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Slimmest Percentage In His
tory Is Possible For Sec
ond Place Outfit.
' Br Jk Cuddr
United Press Correspondent .
New York, Sept. 21 U.R)
It Brooklyn. Cincinnati and Fitts
burgh continue dipsy-doodllng
found wcond place, the ulti
mate occupant of that berth may
finish with the lowest won and
lent percentage of any runner-up
during the 67 yean of National
league history. , "
Brooklyn, now holding aecond
place, has an average of 843.
This ties the all-time low second
place figure of .843 registered by
Brooklyn In 190, when Pltt
burgh won the pennant.
The 1043 National league cam
paign has been unusual. The
senior circuit is famous lor us
close pennant fights. Rarely ha
,any National club so out-distanced
the pack as the current
St. Louis Cardinals, who clinched
the pennant Sept- 18, with IS
dayi of the season remaining
Cards Fa Ahead
Today the Cardinals are 18
games ahead of the second-place
Dodgers, who are only one game
head of Cincinnati and two
head of Pittsburgh. Weaknesses
developed by the three clubs
now struggling for second place
caused them to drop far back
of the fast-stepping Cards;
caused them to carve out unusu
ally low won-and-lost percent
ages. The Pirates of 1902 clinched
the pennant earlier than any
National league outfit before or
since. They wrapped up the fhw
on Sept. 16, with 19 days re
maining. That year the season
ended on Oct. , two days later
than the current campaign. The
Chicago Cubs of 1929 did their
clinching with 18 days to go;
the Reds of 1919, with 12 days,
and the Cardinals of 1931, with
11 days.
Although the P02 campaign
established records for early
clinching by the Pirates and
low runner-up average by Brook
lyn, the next lowest second-place
figures were registered In 1914
and 1918. In '14, the Boston
Braves who were In last place
on July 19 made the most
amazing surge In baseball his
tory and won the pennant. The
New York Giants came second,
with an average of only .848.
The following season, 1918, the
' Phillies took the flag, and runner-up
Boston had a mark of
.848.
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"THE VOICE WITH A SMILE"
War traffic keeps her butler than ever but she manages
to keep calm and pleasant
She still hsThebice With A Smile" even when the
' lights are thick on the Long Distance switchboard and the
circuits are crowded. Even when she hu asked you to
"PW limit your tMtloj mimuta. Otbn n vetting.
That's to help everybody get better service and you
couldn't ask for a beau reason than that
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Now Its Income
Tax Difficulty
Bothering Lippy
St Louis, Sept 21 U.R
Leo "Lippy" Durocher will
face new legal difficulties
this time a process server
with a notice of a suit for
state Income tax on $14,848,
which he earned during his
first year as manager of the
Brooklyn Dodgers when he
arrives with his team today
for a series with the St. Louis
Cardinals.
The state charged that
Durocher failed to file a re
turn for 1939 and owes $893
In taxes for that year. J.
Jules Brinkman, attorney for
the state auditor's office, said
a suit seeking $584 in taxes
already was pending against
the Dodger pilot on his 1938
income. -
N FINAL PLAYOFF
San Francisco, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The San Francisco Seals meet
the Seattle Rainlers Thursday in
the opener of the Pacific Coast
League President's Cup finals,
Jack MacDonald. Seals' spokes
man, announced last night.
The Seals clinched their right
to play In the finals when they
won their fourth-straight victory
over the Portland Beavers yes
terday 6-5.
Starting pitchers, MacDonald
said, will probably . be Joe
Demoran for Seattle, and Bob
Joyce for the Seals. Seattle won
Its place in the finals by four
consecutive wins over Los An
geles. The teams, seeking the cham
pionship cup and $8,000, will
play single games Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, a double
header Sunday and, If necessary,
a doubleheader Monday. The
loser of the scheduled seven
game series will receive $2,800,
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Detroit, Sept. 21 (U.R) Jax
Maids of New Orleans claimed
the girls' world Softball cham
pionship for the second straight
year today while the Raiders of
Hammer Field air base, Fresno,
(Jallf., held the 1943 men's
crown undefended this year by
the Deep Rock Oilers of Tulsa,
Okla.
The Maids unleashed an 11-
hlt attack to defeat the Phoenix,
Ariz., Ramblers 7 to 0 for the
girls' championship at Univer
sity of Detroit stadium last
night while the Raiders, rela
tive newcomers in the 11-year
history of American Softball as
sociation tournaments, eked out
a 1 to 0 victory over Brlggs
Bombers. Detroit Metropolitan
champs, to take the men's title.
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MEDFORD, MAIL
TIGERS TO FACE
Medford high will open Its
1943 football season against
Yrekai, Calif., high here next
Friday night without the serv
ices of Jack Baker, blocking
quarterback and a regular last
year.
Coach Lome Arnold said to
day that Baker suffered a
shoulder injury Monday which
may keep him out of the lineup
for the entire campaign. The
injury to Baker has necessitated
the shifting of Bob Watson,
Junior high right halfback last
year, to the blocking back post
Arnold said.
Remainder of the Black Tor
nado backfield will probably
see Dippel and Niedermeyer at
the halfbacks and Doug Plum
ley at fullback. The line is
shaping up thusly: Doty and
Tumy, ends; Plaskett and Shel
don, ' tackles; Corcoran and
Lynch, guards,, and Miller,
center.
The Tornado will go. into its
first game with a few plays
which Arnold hopes will oper
ate effectively from the Notre
Dame box, the "T" and a short
punt formation, same system
used, for the past three years.
Practice sessions this week
will be devoted mainly to fun
damentals and sharpening of the
limited offensive maneuvers to
be thrown, against the Miners,
who are an unknown quantity.
'INDEHEAM
TACKLEPASSES
Los Angeles, Sept. 21. (U.R)
Funeral arrangements were be
ing made today for Stewart
(Stew) Beam, 43, famous mem
ber of the University of Califor
nia "wonder" football teams of
1921, '22 and '23, who died yes
terday after a three-month ill
ness. Beam flashed to football fame
under the guidance of the late
Andrew Latham Smith, coach
of the wonder teams, who said
Beam was one of the greatest
tackles he ever coached.
Prior to his death he was an
Insurance salesman. He Is sur
vived by his widow, Jane Beam.
Football Briefs
Pullman, Wash., Sept. 21
(U.R) New strength for Wash
ington State's languishing foot
ball squad was forthcoming to
day with arrival of five new
players, swelling Coach Babe
Hollingbery's roster to 28.
The new arrivals were Bill
Beal, 6-foot, 3-inch end from
Los Angeles, Harry Dooley,
Glendale, Calif., and Glen
Sar.dstrom and Al Hagman, both
from Spokane.
The lanky Beal was expected
to make an excellent receiving
partner for Stewart Ferguson, 6
foot, 4-lnch flanker from Aber
deen, Wash.
Seattle, Wash.. Sept 21 (U.R)
The center position is the real
pivot position for Coach Ralph
(Pest) Welch s style of play and
so the University of Washington
coach was concentrating today
on grooming three squad mem
bers for the key post.
Gordon Berlin, former Seattle
high school star; Vera Oliver,
transfer from Washington State
college, and J, E. Nelson, Buhl,
Idaho, aspirant were Welch s
main backstays for the center
role.
Berkeley, Cal, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The University of California's
much-talked about new forma
tion probably will remain a se
cret until the Golden Bears meet
St. Mary's College Saturday at
Berkeley. A scrimmage was
planned for today. The Bears
worked on the new formation
yesterday.
Moraga, Cal., Sept. 21 (U.R)
The St Mary s Gaels were slated
for heavy workouts in prepara
tion (or Saturday game against
California. Coach Jimmy Phel-
an worked the 4-Fs and 17-year-
olds hard yesterday, using Ha
waiian Heran Wedemeyer as the
spearhead of the team's running
and passing attack.
WINNER GETS BIVINS
Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The heavyweight fight between
Al Hart of Washington and Gus
Dorazlo of Philadelphia, orig
inally scheduled for last night,
will be held tonight.
The winner of the bout has
been promised a match with Jim
my Bivlns, Cleveland Negro, who
holds the NBA a "duration'
heavyweight crown.
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from a small mountain hotel north ot Rome and took him under their "protection" to set up a new puppet
. Government Photo radioed from Stockholm to New York.
7 National Leaguers Named
On Mythical All-Star Club
By Glen Perkins
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. 21 flJ.PJ With the Major league activity
confined to traveling today, this
to present our 1943 all-star team.
We selected only four Ameri-
can leaguers as against seven .
National leaguers, the first time
in years that the senior circuit
has dominated a dream team.
The team, and batting order:
Bob Elliott. Pirates, 3b; Billy
Herman, Dodgers, 2b; Luke Ap
pling, White Sox, ss; Stan
Musial, Cardinals, cf; Bill Nich
olson, Cubs, rf; Rudy York,
Tigers, lb; Dick Wakefield.
Tigers, If, and Walker Cooper,
Cardinals, c. Our pitching as
signments were drawn by Spur
geon (Spud) Chandler, Yankees;
Rip Sewell, Pirates, and Mort
Cooper, Cardinals.
The outfield gave us a little
trouble, but only in the matter
of placing the players. We
placed Musial in center- field
a position he has played about
12 times this year, in order to
make room for Nicholson in
right and Wakefield in left.
The first eight hitters have a
combined batting average of
more than .315 with three of
them Musial, Nicholson and
Wakefield batting from the
port side.
The only selection that of
fered much trouble was in pick
ing Bob Elliott over Arky
Vaughan of the Dodgers at the
hot corner. Either would un
the biU.
The pitching staff is an all-
right-handed corps, but could
mow down most ot the batters
in the Majors. Chandler has a
record of 19 victories and only
four defeats and his 1.75 earned
run average is the lowest in the
Majors. Sewell has won more
games than any other Major
league pitcher, boasting a record
of 21 victories and nine aeieats.
Mort Cooper, despite his inabil
ity to beat the American league,
has recorded ZD victories ana
nine defeats.
GIVING UP GAME
Moscow, Ida., Sept. 21. AI.R)
With their own college rum
ored on the verge of abandon
ing football this season because
of a light turnout, University of
Idaho fans eyed with more than
usual interest today the an
nouncement that Oregon had
withdrawn from coast confer
ence football.
Officials indicated tha'. Idaho
was unlikely to abandon its foot
ball schedule until a definite
decision was received from the
navy on a request t'.iat sailors
at the radio training school here
be permitted to turn out
The Vandals were hopeful that
navy permission would be grant
ed for the sailors to bolster the
Idaho squad.
Under Reciprocal Aid. Brit
ain provided V. 8. forces in the
United Kingdom with 1,121,000
shlDs' tons ci supplies between
July and December, 1942, in
cluding 3 0 0,000 camouflage
nets, 15,600 bombs, 2,000,000
pounds of barbed wire, millions
of sandbfjgs. hospitals with a
Auto Mechanic
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not a temporary Job '
J. G. STANSBERRY
Ford Dealer
St. Helena, Calif.
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OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1945
Nazi Paratroops Who 'Rescued' Hint
seems as good a time as any
Dej capacity of 89,000 and thous-
ands of other items. Total U,
S. expenditure in Britain in
December, 1942, was $25,000.
San Francisco's municipal
railway earned a net profit of
$746,048 after all deductions, in
cluding bond redemption, last
year.
ires- 'F jmtmr-- ssm ,-or -ek
The promise of the
Lett than a century ago the West was gold and
fun and sheltering Missions. The traiUhlaxer
fought toward this goal and he was followed by
the pioneer in covered wagons.
Here in this new-discovered land S.P.'s first tracks
were laid in 1863.
Agriculture, mining, stock raising, lumber these
became our chief industries. Great cities sprang
up along the Coast, and year-round the tourists
came to view our scenic marvels. But still the West
was "new country"...
TfflrN America marshalled its might for war. And over
night almost like magic the western state began to
grow giant-site industrially. An estimated million and
a half new "settlers' harried west to help nuke vital
tools of war.
Today 51 per eent of America's shipbuilding industry
Is on the West Coast Aircraft factories here torn oat
about half the nation's plane.
A stre'i null in California now make 900 tons of pig
iron daily and the state produce a mounting tonnage
of steelu Stm! plate is also made in Utah ... Texas U
humming with war industries. Entirely new are tha
great alominnm plant of the Paci6e Northwest . .
magnesium plant in California, dote by prune and
apricot orchard, "
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Blast Hurls Rocks
On Frisco Plants
South San Francisco, Sept 21
(U.R) Seven persons were in
jured today by an accidental ex
plosion during blasting opera
tions on a hillside, police report
ed. Two war plants were show
ered with flying rocks and de
bris. -
Most of the Injured were em
ployes of Bethlehem Steel com
pany's South San Francisco
plant - .
A boulder smashed a home
three-quarters ot a .mile from
the blast
A single plant of Russian
thistle, common in California,
may produce from 20,000 to
50,000 seeds.
new industrial West
FOUR ANGELS GET
E
Los Angeles, Sept 21 U.R
Four members of the Los An
geles Angels headed for Chicago
today to finish the 194S season
with the Cubs.
President Clarence Rowland
of the Angels announced that
the four had been sold to the
Cubs for cash and players. They
are Outfielders Andy Pafko and
Johnny Ostrowskl, Catcher Billy
Holm and Shortstop Bill
Schuster.
Pafko hit .358 in the Coast
league, collected 17 home runs
and drove in 116 runs. He is
4-F in the. draft
Flowers of the coffee tree
have a little known fragrance
all their own that is now being
sought after by perfume makers.
Studies by the Puerto Rico agri
cultural experiment station have
shown that coffee growers can
remove a good percentage of
coffee blossoms for perfume oil
extraction without disturbing
the regular output of coffee in
the bean.
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This railroad's big main job has always been to carry
west-grown fruits and vegetables east To move lumber,
sulphur, copper, potash, cotton and wool, to eastern
manufacturing centers. To bring back finished goods.
Now our task ha broadened, a ha our opportunity.
We serve the West's new manufacturing industries a
well as western agriculture and raw material producers.
Ahead of all we serve our country .
Southern Paci6c is moving a record load of war freight,
military supplies and C S. fighting men. Short of man
power and equipment, we are doing our best with what
we have to work with.
Wht this war is over h certain that our West
will be "home" to many more people. And the new
manufacturing activities here will surely help create
more stabilized, diversified employment
S. P. is doing it utmost to well serve western industries
now geared to war production. And we know that good
railroad service will be needed in the conversion of
industrial production from war to peace. We plan to
give good service then, too.
Strengthened for war and with enlarged capacity, our '
railroad will continue to be an important factor in tha
steady progress of thi western country.
Tfie friendly Southern Pacifit ,
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Stassen Endorsed
By GOP Yearlings
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 21 (U.R
The Young Republican
League of Minnesota today en
dorsed Lt. Comdr. Harold E.
Stessen, former governor, for
the republican presidential nom
ination next year.
At its annual convention, the
league praised Stassen for fore
sight in providing legislation for
the care of returning service
men and said he had the "cour
age and character necessary to
lead the party."
WACS WELCOMED FOR
DUTIES IN ENGLAND
A IT. S- Army Replacement
Center in Britain, Sept. 21 (U.R)
Col. James A. Kiiian, Highland
Park, III., commanding this ar
my post, today welcomed 168
of the second contingent of
WACS to Britain, assigning tbem
ot barracks which had been
painted mauve in their honor.
. The girls will be sent to head
quarters of the army's European
theater of operations as clerks
and stenographers to release sol
diers for front-line duty.
Almost the whole record of
known geological time is visi
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valley region.
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