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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. Bept. 3S 1944 RACE UNCHANGED AS DETROIT AND Tigers Retain One-Game ANGELS COP TWO FROM BEAVERS TO APPROACH FINALS By United Press The San Francisco Seals were safely into the finals of the Pa cific coast league governor's cup playoffs today, sinking Oakland twice 9-7 and 2-0 yesterday to nab a 4-1 series win, while the Lead in Bitter Flag Battle Angeles Angels were i Bwnui iff a ui bictiiu ifd uuu 111 1 to take a 3-2 lead Clashes This Week Expected To Thin College Contenders By Carl Lundqulst United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Sept. 25 (U.R) The road to national football glory was congested with contenders today, but the traffic was expected to thin out by next Saturday when some of. the top gridiron machines will be involved in head-on collisions. On the basis of their play toi " date, me standout teams appear ed to be Cornell, Colgate and ' Pittsburgh In the east; Duke, Kentucky, Florida, Virginia and Yanks Fall Behind New York, Sept. 25 (U.R) The final week of the 1944 Ma jor league basebnll season open ed today with Detroit and St. Louis embroiled In a last-ditch struggle for the American league pennant only one game separat ing them. With one of the bitterest fights In the loop's history, assured, the leading Tigers were favored to win their first flag since 1940 because of the fortunes of sched ule making. Detroit winds up Its season with three games with the seventh place Philadelphia Athletics and four with last place Washington. St. Louis must play Clcmson In the south; Illinois, Northwestern, Great Lakes Na val, and Michigan, In the mid west; Rice, Tulsa, Texas Christ ian and Texas A 8c M in the southwest; the Second Air Force Los Angeles needs only one Superbombers and navy-power- more win tonight or Tuesday to qualify for the finals, beginning Wednesday night In San Fran cisco. If the Angels win, the two teams will play three games at Seals stadium, then move to Los Angeles for a Sunday double- header. Should the Beavers pull through, the entire series will be held in San Francisco. Los Angeles, regular season pennant winner, hit its stride In the opener, lacing Ad Llska, Clarence Federmeyer and George Windsor for 20 hits. In cluding two homers by Ted Nor bert and one by Cece Garrlott. George Cornelias kept nine Port land blows well scattered. Ray Prim cut the Beavers off ed Colorado college in the Rocky mountain area and . California and Washington on the Pacific coast. Yet to be reckoned with are such potential power plants as Navy, Army, Notre Dame, Penn sylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Texas, and Dartmouth which get their first airings Saturday. If speed is to be a requisite In GREEN BAY HPS BEARS BY 42-28 By United Press The Green Bay Packers, fa vored by many to be the class of the National Football league this year, scored their second triumph of the season Sunday with a 42-28 triumph over the champion Chicago Bears in one of the two games scheduled for play-for-pay fans. In the other the Cleveland Rams came back after a year's layoff to win a see-saw battle from the merged Pittsburgh SPEED SPRAYER'SAVES CITRUS Trjt V3 Krj"' 4- M rs' e li the race fo? national honors, it Steelers-Chlcago Cardinals, 30- may be hard to stop Illinois 28, In the season's opener for with its track team backfield. poth elevens. three affalnst the fourth SDOt I Boston Red Sox and four against : with three hits In the abbreviate the third place New York Van-1 ed nightcap, while his team kees, I mates were collecting 14 more The magic figure at this stage I p 1, n a,nd Do" of the campaign Is seven. Any Pu,lford' " p , Rf se, ' s'an?med combination of seven Detroit . out circuit clout with the bases victories or seven St. Louis losses gives the Tigers the bunt ing. For New York, who drop ped four and a half games off the pace in losing to Cleveland yesterday, any combination of four sends them home talking about next year. The Tigers maintained their lead yesterday when Southpaw Hal Newhouscr accounted for his 27th win of the year with a 9-9 job against Boston. St. Louis stayed on Detroit's heels by scoring three runs in the last half of the ninth Inning after two were out to beat the Athletics 3-2. The Yankees all but bowed out against the four hit pitching of Veteran Mel Harder who beat the 1943 champions, 4-1. The Indians shelled Hank Borowy for four runs on four hits and three walks In the fifth. Cards Bet Mark In the American league's only doublcheader the Chicago White Sox etlmlnLtet1 any mathemati cal possibility of the Washington Senators escaping the cellar by wlnnlg twice, 9-3 and 2-0. In the Notional league the St. Louis Cardinals set a record by becoming the first senior circuit team in history to win 100 or more games for three consecu tive seasons by taking two one run decisions from the Philadel phia Phillies, 4-3 and 1-0. Pittsburgh and New York split. The Giants won the first. 5-4, and the Bucs took the 10 innlng nightcap 3 2. Chicago and Brooklyn dlvld ed, the Dodgers walking away with 10-3 margin In the first game and the Cubs gaining a 4-3 edge In the finale. Cincinnati won two from the Boston Braves, 2-1 and 1-0. loaded. LInescores: First games Oakland 7 San Francisco 9 Salvo and Raimondi; and Ogrodowskl. 14 11 1 13 3 Seats 20 10 Los Angeles ., Portland Horton, Cornelias (1) and Sar nl, Fernandes (5); Llska, Feder meyer (5), Wlndson (5) and Adams, Cook (6). Second games Oakland 0 8 1 San Francisco 2 4 0 Hayes and Raimondi; Harrell and Sprlnz. Operating with cinder track ef ficiency the Illlnl defeated a good Indiana team 26 to 18 In their Big Ten opener, but may be slowed down a little when they go against Great Lakes in the midwest's top game Satur day. The Bluejackets showed plenty of scoring proficiency In In losing their first game of the season and their first since 1939 at Green Bay, Wis., the Bears staged a thrilling last-half fight that brought them to a 28-28 tie in the fourth quarter, but the Packers exploded with two touchdowns In the last four minutes to clinch the game. The M s ''if'- r S r it nT i sit A. tYS ,f -7, f v'Jf '..1 V 1 -V beating Purdue, unbeaten and '"n'ng, corun,e were made by iiqiiuolr uuu orucK, wno ran 42 yards around end for the untied In n43, by 27 to 18. Notre Dame, not expected to attain its 1943 fame, opens against Pittsburgh, which show ed offensive class in beating West Virginia 26 to 13. Army meets the Tar Heels of North Carolina who dropped a 7 to 0 decision to Wake Forest, while Navy opposes the North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters, expect ed to be a standout service team. On the Pacific coast, Califor nia's strong Bears oppose UCLA, Southern California meets Col lege of Pacific and Washington takes on Whitman. first, and by Fullback Ted Fritsch on a 45 yard return of an intercepted pass. On Mill Inbuilt Want Adi MO TIRFMONEY Qualified Drv.ri Wo havm fh best synfhtfto frai you con buy 6. F. Goodrich Sitvrtownt Tli Most for jomt aoaay . tncl four cortihedto . . . tbat't wbal you ! wbtt reu buf B. F. Ooodrich BilvottowTi . . . Ik 00)7 lymholie tiro bocWod bj cm 10 million ul- toad tl, ZaMf piUl Ail Otitclal Tfr fmptcfor LEWIS SUPER SERVICE STATION 8th and Front. Phone 2119 I B. K GoodrichTlres 1 Los Angeles 11 14 1 Portland 13 3 Prim and Fernandes; Cohen, Pulford (6) and Adams. - E THURSDAY CARD SOUTHWEST TITLE . 42 TO 7 By United Press The Los Angeles Mustangs took over second place behind me undefeated Hollywood Rang ers In American professional football league play yesterday, overpowering the Los Angeles Wildcats 20-7 before 5,000 at Gllmore stadium. In the north, the Oakland Hornets suffered their second beating In three days, losing to the Portland Rockets 39-0 In the T.n Anffnlc Scnf ?s (11 PI 1 waKe of a 42-7 defeat bv the Sgt. Frankie Parker went back Seatt, Bombers Friday night, to soldiering today, carryingl Half-back Jimmy Caine of the with him the men s singles hon-1 Portland Bombers put on a one ors for the Pacific southwest ten-, mBn how, catching four touch nls tournament after "sweating I dowr passes and snagging an out" a 6 4 8-8, 8-6 victory over I Oakland fumble behind the Vket ... .. 1 f. - f, -. .hJl'J try and state government! of Oregon and Washington to con sider forms of establishing safer working conditions, investiga tion into the cause of accidents In the northwest lumber Indus try was recommended. Estimated population of Nova Scotia In 1807 was 65,000. A postwar machine which will insure better fruit and better citrus tree production has been produced by Food Machinery Corporation. Using a powerful motor and 10 airplane pro pellers, the speed sprayer throws a stream of germ and insect-killing liquid into the orchards to drive the pests away. George Daugherty, man ager of the Orlando, Fla., division of FMC, and inventor of the machine, is shown here driving the tractor and operating the sprayer in the 160 acre orange grove of 1 Rancho Grande, Azusa, California- ONLY 9,600 IDLE AS FOUR MAJOR STRIKES SETTLED McLeod McLeod, Sept. 25 Lawrence ffcStV Blcndrd ftlitekeT . t3t&xr " I'nwf i'iVi' tAr Uraln Neutral TjftniTliiliafhi Spirit! The Unt jrji downe lllitlllrry . Havre de Grace . guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry iH J. C. Atkins of Hollywood Tribett, signalman, 1c of the ! spent several days here recently Wrestling fans will witness a double main event In the arm ory next Thursday night, with both matches slated for an hour's straight wrestling time or the best two out of three falis. In the climax bout of the eve ning the "Gray Mask," who de feated Jack Kaiser last week. will face Paayo Katonen, the with a 8.4, 6 3 trlurnpn ovcr Bill Talbert at the Los Angeles Tennis club. Parker's steadiness, which won him the national men's singles honors over Talbert at Forrest Hills, N. Y., two weeks ago, again brought him victory. Three-time national women's singles winner, Pauline Betz, easily pocketed the women's ti- goal for a fifth score, before a hometown crowd of 5,000. big Finnish mntman In the low' er hnlf of the twin main struggle, Kaiser coast light-heavy cham pion, will tangle with Harold Da vidson. Pat O'Dowdy and Tex Porter will collide in the thrce-riund opener, PEP, WRIGHT CLASH FOR DIADEM FRIDAY New York, Sept. 25 U.R) Willie Pep defends his feather weight title Ncw York version) against cx-champlon Chalky Wright at Madison Square Gar den Friday night In the feature bout on this week's nntlonal box ing schedule. Pep took the crown from Wright In November, 1942. Another banner brawl brings together middlewclghts Jake La motta and Gcorgle Kochan at Detroit Friday night. WEINTRAUB CHASTISED New York. Sept. 25 U.PJ Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants said today that he! had suspended hard-hitting first baseman Phil Welntraub for the balance of the season because of "Indifferent playing." One out of evety three deaths from tubcrruloais occurs In cities of 100 000 or more pnpu latlon. according to the U. S public health service. Margaret E Osborne. San Fran cisco, whom she also defeated at Forrest Hills. Parker and Klmbrell, Univer sity of Southern California na val trainee defeated Talbert and Francisco (Pancho) Segura, Ecua dor's two-hand drive expert. In the men's doubles, 7-5, 0-6. 6-2. Miss Osborne and Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, Cal., USC co-ed, downed Miss Betz and women's doubles title. Standings W Hollywood ... . 4 L. A. Mustangs ..2 Seattle 2 Portland . 2 San Francisco ..l San Diego 1 L. A. Wildcats ....0 Oakland . 0 Pet 1.000 .666 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 OW THEY? CTA Ajrv u HIVES After working in your Victory Garden TRFAT YOURSELF TO I. 1 III'' ' M UU I '! I I IHERMfflfiE KaaruiJt, Suiil AWfea Wtatktt 0 If you're doind your part on the home front and would like to re ward yourself occasionally, pour yourself bit of Old Hermitage! Nanooai nttilitn Prod Corp.. N Y It PnxV FOOTBALL PIECE high's Black Tornado football team has blossomed forth as an author. In the September Issue of the Athletic Journal, which circu lates nationally to high school and college coaches appears an article written by Simpson titled "The Y Formation With an Un balanced Line." The piece, Illustrated with dia grams exp:ains the system used by Simpson at Ashland nigh lust season. American W. L. Pet. Detroit 84 63 .571 St. Louis 83 64 .565 New York 79 67 .541 ! Boston 74 73 .503 Cleveland 70 77 .476 Chicago 69 77 .473 Philadelphia 67 80 .456 Washington 61 86 .415 National W. L. Pet. St. Louis 101 48 .687 Pittsburgh 87 59 .596 Cincinnati 84 62 .575 Chlcngo 70 75 .483 I'ew York 64 82 .438 Boston 60 88 .411 , Brooklyn 60 87 .408 Philadelphia 68 87 .400 USNR, spent September 21 vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hard ing, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Howe are visiting friends in Stockton. Miss Wanda is taking care of the store and post office in the ab sence of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Bowers have gone to San Francisco on business. Raymond Mulllns has return ed home after spending several weeks in San Francisco visiting relatives. Mrs. Carrie Harding visited as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Shipp and family. j Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Allen of , Glendale, Calif., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen. I Mr. and Mr. Robert E. Cota of Van Nuys, Calif., are guests' of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Abbott. J By United Press Settlement of four of the na tion's major strikes today re duced to 9600 the number of workers Idle because of strikes, but at Gadsden, Ala., a walkout of 30 bricklayers at the Repub lic Steel Corp. plant threatened : Mrs. Francis Ash of Trail on ' to force an additional 3500 work-j September 11. ers 'n'o idleness. I Mrs. Nina Waldo has gone to! " a " . : W"'RS "i Glendale, Calif., to visit rela Carnee e-Illinols Steel Co.. 75 chippers who have been on strike M " Ware wilson and dauah. a week returned to work today ; Lorceni have gone , Los Angeles where Loreen has en tered school. SAFETY MEETING SET Portland, Ore., Sept. 25 (U.R) At a meeting here today by representatives of labor, indus- LOW WEEKLY RATES AT mm Across From Craterian Theatre Phone 4174 SINGLE $4.50 to $6 OOUBLE $7 50 to $12 ilew Smiom Inner Spring Mattresres Free Clean Hoomsi NEVADA WINS Tonopah, Nev., Sept. 25 (U.R) Stopped by the bulky Tonopah Army Air Base line, the Onl versify of Nevada grlders took to the air with "T" formation passes to win their opener 20-0 yesterday. and operations were back to nor mal as the 1400 other workers who were forced Into Idleness because of the strike were able to work again. The strike caused a loss of production of 14,000 tons of steel, officials said. Steel Workers Back The biggest walkout, a three day strike of 8000 workers at the American Car and Foundry Co., Berwick, Pa., was ended when the United Steel Workers (CIO) reached agreement with officials on seniority regulations in a vacatlon-wlth-pay plan. At Detroit. 3000 workers on the day shift at the Briggs Manufacturing company plant returned to work, ending a walk out In protest against the dis missal of 10 die setters A total of 7250 workers had been on strike at the Briggs plant. How ever, 1168 workers at that fac tory were to be laid ofi today due to cutbacks In the produc tion of B 17 Flving Fortresses. At Cleveland, where a strike of 400 trainmen has tied up 4600 other workers, officials of the Republic Steel company s Cor rigan M'-Kinncy plant estimat ed that the walkout has cost the production of another 4500 tons of steel. Mrs. Louise Stafford has re turned home after visiting her sister, Mrs. Jean Witter and fam ily in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Jim McDowell and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Abbott motored to Diamond Lake to fish September 12. ' Mr. and Mrs. Jess Eldrldge of Ashland and Mrs. Lura Leach of South Dakota were dinner DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR GAR? See Us Top Price! No Delay Any Make or Model Skinner's Garage 143 S. 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