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rOUB MEDrOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnasdar. August S3, 1844 CLOSE DESPITE POOR ROAD TRIP S PROS BATTLE PLACES IN BoB ffarmlroh Upseis ReTTson foTPGA Crowri Club Drops Only One Slot Though Losing 13 In Row Cards Win Pair Many Big-Time Stars Ex empt From Tarn O'Shan ter Qualifying Rounds Chicago, Aug. 23 4U.R) The richest prize In the history of golf dangled before the eyes of approximately 156 of the na tion's better professionals today 23. (U.R) las they played 18-hoIe qualify ing rounds for the remaining 40 places In the championship finals of the all-Amerlcan open. The three-in-one all-Amerlcan circus composed of an amateur, a women's open and a men's open became a single event for today, an aftermath to two dip- New York. Aug, The New York Giants headed home today, and thanks to the Tagarles of baseball, still were at the top of the National league's second division and only a game and a half out of first. Y v.a lnr.r4lhl ihi hull club could lose 13 consecutive jy-doodle days of trimming I Tiff -T 80 EXPECTED TO ENTER LABOR DAY . ( ll.t ( ,,nllfp.n games on a road trip ana winiy .. : ,. , : only four of 17 played and still f teur fmal, and 28 drop only one slot in the, league J " -men s open standings. In other years the cel lar wouldn't have been low enough for such a record. The Giants figured to lose some ground in the west but the show was made up of hometown professionals playing on an emp ty staxe. All of the blg-tlme stars have been exempted from quali fying chores, while the lesser' I Aetna 1 eleolwlol collapse of the Chicago Cubs1)ghtlI have play (or gpot , I was simply a phenomenon of a phenomenal season. The New Yorkers opened their last Inter sectional trip with a victory and then dropped 13 straight. Snap ping out of their losing streak at Chicago, the Giants closed yesterday with their third suc cessive win over the Bruins and gained an overall record for the trip of four victories in 17 starts. The Cubs did little better with five wins in 18 games, but still I moved into fourth place, ahead of the Giants. Five Chicago errors in yester day's game aided the Giants in compiling an early lead and en abled them to stave off a late rally to eke out a 9-8 decision. One-Hitter Pitching honors of the day went to Lefty Max Lanier of the St Louis Cardinals who held the Boston Braves to single hit while winning a 2-1 decision In the second game of a twilight doubleheader after his mates had taken the opener, 7-4. The Pittsburgh Pirates gained their 19th triumph in their last 21 starts by beating the Brook lyn Dodgers 7-5. Curt Davis was the loser. ' The Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds split a twin- bill, three Philadelphia homers In the opener, two by Buster Adams, supplying a 4-3 edge for Bill Lee. Tommy Do Lacruz pitched five hit ball to give the Reds a 8-1 victory In the night cap. Browns Keep Lead In the American league the status remained quo as far as the margin between the leading St Louis Browns and the sec ond place Boston lied Sox was concerned. Both lost, the Browns dropping a 3-0 game to the Washington Senators and Cleve-! land beating Boston, 3 3. The New York Yankees hand ed 20-game winner Lefty Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers good going over In stopping the Bcngnls, 9-7. The Philadelphia Athletics drew within half a game of the fourth place Chicago White Sox by trimming the Sox, 8-1. a championship flight which will number well over 80 and give $13,468 In war bonds to the winner. Foreign entries, national champions and the first 20 money winners of last year have been exempted, which Includes such established stars as Harold (Jug) McSpaden and Byron Nel son, the two-man war bond mo nopoly; Craig Wood. Sammy Byrd. Lt. Lawson Little, John ny Revolta. Pvt. Jim White, Gene Sarazen, Billy Burke, Tom my Armour and Tony Manero. Only two nationally-known players were among the no-exempt: Leonard Dodson, self-confident Kansas City professional, and Co-holder of the Tarn O'Shanter course record, and Pvt. Chick Herbert, former Michigan amateur champion, re cently turned pro. Among the other entries were Butch Krue ger. Glen Catman, Ray Man grum, Henry J. Kaiser (Racine. Wis.) and Harold (Mush) March, Chicago Blackhawk hockey player. Pirate's Win Streak Fails To Cut Margin Of Cardinals By Jack Cuddy United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Aug. 23. (U.R) Frankie Frisch, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and a guy who has been in baseball for quite a few seasons, must be wondering today just what a ball club has to do to win a National league pennant in this war year. Frankie. and he, Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 23 Frustrated must be just that, has keyed his Pirates to such a pitch that they have won 19 of their last 21 ball games but still are 17 games be hind the leading St. Louis Car dinals, only a game and a half closer than they were when they started this phenomenal brand of ball on Aug. 6. Last night, for Instance, the Pirates won their sixth consecu tive game by beating the Brook lyn Dodgers, 7-5. But the Cardi nals won two from the Boston Braves with a net loss of one half game to the Bucs In their desperate drive to close the wide gap between themselves and St. Louis. Frisch evidently has Instilled some of his own fighting spirit into the Bucs, for on paper the club gives no evidence of the strength which has carried It to 17 triumphs In its last 18 games. According to the latest official averages, the Pirates were fifth In team batting and sixth in fielding. Their top pitcher, Truett (Rip) Sewell, from a games won standpoint, has but 14 triumphs and has dropped 10. One star, now shining brightly In the Pittsburgh outfield, is Jim Russell, a ball player good (U.R) The Sacramento Solons of enough for the majors in any GIRLS' TENNIS MEET IN QUARTER FINALS Philadelphia, Aug. 23. (U.R) The 26lh annual girls' nation al tennis tournament entered the quarter-finals today with top-seeded Shirley Fry of Ak ron, O., meeting Joanne Dunn of Des Moines, la., In the fentvircd match. Miss Fry passed the third round yesterday with an easy 6-1, 6 0 conquest of Gladys Ross of Seattle, Wash., and Miss Dunn defeated Jean Crook of Phila delphia. 6 1, 6 3. the Pacific Coast league will re ceive two players and an undis closed sum of money from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for brilliant Southpaw Pitcher Clem Dreiserwerd, It was learned to day. Drelsewerd, a 20-game win ner, win report to the Red Sox in three days, according to Man ager Shnrly of the Snlons, who confirmed the sale in a tele phone call from Portland. Names of the two Red Sox players who will Join the Solons were not revealed. Negotiations for Drelsewerd fell through two months ago, In a first attempt, and the Red Sox then purchased Rex Cecil from the Son Diego Padres. year. Russell, In his second year under Frisch, has sparked the club at bat the past few weeks and has worked his average up to around the .300 clip. Ho fields well, runs the bases in a Frisch lan manner and has a bullet like peg from the outer gardens. The Bucs have been winning the close ones and, in more cases than not, have come from be hind to turn the trick. Ten of their victories since Aug. 6 have been decided by one or two runs and one of the two losses suf fered was a 3-2 decision to Philadelphia. Detroit In 1940 would partici pate in the Buffalo tournament, "where We hope to build 44 alleys and span at least 63 con secutive days and nights of com petition." BEAVEllEATEN By SACRAMENTO JOE KAHUT WOULD ENLIST IN NAVY By United Press The Hollywood Stars success fully opened their campaign to overhaul the Los Angeles An gels last night, winning 7-3 to cut the Angels' Pacific Coast league lead to five games. Third-place Portland lost a chance to advance, dropping a 5-3 decision to Sacramento, while Oakland moved to within a half game of the first division by topping fourth-place San Francisco 4-2. Seattle stayed in sixth by trimming San Diego 4-3. Three Sacramento hKs and I two Portland errors gave the Solons a five-run splurge In the second to overcome a three-run Beaver lead. Jack Angle, Mel Serefinl and Jim Steiner led the Solon batting attack on Sid Co hen. Guy Fletcher got credit for the win. Score: Soeramento 5 7 0 Portland 3 9 2 Fletcher and Steiner; Cohen, Federmeyer (2) and Norager. Portland, Ore., Aug. 23 (U.R) Joe Kahut, light heavyweight champion of Oregon, today re vealed he wants to apply for en listment in the navy. Jack Capri, Kahut's manager, said that although the boxer had been deferred for some time due to essential farm work, added help had made it possible for Kahut to enter the service fit V. n-i.rir H1 hie deferment." If accepted, Kahut will be the third of the family to enter the armed forces. He has two brothers now in the service. He was scheduled to arrive in Port land today to make the neces sary application. Patriotic Loggers Switch To Cones HOWTHEX? JstJU&J fllrndrd fltilikrf . KH t'niof . MH Urn In Neutral Hptrlft . Thi I nt tlnwn IHtllllerv llnvrt dp (trace . Mrf. 1M St. Louis Boston New York Detroit Chicago Cleveland ... Philadelphia Washington . American ' W. ...69 -.64 ..62 .62 56 57 57 51 .429 National W. St. Louis .. Pittsburgh Cincinnati . Chicago ., New York Philadelphia . Boston ............ Brooklyn ., .86 .69 .65 .51 .53 .45 .46 .48 PREDICT BOWLING BOOM AFTER WAR New York, Aug. 23. (U.R) A record-shattering entry of 50.000 for the inaugural post-war American Bowling Connress I world's championships already j awarded to Buffalo, N. Y. was j forecast today by Charles E. 1 Vnnee, national field representa j live fur the organization. I Predicting a spectacular bowl ing Doom, Vance said he ex pected the current A11C mem bership of 800.000 to double within a year following cessa tion of hostilities anil that 10, OHO teams a 40 per cent In crease over the record set In St. Maries, Idaho, Aug. 23 (U.R) Since the loggers patri otically switched to ice cream cones instead of hard likker, things have been mighty peace ful around here, according to Benewah county Sheriff Mans field Shepherd. Shepherd proclaimed: "We have the most patriotic loggers of the west here, all doing a good job getting logs out for the war. And they're keeping out of jail. They're making too much money to lay off and get into trouble." SID LUCKMAN STARTS PRACTICE WITH BEARS mound staff. .ill- T J a ma mm I uiict:vwic, inn., vug. . A'S LOSE HARRIS Philadelphia, Aug. 23. (U.R) The Philadelphia Athletics' hopes for a first division berth in American league this season were reduced today when Lu man Harris, a 10 game winner, left the club to report for navy duty. Harris, 29, married and the father of two children, was tied with Russ Christopher (or most wins on the Athletics' Ensign Sid Luckman, former star quarterback of the Chicago Bears, reported today for prac tice with the Bears and will play against the college All Stars at Dyche Stadium, Evan ston, 111., next Wednesday night. Luckman entered the mart time service after the Bears de feated the Washington Red skins for the National Football league title last December. He received permission to play with the Bears from the naval commandant at S h e e p s head Bay. MARINES GET SMITH Cherry Point, N. C, Aug. 23 (U.R) Footboll prospects at the marine corps air station here took an upturn today when it was learned that Capt. Maurice J. (Clipper) Smith, one of the nation's leading coaches before the war, had been ordered to re port iere for duty as recreation and athletic director. The Boy Psalm Book, first book published in America, was published in 1640. Donald MacPherson, manager of the Rogue Valley Golf club, said today he expected some 80 local and out-of-town shotmak ers to enter the 16th annual Southern Oregon Golf tourna ment Sept. 1 to 4, Inclusive. Among those certain to com pete, MacPherson said, are Le land (Pete) Clark, the defending champion and Eddie Simmons, four-time title-holder, both of ivieaiora. iiarK won ms niati nmwn last vpar with n S BnH 4 victory over Pvt. Pete Schefcick of San Francisco, then stationed at Camp White. Qualifying rounds will be held Friday, Sept. 1, with match play in all flights beginning Satur day, Sept. 2 and lasting through Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 4, on which day the finals will be staged. Championship flight fin als will be of 36 holes. MacPherson said that entry cards were now available at the club house and urged local golf ers to sign up as soon as possible. The war department's Penta gon building in Washington last year used 105,840 000 kilowatt hours of electricity at a cost of $888,244. This outlay would sup ply a city of about 100,000 population. Roosevelt's TouP Too Expensive, Is Rep. Shafer's View Washington, Aug. 23. (U.PJ Rep. Paul Shafer, R., Mich., said today he planned to seek a con gressional investigation of Presi dent Roosevelt's recent Pacific tour if the house naval affairs committee fails to go ahead with such an inquiry voluntarily. He estimated the cost of tak ing Mr. Roosevelt to Hawaii and then to the Aleutians at $20,000, 000. While on the five week trip, Shafer said, the president was protected by a task force of combat vessels including battle- snips, grrcrart carriers Ini BtnV dreds of planes. 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