ready to quit the stream near Jeffer son. Despite three trips under the water, he failed to lose a single piece of fishing gear or other equipment. His outboard, bat tered and sloshing water, still runs. But because of all those fish he saw, Buren expects to head back soon for another try this time in swimming trunks with the hope that he'll re member where that submerged log is stuck. Phone 2-3621 BoSox Take Gome; Solons Hole! Off Tars to Win, 4-3; Climb to Sixth Bremerton, Aug. 11 The Sa lem Senators thwarted a ninth inning Bremerton rally here Wednesday night to emerge with a 4-3 victory over tile Tars. It was the second one-run victory over Bremerton in two nights for the Oregonians and elevated Salem to sixth place in West ern International league stand ings. Salem held a 4 to 1 lead en tering the' bottom half of the Official Box Score Salrm (I) 3 BHOA W.Ptrsn.3 5 112 Bu.shong.2 4 0 5 5 B.Petwn.ss 5 'J 4 4 Pocfkuy.rf 3 2 10 Bu'Rher,c 2 0 8 2 Anieich.cf 5 0 2 0 Cherry, ct 4 2 3 0 Taylor. H 4 10 0 WnMry,3 5 2 2 1 Romiiim.o 5 2 6 1 Snydcr.lf 4 110 RnGni.l 4 2 11 1 Buckley.rf 3 110 BrUnnM.:u 3 0 2 5 Krug.l 3 17 0 Stnnfoixi.3 4 2 1 1 Mclrvln, p 4 0 0 2 Sullivan. P 3 0 0 2 NVn! 110 0 Toial 35 10 27 11 Total 38 10 27 15 Doubled lor Sullivan in ninth. Salem 100 000 021 5 Hits 201 100 21310 Bremerton 100 000 002 3 Hits 020 210 11310 Pitcher Ip AB H R Er So Bb Mclrvln 9 36 10 3 3 5 5 Sullivan 0 35 10 4 4 4 6 Hits by pitcher: Brteantl by Mclrvln. Wild pitches: Mclrvln 2. Left on bases: Solem 11: Bremerton 12. Two ba.se hits: Rannl. Runs batted In: Cherry 2. Buck ley, Kruu, Pocekay, Ronniwt. Sacrifice: Burnt. cr. Stolen bases: Burgher, Taylor. Double plays: Bushonn, Brlnnnti, Rnmil. Time 2:00. Umpires: Husband nnd Mathlu. Benefit Double Header Is Slated Aurora A benefit double header baseball game is sched uled for Sunday, August 14, on the Aurora baseball diamond. The Oregon Cily Lions club will meet the Aurora Lions club and the Aurora Townies will play Lone Elder. nt Kg?0 I lake Yankees do. It's as simple as that, Take yesterday s important game between the Yankees and Red Sox in Boston. A three-run rally in the top of the seventh, highlighted by Hank Bauer's two-run single, had given the Yankees a 3-1 edge over Joe Dobson. Steph ens clipped Yankee starter Ed Lopat for his 28th homer in the last half of the inning to make it 3-2. After Lopat sur vived a shaky seventh inning, Manager Casey Stengel ex cused his lefty for the day and summoned his trouble shooter Page. Joe retired the dangerous Sox with only one harmless infield single in the eighth and ninth to preserve the Yankee victory. It marked his 36th relief ap pearance and the 20th game he's save. Page's record is 10-4, but he's saved seven others for an other Yankee starter, Allie Rey nolds, and two for Tommy Byrne. Page has been in only 11 losing Yankee games, . The Indians lost ground when, they were edged out, 5-4, by the lowly St. Louis Browns in a night affair. Dick Kokos, former Indian chattel, homered in the ninth off Bob Lemon to snap a 4-4 tie. Washington's senator's and Chicago's White Sox pulled a couple of upsets. The Nats shad ed the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-7, and the Chisox lopped the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, in 10 innings. Sherry Robertson's grand slam homer in the fourth, and six Washington double plays won for the Nats. Hits by Char lie Kress, Eddie Malonc and Herb Adams, plus a wild pitch by Dizzy Trout, gave the White Sox three 10th inning runs and enticn Above Morris Optical Co. ninth inning, thanks to smooth, consistent pitching by Cal Mc- WIL Standings (By the Associated Press) W. L. Yakima 79 41 Vancouver 74 44 Spokane 63 57 Wenatchee 59 62 Victoria 55 66 Salem 51 69 Bremerton 50 69 Tacoma 49 72 Games Wednesday Tacoma 3, Yakima 2. Vancouver 4. Wenatchee 3. Salem 4, Bremerton 3. Victoria 6, Spokane 4. Pet. .658 .627 .525 .488 .455 .425 .420 .405 Elf strom's and Gravel's Score 'C Loop Wins Elfstrom's came through with its first win of the Salem junior "C" league baseball season Wed nesday evening as Lefty Houston twirled a five-inning, no-hit, 11 2 victory over Schroder's Four Star Market. River Bend Sand and Gravel moved into a tie for fourth place with a 16-8 victory over Master Bread. The North and South "A" lea gue teams clash at Olinger Thursday night at 6 o'clock. Schreder's ,.v 020 00 2 0 6 Elfstrom's 164 00 11 7 8 Smith and Adrian; Houston and Lena burg. River Bend 181 4416 10 4 Muster Bread Olio 33 8 9 7 Johnson and Davis; Given, Mayes (3) and Slrnin. Salem-Tillamook Golfers Compete Twenty-man golf teams from Salem and Tillamook will com pete in a team match at the Sa lem golf links Sunday afternoon. No announcement as to person nel on either of the squads has yet been announced. statistics, Yankees j lards arid Bums Tied a win for Mickey Haefner. The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals remained deadlocked for the first place in the National league for the fourth straight day. The Brooks needed a ninth inning home run by Jackie Robinson with one on to beat Philadel phia's Phils, 7-5. The Cards behind the six-hit pitching of Lefty Al Brazle, took an easy 8-0 decision from Cincinnati. Southpaw Warren S p a h n turned in his 14th victory as he pitched the Boston Braves to a 4-1 triumph over the New York Giants and Doyle Lade pitched the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 vic tory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. OREGON STATE FAIR SEPT. 5 thru 11 Mail OldeA. (leieAMoticuiA Nuu! -V EVE. HORSE SHOW & RODEO Box Seats $1.50 Reserved Seats 1.25 A Helen Hughes REVUE EVENING STAGE SHOW ; Box Seat $1.50 Reserved Seati 1.25 V AFTERNOON HORSE RACES Box Seatj $1.00 ; Reserved Seats JO Ail Prizes Include Tax ', MAIL ORDERS NOW . . . Send Check or Money Order to Oregon State Fair, P. 0. Box 671, Salem, Ore. Enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope for return tickets., en! Sun i 4 " $10,000 STOCK New Year 'Round Top Quality SUITS, SPORT COATS, SLACKS & PANTS NOW BEING SACRIFICED; Regardless of Cost or Loss For Quick Clearance to Make Room for New Fall Stock Open Friday Night Till 9 o'clock c,our 442 Look for the Flashing Save Irvin throughout the first eigh innings. Then in the Bremerton ninth Len Neal, pinchhltting for pitcher Joe Sullivan, laced out a double. Walt Pocekay fol lowed with a single, scoring Sullivan, and Pocekay scored himself on Al Ronning's hit That brought the home-town ers up to within one run of Sa lem at 4-3. but the Tars' ralh ended when Bob Cherry spear prt a nnff rirno rttf tho hat ni Phil Ragni. Each team scored a single run in the first inning, then IMcIrvin and Sullivan settled down to a pitchers' duel, the score remaining 1-1 until the eiehth. In that frame, Salem racked up a pair of tallies when Bud Peterson singled and StillivarJ blew up to toss four consecutive walks. ine senators got a single in the ninth. Wayne Peterson sinJ gled, advanced to second on an inneici out ana came home on Cherry's single to right field. Bud Peterson, Cherry and Mel Wasley led the Solon batting at-l tack with two hits apiece. Alii Salem hits were of the one-base variety. The red-hot Vancouver Cap ilanos closed the gap between them and league-leading Yak--ima to four games Wednesday" night. Vancouver continued' on the rampage with its ninth straight win, Wenatchee being the victim 4-3. Meanwhile,; Tacoina downed the Yaks S-2." Victoria completed its sween over Spokane 6-4. ; I Yakima 010 000 100- .9 J I Taconia 001 000 02x 3 Powell and Tornay; Kerrigan, Lnzor 19) ana &neets. j Wenatchee 000 300 0003 ' fi Vancouver 200 003 OOx 4 10 1 Mccollum and winter; Snyder and I Mneeiv. Spokane 301 000 101 4 '13 Victoria 301 210 OOX 8 IS Conant, Bishop (8) and Parks; Ward ano way. Major Standings; (By the Associated Pross) j AM P. It If IAN I.FAnttP. l W I. Pet. W li Pet. New York 68 38 -A3 5 Detroit SB 60 .537 I Cleveland 61 44 .881 Chicago 45 61 ,41ft I Boston 00 48 .611 Washlnutn 38 66 .369 I Pliildlphfn 50 48 .561 St. Louis 35 71.330 Kexults Wednesday 1 New York 3, Boston 2. ' St. Louis 5, Cleveland 4. (Night) ' Chlcnuo e, Detroit 3. (Ten In nines) Washington 8, Philadelphia T. (Nurht) NATIONAL LEAGUE ' W L Pet. W f, Pet. St. Louis 60 80 .620 Phlldlphla 53 54 .405 I Brooklyn 66 30 .639 FLttrtburfth 47 57 .453 New York 54 51 .514 Cincinnati 43 64 .402 Boston 54 S3 .505 Chicago 41 07 .380 lte.tults Wcdnestlny St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 0. (Niftht) ' Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 8. (Night)' Boston 4, New York 1. ! ChlcaBO 3, Pittsburgh 0, ' i 3 & MEN'S OF STATE STI $10 Sign Over the Entrance