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TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Detroit Hangs Onto Lead Despite Slump At Plate New York, July 17 (U.PJ It is risky to pick flaws in a pen nant favorite right after it ap parently has sliaken a serious slump, but the wonder of it all today is that the tottering users still are in first place. A browse through the books reveals that they ate suffering from a serious case of base lilt anemia. That wasn't surprising since the prevailing belief has been that prize pitching has kept up in the race. But, it was a that the club has only three dependable starters at present and tnai n is wiwuui a top flight relief pitcher. Even with a 12-hit attack which produced a 9 to 4 victory over the YanKs ai new lorn. yu terday, the Tiger lineup has a season average of only .248. Tk wlntnrv pnllnled with double deflation of the Senators by the Browns at Washington, 7 to 3 and 5 to 1, put the Tigers three full games aneaa. Unpredictable Bobo Newsom iimn Vila tonrtnn stmleht after los ing 12 in a row, a two-hit, 7 to 1 triumph wnicn gave ine nm letics a split after the White Sox won the opener, 6 to 2. Cleveland made all its runs In the sixth, two of them on a homer by Pat Seerey, to top the Red Sox at Boston, 3 to 2. Allie Reynolds won his ninth game. The Cubs scored twice in the last of the ninth to beat the Giants, 4 to 3. It was Chicago's fifth straight win and their 16th In 17 games. The runner-up Cardinals kept pace at St. Louis with a 2 to 0 Do your drinks get asVBWas this?, Then always use thlscS Tw-Pomt Cahbonation" kavpi drinks aparkUnf with lift, to th. lilt alp, Aik lor Canada Dry Watarwhtn you're out Stnra It In your horn. .Where there's ite: ... . "mm1' you'll hear- CANADDRY WATER Unada on WATER, Let Men Who Know Do Your . . . BODY and FENDER WORK ---- liC CRATER LAKE MOTORS SIXTH AND IVY STS. Tuesday, July 17. I94S shutout by Harry Brecheen over the Braves. Brecheen, who has been out with arm trouble was making his first start since June 23. He gave up six hits. Tom Seats, shelved as a starl ing pitcher by Manager Leo nurnrhpr when the Dodgers were winning, came back now that they are losing to win his second straight assignment, beat ing the Pirates at Pittsburgh, 8 to 4. riMlarlnlnhla nnri Cincinnati were not scheduled in the Na tional. Ponies Set to Fly To Nation's Tracks In Post-War Period San Francisco. July 17 U.R) The ponies are going to really fly after the war. You may have your doubts about that last nag you wasted $2 on, but the pitch is that Bay Meadows, northern California's race track, is planning a post war air field for the convenience of face horses and patrons. General Manager Bill Kyne. says 230 acres of the track's property next door to the racing strip will be used for the con struction of a class three air port which will accommodate 1,900 planes for parking and housing. ' Preliminary work will be started in August, proving It is all no pipe dream. UOYVTH STAND. City Softball League W L Pel. Camp White 4 1 ,850 Junior Chamber ....3 2 .600 Littrell Parts ........3 2 .600 Silver Dollar ,...,...3 2 .600 752nd MP ....2 3 .400 Ordnance Shop ..2- 3 .400 Jennings 2 3 . .400 State Guard 1 4 .200 Southern Oregon League W . L Pet Navy ................... 6 Marines ..............4 Medford .... ...3 Central Point ......2 1.000 .800 .500 .333 .200 .167 Ashland .............. 1 Butte Falls 1 American W. L. Pet. Detroit 44 32 .570 Washington .... 40 34 .541 New York . 41 36 .532 Boston 41 36 .532 Chicago . 40 39 .506 St. Louis 37 38 .493 Cleveland 36 39 .480 Philadelphia 26 81 .338 National W. L. Pet. Chicago 48 29 .623 St. Louis ,. 45 34 .570 Brooklyn ....... 45 33 .563 Pittsburgh 41 38 .819 New York 42 41 .507 Boston .............39 40 .494 Cincinnati ....37 38 .493 Philadelphia , 21 63 .250 Clottnt time for ClaKinari Ada S:30 m. Too Uata to Claulry 12:11 p m 1 It pay, to have experienced body and fender men iron out that dented or wrecked fender. Bring your car in today and let our experts make it look like new. PUT ON BLOCK IN SOFTBALL LEAGUE GAMES TONIGHT Jennings vs. Ordnance Shop. Silver Dollar vi. Camp White. Silver Dollar Grill and Camp White will battle tonight for leadership of the City Softball league when they clash in the second game of a doubleheadcr at the high school field. Silver Dollar, now in a second place tie with Junior Chamber of Commerce and Littrell Parts, will move into a tie for first place if they can stop Camp White, while a win by the sol diers will extend their lead two games ahead of the field. Jennings Tire Shop, losers of three games In a row, will go against Ordnance Shop In the first half of the dual program, starting at 7:45.p. m. They are tied with 752nd MP's for third place in the loop with the losers slated to be sole occupants of the fourth place spot. Jennings started out like champions to win their first two games but slipped into a slump which has stuck with them for their past three contests. City Softball experts figure the club is due to win and might pounce on the Ordnance men to break their Jinx. Nelson Retirement From Tourney Golf Is Denied by Star Dubuque, la., July 17 (U.R) Byron Nelson, new Professional Golfers' Association phamnUn has denied rumors that he may retire irom tournament golf to rest an ailing back. Nelson, here for an exhibition match with Harold (Jug) Mc Snaden. Sanforrl. Ma nM re porters yesterday, "my back Is an ugm aiier an, l won the PGA title Vpatorrinv sffnn on.,nn full days of golf." Nelson and McSpaden are scheduled to appear in Sioux City, la., today and will con clude their series of exhibition matches tomorrow at Rochester, Minn. Both planned to tee off Thursday in the St. Paul open tuunianieni. Nolson. whn ntillArt kAni. muscle during a driving contest hi ine recent Chicago Victory National open, said he might stop at the Mayo clinic for a checkup while in Rochester. But he said he had vrv tntnni.n f playing in the St. Paul match and the $60,000 Ail-American open' which starts at fi,i,.on'. Tarn O'Shanter club July 23. SUGAR ROBINSON BOUT IS SET FOR CHICAGO Chicnco. Jnlv 17 fiioi rw- motor Jack Kcarns said today that he had arranged for a 15- round bout at fhlraen h.,... Ray (Sugar) Robinson, negro welterweight, and Jake Lamotta, miciaicwcignt line contender. Kcarns said the riatn set as soon as the two fighters, Dotn nw Yorkers, agreed on the weight. Is YOUR Car Ready for That Vacation Trip? MOTOR TUNE-UP Expert Mechanics Labor 00 PHONE 2297 BEAVER-SEATTLE " COMBINATION IS Pacific Coast League baseball teams took a busman's holiday yesterday by" doubling up to play two all-star games for the bene fit of the Association of Profes sional Ball Players of America. At Wrigley Field in Los An geles, Los Angeles and San Diego teamed up to score a 3-1 victory over Sacramento and Oakland. A Seattlo-Portland combination trounced a Hollywood-San Francisco team 13-3 at Portland. The southern game saw the squads dueling scoreless for six tight innings. The Angels and the Padres cut loose in the sev enth when Mel Hicks and Mickey Kreltncr of Los Angeles singled with two men out. Guy Miller scored them both with a long dpuble to left field corner. The northern squad finally scored in the ninth when Al Mc Elreath, Sacramento, doubled and scored on a single to right by the Solon s Joe Marucci. The northern clubs hopped on John Marshall for six runs in two Innings and were never headed. The winners tagged 17 hits, including six doubles. They were threatened only once dur ing the evening when they got three runs on one hit, two walks and an error. Seattle's Carl Fischer was credited with the win while Marshall, a Hollywood right hander, was charged with the defeat. ine PCL pennant race re sumes In earnest today with Seattle meeting San Francisco at Seattle, Hollywood at Portland, San Diego at Oakland and Sac ramento at Los Angeles. Lightweight Champ Hurt in Car Wreck Phoenixville, Pa., July 17 (U.R) Physicians at Valley Forge General Hospital said today that the injuries lightweight cham pion, Cpl. Bob Montgomery suf fered in an automobile accident were not serious and would not affect his boxing career. Montgomery, home on fur lough from Luke Field, Ariz., suffered muscle strains on the back and right shoulder and a lacerated right knee when the car he was driving overturned near Princeton, N. J., as he was going from New York to Phila delphia. His wife and three year old son also were Injured. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By United States New York Quecnsboro Are na) Danny Kapilow, 1465-4. New York, stopped Ernest (Cat) Robinson, 1474, New York, (6). Newark, N. J. (Meadow- brook Bowl) Georgie Parks, 183, Washington, stopocd Jim- mle (Shamus) O'Brien, 178V4, Philadelphia, (9). Pittsburgh Juste Fontaine, 136, Pittsburgh, stopped Pedro Hornandor, 133. New York. (5). LONDON FAVORITE London. July 17 (U.R) Brit- Ish Heavyweight Champion Jack London was a slight favorite at 5 to 4 odds to retain his title against Bruce Woodcock, young railroad worker whom he meet tonight In the Tottenham foot ball stadium before an expected crowd of 50,000. IRISH PRACTICE South Bend, Ind., July 17 (U.R Eight lettermen from the 1944 Notre Dame football squad and 102 other gridiron aspirants have reported for summer prac tice. Coach Hugh Devore said today. NINTH NAZI DIES Ft. Douglas, Utah, July 17 (U.R) The death toll from a ber serk American army guard's shooting orgy last week at the branch German prisoner of war camp at Salina, Utah, today had risen to nine. Ninth Service Com mand officials here reported that German Pfc. Friedrich Ritter died Friday from wounds suf fered when Pvt. Clarence V. Bcr tuccl, New Orleans, turned a mounted machine gun on the TOW camp enclosure. aJbai SUMMER FUELS Factory Blocks $6.75 per 200 cu. ft. load Kindling . $300 per 200 cu. ft. lead DIAL 2123 Timber P .... , . t,: : rl ft-,",, j'; ! " . , J is-V?V5rJ"::5 V ' . fowrftrA-fytbf.W'iitf, i6f .1 - tf" ... X:': oi.Tf- tut ii i waiiiKaaaa paaaaarH iiira ,t m'Tuvlr TiTi THE LAND OF THE FREE American soldiers repatriated from Germany wave joyfully as they get first glimpse of New York skyline. The men, all with erutches, are aboard Swedish exchange liner Gripsholm headed for Jersey City pier. Of the 1,206 repatriates, 463 are exchanged American prisoners, 632 are civilians, 42 are merchant seamen and 78 are Canadians. (U. S. Navy Paoto.l Mussolini Needed Her Only In Adversity Widow Sums Up Life With Former Leader (The following exclusive In terview Is one of the few pub lic statements ever made by Mrs. Benito MuisolinL It is her first to an American cor respondent tine the death of her husband and her removal to a British internment camp). By Ann Stringer (United Press Correspondent) A British Internment Camp, Terni. Italy. July 17 (U.R) "I was never close to him when he was high; I was always near him when he was down." With that weeping epitaph, Benito Mussolini's gray-haired widow summed uo her life with the flamboyant Duce who left her for a younger, prettier mis tress at the height of his Fascist nower. Pouring out her words be tween choking sobs. Donna Rachele revealed in an exclusive Interview that she spoke to the doomed Duce by telephone only six hours before he was slain by a band of Italian Partisans near Milan last April, In British Custody We. spoke informally In the six-room apartment In an aban doned synthetic rubber factory where she and her two youngest children are being held in Brit ish protective custody. Throughout the interview, Donna Rachele defended her dead husband against every ac cusation except his final Infi delity with Clara Pctaccl, who shared his death and humiliation in the bloody public square In Milan. For the red-haired Clara, Mrs. Mussolini had nothing but hat red and a fierce satisfaction that Benito's mistress was dead. Her eyes literally flashed when Clara's name was men tioned. She pushed herself far back in her chair, sat up straight and spat out: "They've done well to hang her. She was the only one around Mussolini who had any thing really to do with the Ger mans." Then, speaking even more furiously and pounding the table before her. she almost shouted: "Mussolini (she always re ferred to him that way) never had anything to do with women. He never let them have any in fluence over him. That was pro paganda just to ruin him. "Mussolini at the most had five minutes with a woman, then he would leave her." Widow Defends Duce She trembled with anger and emotion as she spoke.. But the frail widow, still attractive in spite of her 56 years, maintained her dignity, presenting a far dif ferent picture from the hulking, peasant-type woman I had been led to expect. "I tast saw Mussolini about eight days before he was killed," she went on, holding a clenched DIAL 2123 Company handkerchief before her face. "1 talked with him by telephone about six or seven hours before he met death. "He called me at 3 a. m. at Como that morning and told me to try to get into Switzerland, but that If I failed, to turn my self and the children over to the American authorities. "Of course I knew something was wrong. I knew he was in danger, because he told me he was With the Partisans. . But I did not know he was going to be killed." . Planned U. S. Home "We should .have gone to American when we first got mar ried," she said. "We had planned to and we talked much about it. We planned to live there and IIS Buy War Bonds for Victory THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 145 H. Bsrtltlt Telephone 2101 raise our children there. But then Mussolini changed his mind." Mussolini's decision not to go to the United States came about because he felt himself growing powerful politically in Italy, and because his friends persuaded him to "betray the proletariat, although his sympathies always were with the working class," she said. Asked why II Duce signed the Axis pact that led Italy Into war. she shouted passionately: "Everybody is to blame for that. Everybody, from Badog Uo (Marshal Pietro Badogllo, pre mier of the post-armistice gov ernment) up to the king. "They all blame Mussolini. They killed him while Badoglio's They're all big days for Long Distance these days. Our job is to take them in stride and get your calls through without waiting. Most of the time it works out that way, but sometimes there's an extra big crowd on some circuits. Then Long Distance will say "Please limit your call to 5 minutes." mistress Is now living In Swlt zerland with millions of dollars.'' Examinations Will Be August 25 For State Office Jobs Salem, July 17 New exami nations for clerical and casework personnel have been scheduled by the merit system council. The examination date has been ten tatively set for August 25. Ex aminations will include ad vanced and beginning clerical and stenographic series includ I n g administrative secretary, stock control clerk, and tele phone operators; beginning and advanced caseworkers, assistant casework supervisor, and case work supervisor with the State Public Welfare Commission. Vacancies exist in all covered agencies; State Public Welfare Commission, State Board of Health, Unemployment Compen sation Commission, and the Crip pled Children's division of the University of Oregon Medical School. Applications for these exami nations must be received by Aug ust 9. Detailed information may be obtained by writing Professor- William Griffith, 616 Mead Building, Portland 4, Oregon. Legion Head For Immigration Ban Hollywood, July 17 (U.R) Homer. L... Challlaux, American Legion field director, yesterday asked that all immigration be prevented until America's 10,. 000,000 or 12,000,000 servicemen have found jobs and readjusted themselves. STILL FRIENDS Hollywood, July 17 (U.PJ Navy Lt. Walter Kane, former husband of Screen Star Lynn Bari, and his wife, Muriel Mor ris, announced today plans to end their three months marriage in the divorce courts. Lt. and Mrs. Kane said personality dif ferences caused the marital breakup but added they would remain friends. 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