v Washington Closing in on
American League Pennant
New York, Aug. 6 U.PJ As
if there weren't enough confu
sion in Washington already, the
chances were bright today for
the world series to be there, pro
vided of course that the office of
defense transportation permits it
to be held anywhere.
The Senators, climaxing one
of the most remarkable perform
ances in years, were only a half
game out of first place after
playing five double headers in as
many days and winning all but
one of the 10 games.
Tigers Drop Two
While the Senators were
sweeping their double header
with the Red Sox, 5 to 4 and 4 to
1, yesterday, the Tigers were
dropping a pair to the White Sox
at Chicago, 12 to 8 and 3 to 2.
The Athletics kept New York
from taking advantage of De
troit's slip by trouncing the Yan
kees twice at Philadelphia, 6 to
3 and 4 to 3:
The Indians and Browns divid
ed at St. Louis and remained
tied for sixth place. Cleveland
In their war
nothing
is expendable
Ever since the war started, It
seems, practically all the things
women send to the cleaners
have become irreplaceable.
This suit is that lovely, soft,
prewar wool. That scarf is the
wonderful, prewar satin. The
rug is a real Supa-Dupa from
vanquished Moolabaloola. And
the dress, for goodness sake, is
actual, genuine, prewar taffeta!
If anything happens to such
items, they are like Clemen
tine, the Forty-niner's unfortun
ate daughter lost and gone
forever. Women think no more
of them than of something
combining their right eye, their
ewe lamb and a natural com
plexion. And what about men? Each
suit sent to the cleaner has be
come a masterpiece of the tail
or's art. The owner will admit
it's as hard to duplicate as a
Rubens or a Rembrandt and
deserves corresponding respect
In such circumstances, it's a
compliment to the cleaning and
dyeing people that anybody
trusts them with anything. It's
a supreme compliment that, ac
tually, everybody trusts them
with everything!
That trust the cleaners have
honored by overcoming all the
war-troubles in the book. In
addition, they've handled, in
dividually, millions upon mil
lions of personal belongings
the home-front's No. 1 non
expendables with an une
qualled record for caution and
watchfulness.
When you send your clothes
to the cleaner, you feel as safe
as if you were putting your
pants in the bank. As a long
time producer of their cleaning
solvents, we know why. Care,
care, endless care that's why!
With so many nice ihings now
become precious "wartime heir
looms," that's a lucky break for
one and all.
l word to1 to out Ktehmond (fin try
took the opener, 6 to 3, on Jeff
Heath's three-run homer. The
Browns won the second, 10 to 9,
after getting off to an eight-run
lead in three innings.
Cubs Gain Lead
While the American race was
tightening, the trend was the
other way in the National where
the Cubs ran their lead to six
full games by winning two at
Cincinnati, 12 to 5 and 5 to 1.
The presence of Commissioner
Albert B. Chandler was no help
to the Reds, who were pounded
for 22 hits, five by Phil Cavar
retta in the first game..
The Pirates and Cardinals di
vided at Pittsburgh. St. Louis
made 21 hits to win the opener,
12 to 5 Charley Barrett chalking
up his 15th win. It was Pitts
burgh's turn to hit the ball in the
second game, a 10 to 3 triumph
for Fritz Ostermueller, pitching
his first game since being dis
charged from the army.
Art Herring pitched a two-hit
shutout to give Brooklyn a 7 to
0 victory but Boston countered
to win the second game, 10 to 1
with a 16-hit assault on three
Dodger pitchers.
The Giants won two from the
Futility boys from Philadelphia,
14 to 5 and 4 to 2.
Y, MAN
TIE FOR FIRS!
SPOT IN LEAGUE
Southern Oregon League
W. L. Pet
Marines 8 1
Navy 8 v 1
Medford 5 4
Central Point 3 6
Ashland 2 7
Butte Falls 1 8
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START PRACTICE
Chicago, Aug. 6 U.R The
pigskin noses its way into the
sports parade this week when
three National Football league
teams kick off for their 1945
training seasons.
The world champion Green
Bay Packers, with tireless Don
Hutson still at end, are the first
to go to camp when they begin
limbering up at home Thursday
in preparation for their game
with the College All-Stars here,
Aug. 30.
George S. Marshall's Washing
ton Redskins, featuring the dou-
ble-barreled passing attack of
Frank Filchock and Sammy
Baugh, open up Friday at George
Washington University, Washing
ton, D. C, while the Cleveland
Rams, with, a host of new backs
such as Les Horvath of Ohio
State, and Bob Waterfield of
U.C.L.A., launch their workouts
at Bowling Green, O., University
Saturday.
Klamath Falls service teams
dominated Southern Oregon
league play yesterday when they
went into a tie for first place
with eight wins and one loss
each. Naval Air Station jumped
on Medford Craters for a 9 to 5
victory here yesterday while the
Marines were taking a double
header from Ashland, 20 to 0
and 13 to 7. Central Point eased
into fourth place behind Med
ford with a 7 to 1 win over Butte
Falls.
Medford committed six costly
errors against Navy Sunday
which attributed largely to the
defeat. A big fifth inning in
which Navy accounted for five
runs put the game on ice
although the Craters crowded
the air sailors in the final stan-
s.
Navy, piloted by ex-Medford
manager Norm Worthley, scored
a run in the second and third in
nings and gained one each in the
sixth and eighth. Medford gain
ed one in the sixth, seventh and
ninth and two in the eighth. Pat
Patterson went the route for
Navy and was touched for eight
Bing Crosby Loses
Movie Colony Meet
Hollywood. Aug- 6 (U.R
Blng Crosby, a more successful
crooner than golfer, carded a 75
yesterday to finish fourth in Di
rector Frank Borzage's movie
colony golf tournament.
The motion picture golf cham
pionshlp went to Jim Erratt,
Technicolor Co. employe, who
slipped under the wire with a 72
Few of the 2,000 fans saw him
win, though. Most of them
milled around Crosby, who took
a 36 on the back nine, including
a birdie three.
UOWTH
Coast League
W. L. Pet.
Portland 82 46 .641
Seattle 74 54 .578
Sacramento ... 68 62 .523
Oakland 64 66 .500
San Francisco........ 64 66 .500
San Diego 60 72 .455
Los Angeles ........ 54 75 .419
Hollywood 52 77 .403
American League
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 53 40 .570
Washington 54 42 .542
New York 50 43 .538
Chicago 49 46 .516
Boston 48 49 .495
Cleveland 46 48 .489
St. Louis 45 47 .489
Philadelphia 32 62 .340
National League
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 63 34 .649
St. Louis . 59 42 .586
Brooklyn 54 42 .563
New York 54 47 .535
Pittsburgh 51 50 .505
Boston 45 54 .455
Cincinnati 43 53 .448
Philadelphia 26 73 .263
Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to Clawify 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
f Owi-CoJa Company, Long ijamf CUy, K. Y.
runchiied fiottlen Pepsi-Cole Bottling Co. of Medford
hits while Jess Van Horn, start
ing for Medford, gave up five in
four and one-third innings and
Steve Crippen gave up eight in
the remainder of the game. Van
Horn was relieved because of a
sore arm.
Saturday night the Navy team
pounced on Paul Freer, Harold
Lange, George Barr and Dick
Kidwell for a total of 12 hits to
score a 20 to 3 win.
Sunday's game:
Navy 9 13 2
Medford 5 8 6
Patterson and Biddle, Reitenour;
Van Horn, Crippen and Gitzen.
BEAVERS SWEEP
Saturday's game:
Navy 20 12 9
Medford 3 5 10
Worthley and Reitenour;
Freer, Lange, Barr, Kidwell and
Gitzen.
SAMMY ANG0TT PLANS
TO RE-ENTER BOXING
Pittsburgh, Aug. 6 (U.R)
Former Lightweight Champion
Sammy Angott disclosed today
that he was coming out of re
tirement to meet Gene Burton
of New York in a 10-round bout
here Aug. 20.
Angott, who previously has re
tired twice, said he wanted to
give it "just one more whirl."
TALBERT EDGES SEGURA
IN DELAWARE TOURNEY
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 6 (U.R)
Billy Talbert gave his home
town of Wilmington top honors
today in the Delaware state
men's invitational meet, after
beating Francisco (Pancho) Se
gura, 0-6, 6-2, 6-2, in Sunday's
championship finals.
The calf of the blue whale
measures up to 25 feet in length
and weighs about two tons at
birth-
TO WIN SERIES
By United Press
With more than 50 games still
to go in the 1945 Pacific Coast
league pennant scramble, all the
battling appeared to be for low
er division spots.
The Portland Beavers have
given indication that they are
the strongest club in the league
and will retain their swelling
advantage to the end; Seattle ap
pears definitely to be the second
best club.
In late weeks, the Sacramento
Solons hftve been doing a good
job of sewing up third place.
That leaves the rest of the
clubs to battle for the No. 4 spot
in the Governors' Cup playoffs
particularly San Francisco and
Oakland.
Yesterday Portland further
strengthened its claim to the top
rung by trouncing Hollywood
twice, 7-4 and 14-5 to win the
series, seven games to one: Se
attle whipped San Francisco in
two, 17-4 and 6-3 and won the
series, 5-3.
Sacramento turned the same
trick by downing Los Angeles
5-3 and 3-2 for an 8-1 series
triumph, and Oakland whipped
San Diego in a pair, 4-2 and 8-3
for a 6-3 series edge.
Four home runs featured the
slugfest at Hollywood as the
Beavers kept up their hot pace.
Three were clouted by the Beav
ers in the second tilt. Roy Younk
er got one in the second frame;
Frank Shone hit for the circuit
with the bases loaded In the
third; and Charley English got
one in the seventh. Ken Richard
son circuited for the losers.
Andersson, Hagg
Enter American
Meet in London
London, Aug. 6 (U.R) Swed
ish miler Arne Andersson some
day may run a milo in four min
utes, but he doubts whether it
will be today.
The speedy schoolmaster was
matched against former record
holder Syd Wooderson of Eng
land In a special mile race
which highlights the American
G.I. track meet at London's
White City stadium.
Guilder Hagg, Andersson's
feather-footed colleague, will run
in a two mile race against an
other Briton, Doug Wilson, and
he too thinks there is little like
lihood of a new mark being
established.
PORTLANDER WINS
Salt Lake City, Aug. 6 (U.R)
Harold West, Portland, Ore., link
star, today was the winner of
the $1,500 Utah open golf tour
nament after shooting a six-be-low-par
63 for a new course rec
ord in Saturday's semi-final
round.
LAMOTTA TO FIGHT
New York, Aug. 6 (U.R)
Jake Lamotta and Jose Basora,
top grade middleweights, meet
Monday, Aug. 8, 1943
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Friday night at Madison Squere
Garden for the fourth time In a
bout that highlights the week's
boxing program.
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