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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEORXSj 1 .1 k V HO lit! BILL FROM 2-1, 7-3 Increase Lead to Four and Half Tilts as Other Con tenders Share Wins. ' New York. July 31 flJ.R) The St. Louis Browns, in first place for all but 19 of the 104 days since the season began, staked themselves to a four and a half game rr.art'in today, the widest they have enjoyed since opening the American lcapue campaign in April with a nine-game win ning streak. Dead serious over the pros pects of their first pennant, the Browns are usin every maxim in the baseball book to stay In front. They are fattening up at the expense of the weaker teams and are winning the close ones, coming from behind. They haven't had 'a losing streak of more than three games. The Browns worked their technique to perfection yester day, winning twice from the Bev-cntli-placc Va3hinfit0n Senators, 2 to 1 and 7 to 3, while the oth er contenders were battling among thcniiclvcs and splitting double bills. New Yoii: and Detroit made 65 hits in their ramus, the Yanks winning tiie opener 10 to 2, with! Hank Lorowy getting his 13th triumph, while Hal Newhouscr won his 16th for the Tiger in the second, 13 to 7. George Stirn welss, with four hits and two stolen bases, led the Yanks In the opener, while Dick Wake field, Willi a homer, triple and single, paced the Tigers In the fterpleco. Clcvc'nnd, fops In the league In team fielding, had a costly ninth inning lapse with four er rors which pave Boston three runs and n 5 to 3 victory In the opener. The Indians came from behind themselves to win the second tfnmo 3 to 2, on Manager Lou Eoudreau's ninth -inning double. The Philadelphia Athletics gained a split at Chicago, the White Eox taking the opener 6 to 4 to nlvo Bill Dietrich his 12th victory, while Jesse Florcs pitched 0 soven-hit shutout to hand lhf A's a 3 to 0 triumph In tho nlchtcnp. The last-place Brooklyn Dodg ers nearly accomplished a minor miracle In the National league, defeat!!'? the pennant-bound St. Louis Cards 10 to 4 before going down In 1 1 Innings. 9 to 7. The Chicago Cubs moved with in hnlf r game of fourth place, beatln Philadelphia 4 to 2 and 11 to 2, to bring their winning troak to six. Boston nprct Pittsburgh 8 lo 4 and 2 to 0, with Al Javery get ting n tuo-hlltcr In the nightcap for his first victory since June 17. Superior pitching by Rube Flseher prolonged the Jinx that Is keeping Bucky Walters of Cincinnati from winning his IGlh game, New York taking the opener 8 to 0. A six-run rally In the eighth sounded Walicrs' doom. Cincinnati retaliated by winning the afterpiece 9 to 3. with Krtik McCormlck batting In flvp tuns on two homers and double. ViEeiCAN LEAGUE POLLS MOST FANS New York, July 31. U.R Baseball fans arc focusing their attention on the close American league race. Sunday attendance receipts Indicated today, with a total of U7,B17 fans going to games In Junior circuit parks compared with a Unlit turnout of (it. Mill fans in tho four Na tional lr;tgue cities. The Detroit Tl:;crs, playing host to the champion New York Yankees hnd the largest share of the G!l 323 fans at Sunday rami), with 47.!)30 on hand at Hrlggs stadium. It Mas the larg est crowd of t tic season for De troit, 'i 'no league leading St. Louis r.iowns, as usual, had the smallest Sunday attendance in the American, 12,170 fans at tending tho gumrs with Wash ington. M0NTC0".ERY AMD JACK VIE 1,'J WAR BOND SHOW New York, July 31. (U.R) Mi;litv.ci..l t Champion Bob Montgomery ard ex-Champ Beau .). .!. (untile at Madison Square Ciur !cn t rklay night in a warlKir.l nhow that features this wnks national boxing schedule. This Is the fourth encounter between the two negro soldiers. Adminlon to their 10-round tion-title bm.vl can be gained only by the purchase of war bondT. Colli principals have do nated their services. Monday, Jul? 31, 1944 Plans Progress for Hawaii Berth in Pro Grid Circuit By Lisle Shoemaker United Press Staff Correspondent Honolulu, July 31. (U.R) Plans for a professional football team to represent Honolulu In a major pro grid circuit after the war are growing up under the hand of F. J. Brickner, who, undoubtedly is a relative of that famous early bird but is con fidently counting on obtaining quite a bit more for his work than an old tired worm. As a matter of fact, Brickner the man who put shoes on barefooted Hawaiian football players is figuring out a long range plan to have a top notch grid team representing Honolulu but would make its headquar ters in California to beat the transportation problem, "Then they could come back here at the end of the season for a grand finale on Dec. 7 against the best team the mainland has to offer In what we could call the Pearl Harbor bowl classic," Brickner said. Brickner came to Honolulu in 1937, bringing with him all the showmanship and cagey grid iron savvy picked up while play ing for Slip Madlgan at St. Mary's. He found the Hawaiian boys playing football In their bare tootsies. Long he argued tho ad vantage of wearing leather on the feet but It was not until 1939 that he won his point in what you could call a biting victory. At that time Brickner had im ported a group of college all- stars to Hawaii and in tile play off game for the Island cham pionship, Brickncr's star full back bit the toe of Honolulu's fastest ball carrier In the pile- up on the goal line. From then on the islanders were converted to shoes. As Brickner stares into his crystal sphere now, he figures to have his team participate in the mainland draft of college players, augmented by 10 to 12 of the best Hawaiian perform ers. The team will make the swing of the mainland circuit, playing in most of the big football cities and returning to Honolulu in the latter part of the season to meet some of the leading main land members of the league in the Honolulu stadium," Brick ner figures hopefully. COAST GRID LOOP Los Angolos, July 81. (U.R) When the klckoff whistle blows for the Pacific Coast profession al football league Oct, 1, Holly wood will be playing at San Diego, Snn Jose at San Francis co and Oakland at Los Angeles, the league announced today. The league season will extend until Dec. 3 and a championship playoff will be held between the two top placing teams on Dec. 10, J. Rufus Klawans, league president, announced. The schedule provides for each team to play five games at home and five away. ANN CURTIS SETS San Francisco, July 31. (U.R) For the first time in 15 years today an American girl held a new world swimming record. She is broad-shouldered Ann Curtis who slashed eight seconds off the atiO yard free style mark last night in the Pacific Amateur association's western feminine meet. Miss Curtis was clocked at 1:08.6, breaking the old mark of 11:18.8 set 111 1SM7 by R. Ilveger of Denmark at Stockholm. Miss Curtis also won the 100 yard free stylo with a recoid of 1:11.7. Crystalline solids have definite melting and freezing points, while non-crystalline solids do not. FACTORY 200 Cubic Foot Load Dial 2123 TIMBERPRO 12 (IDE WITH SUDS; PLAY L A. THIS WEEK By United Press The Lbs Angeles Angels, again holding a narrow lead In the Pacific Coast league, today pre pared to defend their first-place position against tho Portland Beavers, fresh from a 5-3 scries triumph over the Seattle Ral nlcrs. The Angels led off Sunday's twin bill with a 0-4 win from the San Francisco Seals, who trail the southern club by one game, but dropped tho nlchtcap 2-0. Tho series ended with the Seals leading by four games to three. The third place Hollywood Stars, three games behind swept five games out of six by scor ing 10-7. 5-2 triumphs In yes terday's double-header. The fnurth-nlace Beavers al lowed the Rainiers their third win by drooping the first game 2-0. but took the series by de feating the Suds 1-0 In a 10-ln-nlng nightcap. The Sacramento Solons rellnaulshcd their here to fore inviolate cellar position to the San D'ogo Padres by cap turing a 10-lnning oppner, 6-5 and a 1-0 nightcap, taking five out of seven games. . Games this week also Include San Francisco at Sacramento, Seattle at Oakland and Holly wood at San Diego. Hal Turpins held the Beavers to two hits In the opener allow ing only three Portland batters to reach base. Manuel Plcretti yielded only five hits, but wild pitched Al Llbke across the plate for one of Seattle's tallies. The second game did not see a man cross home plate until the 10th when left-handed Pitcher Roy Helscr doubled to left field, moved to third on Johnny O'Nell'i single and was scored by Charlie Pederson. Yesterday's line scores: First game Portland ; 0 Seattle 2 Plerettl and Norager; and Spindel. Second game Portland 1 Seattle 0 Helscr and Norager; and Sueme. 2 0 5 1 Turpln 6 1 3 2 Fischer WOW TH FTC American W. L. Pet. St. Louis 57 42 .576 Boston 61 45 .531 New York 50 45 .526 Clevelnnd 80 48 .510 Detroit 48 50 .490 Chicago 46 48 .489 Washington 42 54 .438 Philadelphia 42 55 .433 National W. L. Pet. St. Louis 68 25 .731 Cincinnati 63 41 .564 Pittsburgh 49 40 ,551 Now York 45 50 .474 Chicago 41 47 .466 Boston 39 53 .415 Philadelphia 37 54 .407 Brooklyn 37 87 .394 Paclllc Coait W. L. Pet. Los Ansrlrs 62 53 .539 San Francisco . . 61 54 .530 Hollywood 69 57 .509 Portland 68 57 .504 Oakland 87 58 .496 Sacramento ....... 56 59 .487 Seattle 56 60 .483 San Diego 53 64 .453 Dm Mall Tribune Want Ada. Dial 2123 Company 3pTW' kMau s ALL-STARS, 12-7 BEFORE BIG CROWD The U. V Naval Air Station baseball club from Klamath Falls proved too tough for the Medford-Camp White league All-Stars at the fairgrounds park Sunday afternoon, ham mering out a 12 to 7 victory before some 1,200 fans, largest of the season. Franny Miller, former semi pro southpaw from Everett, Wash., whiffed 14 All-Stars and held them to nine safeties. He had only two bad innings, the sixth nd ninth, when the locals readied him for three tallies in each frame. Ted Bergold, the little WPRC lefthander, worked eight and one-third frames for the All- Stars. He hurled shutout ball for the first four heats but tired in the later innings and finally, after walking three and hitting another In the ninth, had to be replaced by Don Safford, an other southpaw. Steve Crippen, who was slated to pitch for the All-Stars, was called to Oak land. Calif., hv thn Knrinne 111. ness of his grandmother and ' was unable to return in time for the game. It was a scoreless battle un til the fifth, when the fliers got two runs on a walk, an error by Homer Sullivan and Fred Gay's bouncing double down the right field line. Three singles and a walk gave the visitors a couple more in the sixth for a 4 to p lead. Dave Otte, big All-Star right fielder, put his club momen tarily back in the ball game with a three-run triple In the 1nWfr half nf lha civil, nttnw Bergold had Uoled to' richl. center and D Ambrosio and Swanson had walked, A hit-batsman and Miller's single gave the fliers another in the seventh, and they really iced the affair with three more in the eighth on singles by Rit enour, Rickey, Gay and Gas ton's double. That made it 8 to 3. A walk to Wilkey, Pinch Hitter Brocker's single and an infield out gave the All-Stars one tally in the eighth, but the fliers bounced back for four in the ninth. Three walks, a hit batsman and Averill's single did the trick. Trailing by a 12 to 4 margin, the All-Stars rallied belatedly In the ninth for three runs, but they weren't enough. With two away, Gay dropped Safford's pop fly, and D'Ambroslo, Wil key and Longe hit singles for tho tallies. Gay, with a double and single and three runs batted in, led the visitors at the plate. Harvey Storey went hitless In five trips, but made some nice fielding plays. Otte hit a triple and drove In four All-Star tallies, while Lange got two solid blows and D'Ambroslo the same. Score: Navy 12 14 1 All-Stars 7 9.3 Miller and Ritcnour; Bergold, Safford and Frca, Brockcr. Paulina Bslz Victor Over Miss Osborne In Seabright Meet Scabrlght, N. M., July 31. (UP Pauline Betz of Los An geles today became an early fa vorite to defend her national women's tennis title successfully after brushing aside strong oppo sition to win the 50th annual Seabright tournament. She won her finals match yes- AMERICAN HEROES in BUY WAR BONDS TODAY to enure vic tory and peace in days to cornel BROWNS CAFE -''' fCr" V if. terday against Margaret Os borne, San Francisco star, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, playing her best tennis of the tournament despite the fact that she was forced into an extra set for the first time. Miss Osborne later gained a measure of consolation by team ing with Louise Brough of Bev erly Hills, Cal., to win the doubles title from Miss Betz and Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., 6-2, 6-3. Miss Osborne and Miss Brough are national woman's doubles champions. The singles finals, Miss Os borne, serving and returning with furious speed, found the champion more than a match for her brilliance. Miss Betz, show ing to best advantage defensive ly, scrambled after hard, well placed shots and returned them time after time to catch Miss Osborne off balance completely. 6 Washington, July 31. (U.R) Nearly 6,000,000 U. S. fighting men are now contributing dis aster to the enemy in overseas battle theaters, war and navy de partment statistics disclosed to day. The army revealed that more than 4,000,000 of its 7,000,000 officers and men a force twice the AEF's strength in World War I are now overseas. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson has said the total will pass 5,000,000 by the end of this year. Swelling the overall figure was the navy's recent announce ment that 1,566,000 navy, marine corps and coast guard personnel, out of a total of 3,250,000, were "nat or on foreign duty as of 1 June In addltln. ot the same date, another 900,000 navy men were in transit or training for sea or overseas duty. MaJ. Gen. C. P. Gross, army chief of transportation, disclosed also that while more than 4,0 000,000 men were being moved overseas in the 31 months from Pearl Harbor through June 30, more than 63,000,000 ship tons of supplies were being snipped for their use through 127 foreign ports. Gross's report showed that the volume of army transport in creased during the past year more than 100 per cent over any previous year. The European theater alone has received more than 18,000,000 ship tons of cargo, which is more than twice the 8,900,000 ship tons sent to the AEF in the last conflict. KATONEN-TO FACE Clean wrestling at Its very best will be seen in Thursday night's armory main event when Paavo Katonen,, Pacific Coast light-heavyweight cham pion, trades grips with flashy Jack Kaiser of' Vancouver, Wash., who. In the past five weeks of activity In Los An geles, didn't lose a match. Promoter Mack Lillard said that Tony Morelli would face Herb Parks, the Canadian light heavy king, in the midle event. Opening the card will be Tex Porter and Pat (Rowdy) O'Dowdy. California's .canning and proc essing industry estimates that more than 70 per cent of the state's fruit pack and 53 per cent of the vegetable pack will be needed for the armed serv ices and lend-lease this year. i.eif O Corporal Walter Bodt's squad was spying out Jap positions in the Pacific We needed information badly. The iquad got it. but was cut oft from our hntt. Uiing handker chiefs tied to bayoneti. Marine Cor poral Bodt wigwagged the informa tion back. He lost an eye. sustained other woundi from furloui enemy tire, but hit message wai urgent. He stuck and got it through, winning the Navy Croti. Wenponi are urgent, too, and your War Bonds buy them. & BILLIARDS wwrwwr aMe Ford Meets 'Bomber An Record 'bomber an hour' production of the big, four-enelned B-21 Liberator at Ford's Willow Run plant Is due to fabrication and assembly techniques totally new to aircraft manufacture. In fact, automotive-type precision tooling has resulted in such uniformity of production that more than half of all Kord-built Libs are accepted for delivery on their maiden flight. Above, top, one of the 5000 Ford-built bomb blasters as it goes into battle. Note deadly guns in revolving nose and belly turrets. Below, how it's done . . . production break-down shown eraphically before final matins of nose and aft fuselaire. emnennaze. and three wine sections. STABILIZATION OF AG WAGES IS Al NEW STATE BOARD A press release received by the labor committee of the Fruit Growers league reveals that re sponsibility for the wage stabili zation in Oregon agriculture has been given to a wage board re commended by Dean Schoenfeld and appointed by Colonel Philip G. Bruton. director of labor, War Food Administration. The( ooara is composea 01 me 101 lowing members: Carl Izett, chairman, assistant state super visor, Office of Distribution, W.F.A.; Wm. E. Kimsey, state labor commissioner; Verne F. Livesay, state director farm se curity administration; N. I. Niel son, agricultural statistician, bu reau of agricultural economics; E. L. Potter, department of ag riculture economist, Corvallis; John Shepherd, vice chairman A.A.A. committee; E. L. Peter son, director of agriculture, state of Oregon. This board has appointed Leo D. Hollenberg as executive offi cer with his office in Room 784, Pitock Block in Portland. Field offices have been set up In Pen dleton and Eugene. Chester Preston will do field work out of the Portland office. Authority to stabilize agri cultural wages was established under the anti-inflation act of October 2, 1942, according to Mr. Hollenberg. but was not ex ercised until 1943 when farm wages made the greatest rise ever recorded in a year's time, with the Pacific States 36 higher than In 1942 and 156 over the 1935-1939 average. Thus far specific wage ceil ings have been applied only to the harvesting of peas in Mal heur County. California placed ceilings on the harvesting of as paragus, picking of canning to matoes, picking of sun-dried grapes and the picking of cotton in 1943 and have several others Quality "A" Grade Rubber On Your 6.00-16 $7.0 T" Drive to today I Let w Inspect yotir tirei thoroughly. Our quality recapping will enable you to get longer, eaier mileage. Don't delay. Have tires recapped now and be ready for your next tire Inspection. Cut Kec 4tt MtAHtud " l - - 214 SOUTH RIVERSIDE now operating In crops. Florida put the 1944 the entire citrus crop under ceiling last year. Success In keeping wage rates at reasonable levels and in hold ing to a minimum the pirating of workers among farmers was cited by the chairman as a strong factor in the expected ex tension of ceiling regulations to other crops and operations, par ticularly since the further ex tension of OPA ceiling prices to cover most of the commodities that farmers will have to sell makes it necessary that farmers protect themselves against un reasonable rises in production costs, of which labor is often the largest 'item. "Since it Is the policy of the War Food Administration to prevent inflationary wage in creases in agriculture, it is highly desirable that farmers take immediate steps to suggest ways and means of accomplish ing this end," Hollenberg de clared. "It is the wish of the WFA and the Oregon State Wage Board that farmer-groups within the state help develop and administer programs that will prevent agricultural wages from getting out of line.' Elaborating on the regula tions that went into effect on January 17, 1944, Hollenberg said all . agricultural wages above $2400 per pear are froz-1 en, requiring WFA approval be-; fore increases can be made. In- j creases up to $2400 at the rate of $200 per month can be made without approval, he said, un- j less a specific wage or salary ! ceiling applying to the work-1 er's Job is in effect in the area where the worker is employed, in which case the worker can receive no more than the ceil ing rate, which may amount to more or less than $2400. Juris diction over salaries and wages in agriculture above $5000 an nually is vested in the Bureau of Internal Revenue. WOULD BE A PLEASURE Cambridge. Mass. (U.R) Call ing at a Cambridge residence to pick up a package addressed to a woman in Oakland Cal., Amer ican Express Co. Driver Charles MacMillan was told, "Now if she isn't at home leave it with the family next door." VYTYO Hour' Goal NET MEET CHOICE Kalamazoo, Mich., July 31. (U.R) Pvt. Bob Falkenberg of Hollywood was the favorite to day to defend his title success fully in the 29th annual junior tennis championships, with the schoolboy sensation from San Angelo, Tex., Bernard (Tut) Bartzen, given the best chance to unseat him. Falkenberg, stationed at Cha nute Field, 111., is playing on a furlough, and was top seeded with Bartzen, being placed num ber two in the brackets. Other Juniors who were seed ed because of outstanding past performances were Herbert Flam of Beverly Hills, Cal., Ed Ray of Sinton, Tex., John Shea of Los Angeles, Ed McGrath of New York, Bob David of Chi cago and Alan Watson of Short Hills, N. J. 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