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Newspaper Page Textlift Abort are Jonny MllUr ind Urgent Bnepp, fait young imiliur mlddlewelghti. whaling away In Ihtlr Uil Tuesday armory bout which andad In a draw. Tha lads hava baan ramalchad and will maal again In tha lour round mitt wlndup on Promotar Mack Llllard't comblnad laathar and grappla swim pool banallt card. Lloyd Smith, young Bonanaa knockout victor, and Larry Ray, Klamath High achool aluggar, will Joust In tha ring opanar. Harris Shatters World Discus Record At Collegiate Tourney AL LO ALTO, Calif., (AD Girded lor record shattering performance, 200 of the flnett utlilcio in America ring down tli ciirlnln tottuy on the 1041 ujck and field season with the Qi mtft of llo year the Na liiinnl Collegloto championships. Willi one world mark already pticcd In the discard In yester duy'a qualifying trials -a tre mendous dltcus throw by In diana' NVgro atnr, Archie llarri- today final brought together representative from M irliool In Stanford Unlver aity'a great sport atadmm. Harris' mighty effort with the heavy plnttcr measured 174 feet 8 Inchra. The recognized world record la held by Ger many'a Willi Schroder 174 feet 2' Inchei, aet In 1933. Spectacular aa Harrla' achievement wai, more thrllla were expected today. Cham pions back to defend their 1040 liturels were Norwood Ewell of renn Stale, the 1040 spring king; Indiana's Campbell Kane in the BBO; Al Bloils of George- 6ivn In tlie shot put; Call .nin's Murtln lilies In the juvclin; Johnny Wilson of U. 8. C. co-champlon In the high Jump; and Harris, given another chance to outdo his own efforts of the trial of yesterday. Center of attention in the high J 'imp was Les Steers of Oregon, the lad who startled the aporla world with leap of 6 feet 11 Inches last Tuesday and who hoped to reach the seven-foot mark. Opening attraction in the track event was the mile, with Leslie MacMltchell of New York University a standout. Kune waa seen aa his closest rival, Tha quarter-mile run promis ed, another battle, pitting Grovel- Klemmer of California against a field that Included Oibert Kerns of U. S. C. Bill da of Oklahoma, Bob Smith of Washington, Harold Bogrow of New York U., Gene Littler of Nebraska and others. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS ' 9t The Aaeoeleted PrfM AMIIIICAN LIAQUS MTTINO Milliahi,, tloiton, ,4Ki Beath, fl-veland, .III. III..VH J. IHMaulo, w York. ; Wll- llama. 11)4 f). IMMlgiiln. Pnilon, M. HITS - Heath. Cleveland, Mil J. Dl-la-fl". New orli, si. IIUMi: III NS - Yiirk, tl'lrnlt, I': John in. rhlliilelphla, Keller mil J. PIMhiio. New I rk, It. PITCH I Sf) - Foliar. Clerelinil, Ul y-jlnn, unroll, s i. Lou Nova Signed To Meet Joe Louis In September NEW VORK. June 21 (P) Lasn Nove, California collegian, Uioy wa signed by Promoter Mike Jacobs to meet Champion Joe Louis for tho heavyweight boxing tltla In September. Tho alto and date will be an fin COLLS Down thi trail of ippullng jj isiano miioaiN 10 s niii-noiir visit in incomoanbli Hawaii. S3r Tropic ttaril Palmi and coral uatl Miiilcontradtbrtuetl TUNE IN KFJI On (he Way to a Draw 'j New Slate Announced For Softball KLAMATH 10 f HALL STANDING W. I. Pet Pllin Fir km (hi of rolurjibqt tt) trtit'Uf t ,r Utnn Mill I, Un IWII ,..., Wfbti K'no-u Turitar ('.woUl Ktlpm Coa-hll nit uk ... Aim 1 QUI I. (Ml MUM 1 OO J: ;-2 . 'a iota ! Five teams of the 13-club Klamath Softball association will carry unblemished records into tha third week of activity for the twilight performers starting Monday night. A revision of the previously' released schedule was announced Saturday by Lynn Roycroft, president of the local softballer. Tho rovlscd slute Is as follows Monday. June .SLamra'a Mill 11. loa whit; Webb kennell e. lurner'e. lueetley, June SI Wa)erhstieer a. ta Belli Lo-ell'a ta. U'rlil, kaanelt. Intifada?, June tt Knlghle of Columbus re. Alluou; rellcar Hay e. Else. Krlly, Juna II Kalfilna is. GMwhlt WeTerhaeuser a. fill Uh. Xnnuay, Juna aoLMwelle Ta. Alfotae; Weeiheeuaer ta. Lamm's Mill. Tuee,tav. July Lainm'e Mill va. Lont nan; a-viiejin nay va. nn ivnnti(. Wa4nai4y. July I Klk ta. tutoar'ai Kalpla i. Knlihta of rolumnua. Monday, July I Uka ta. Alsuwa; galelot ra. Lamm s Hill. Tuaaday. July S-Utvall'a ta. Kalpta Nlkau liar va. Knlilit ol Colutntiua. W.on.idir. July S-Wahh Kannalt va. Umm'a Mill; Rika va. Hlg Lakaa. Inuraday, July MWrahran Hay va. Way rhaauaar; Turaar'a vi. lnMl. I'rldar. July U-Vaht Kannalt va. Al (onia; Long Hall ta, Knlihta of Olumbua. Mnpday, July II Alionia va. tons Ball; Isivaira va. wayamaauaar. Wadnai'lay. July A.-ralko Bay n. Lamm a Mill: Ilka 11. Knlihta ol columbui Foul Bolls Help In Attendance DALLAS, Tex., June 31 OP) Foul balls don't count on the core sheet, but aa attendance ball oh man. George Schepp, president of the Dallas-Texaa League club, found out there was no use trying to retricvo balls knocked into the grandstand by handing out passe, so he decided to be practical. So now It'a finders keeper, nd any finder presenting hi ball after the game may have it autographed by the team. The outlay la about a dozen ball a game and attendance ha Increased appreciably. nounced later. Jacobs, In select ing Nova from a long list of chal lengers, Including Billy Conn, pointed out that Lou was the only one of the group that had not had a shot at the title. Nova staged a great comeback to qualify for the title shot after a year sway from the ring be cause of Illness following his do feat by Tony Galento In Sept. 1039. The Callfornlnn returned to competition last fall and after a warm-up bout or so, punched Pat Comlskey all over the ring to win a 10-round decision In Madison Square garden last Jan uary and then knocked out Max Boer for the second time In the eighth round of their April en gagement In tho garden. Ray Carlen, Nova's mnnRger, said Lou would leave soon for the Maine woods, where he will spend several weeks In prelim inary training. Louis, showing signs of stalenes In knocking out Conn In the 13th round last Wednesday, will take things easy for the next two months, Origi nally, Jacobs planned to throw Abe Simon against the champion Parker Wins On Clay Courts CHICAGO, June 21 (UP) Frankle Parker of Spring Lake. N. J., defeated US amateur Champion Don McNeill of Okla' homa City for the second time In a week Friday to enter the finals of the national clay court championships. McNeil, defending his clay courts title at the River Forest Tennis club, tired midway of the second set, and Parker, seeded number five, won 3-8, 6-4. 60, 6-2. Parker meet the winner of Saturday's semi-finals between Bobby Rlggs. Clinton. S. C. and i Gardner Mulloy, Coral Gables. j Fla., for the championship Sun- day. Billy Conn For Mary's PITTSBURGH. June 22 (UP) Billy Conn, who lost one fight to Joe Louis Wednesday night In New York, was counted out In another bout Friday the father of Billy' fiance car ried out his threat to stop Billy' marriago to his 18-year-old golden-haired daugh ter, Mary Lou. Althugh James L. (Green field Jimmy) Smith did not carry out another threat "to punch hell out of that fellow," and even talked with Conn to day in a friendly fashion, he Williams' .420 Tops Major Batting NEW YORK. June 21 (AP) Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and Peter Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers still are the leading hitters In the major leagues, but the best show Is being put on by sluggers among the St. Louis Cardinals. No less than six of the Red- birds, leaders of the National league, have elbowed their way up among the top 10 hitters of the senior circuit. Reiser' .366 at the front of the batting parade was Just 14 point ahead of Enos Slaughter. Johnny Mlze, an additional 10 point behind, was ready to start gunning after being out a couple of weeks with a broken finger. I Williams remained beyond comparison with an average of 420 at the top of the American league. His closest pursuers were Jeff Heath of the Cleveland In dians at .373 and Pat Mullin of Detroit with .366. Klamath Boxers Lose at Hoquiam HOQUIAM, June 21 (AP) Davey Ward, Tacoma, . took a technical kayo from Buddy Pet erson, Klamath Falls, Ore., In the third round of a wcllor weight boxing match hero last night. Peterson was on the can vas six times In tho third round before Referee Bill Loimls stop ped the slaughter. A sudden decision to sliiR It out won a welterweight match for Johnny O'Conncll, Portland, over Jnck Curley, Klamath Fall, In the second round. Curley I floored O'Conncll twice In the! first round but willed under the Portland boy' savage attack in tho second, going down for counts five times before he fell clear out of the ring to be counted out, , June 21, 1041 Pelicans Point For Title At Silverton Red Sox Loom as Toughest Foe To Date; Carlstrom Will Start Tonight at Silverton' McGin nl field Pelican baseball artist tackle the tough Red Sox in the most important league game of the season to date for the Klam athltes. The Silverton nine decisively shut out the Albany Alcos, 6-0, Wednesday night in a non-loop encounter and thereby stamped itself as a strong contender for the 1041 Oregon State league baseball title. The Pelicans, too, have a formidable lineup that has annexed three consecutive league tilt and they are expect ed to give the Red Sox plenty of competition tonight. It will probably be Cal Mclr win, the 17-ycor-old Jefferson high of Portland lad, on the mound for Silverton opposing Clyde Carlstrom of the Pelicans Mclrwin allowed but two hits in stopping Toledo, 7-0, last week in his first State league start. The heavy-hitting Klamath club, carrying a respectable .270 team batting average, will en gage the Hills Creek Hill Billies Sunday afternoon at Swimmer's Delight In their second league contest of the weekend. Manager Monroe Dean, third baseman in the Billies inner de fense, will end Veteran Frankle Kendall to the hillock to attempt i to stop the Bigbills. Kendall, who has not seon much twirling in loop play thus far thl year, will have Grover Kelsay to re ceive his slant. Either Bill Hanauska or Orln Davis will take over the pitch ing duties against the Hills Creek contingent that has lost three straight game since blast ing Toledo, 14-2. in the season' opener. Virgil Gross will work behind the plate for Klamath Falls. At stoke over the weekend, aside from a tie for the first half title, will be the batting aver Counted Out In Bout Hand; Papa Says No refused to give his permission for marriage of the two under special dispensation of the Catholic church. Conn and his fiance, who played a game of hide-and-seek, with the "seek" left out for the most part, while re porters and photographers trailed them across three states, had intended to be mar ried Friday at St. Philomena's church here. A two hour conference among the principals Billy, ZIMMERMAN LEADS IDAHO GOLF TOURNEY IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 21 (AP) Emery Zimmerman, slender Portland, Ore., profes sional, led golfers of seven states into the second round of the annual $1000 Idaho open golf tournament today. Zimmerman fired a blister ing 65, five under par, to claim medalist honors in first-round play yesterday. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Wa.lay Sam. ISS. Grand Rapiita. outnnlntad Maurtea Arnmlt. Ill, Franca, (101. 1 Huskies Breeze Through Practice Spin On Hudson POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 21 (JFj Not having anything else to worry about but the pos sibility of a measles epidemic, the general condition of about 190 oarsmen and how badly they may be beaten by those huge Washington Huskies, the coaches of the nine college crew train ing for the intercollegiate regat ta now are becoming a bit per turbed about the weather. Rowing conditions have been ideal this week, but the coaches figure Its too good to be true. They know tha Hudson can be come quite a stormy stream when the wind comes up and they d rather have rough water now than next Wednesday af ternoon. The Washington varsity, whoso time trial had been an ob ject of keen 1 ntercst in rival camps for several days, finally Otto White' ' ARCH-EASE SHOES Are Mad for man who work and walk. Sa the 8" Stitchdown with the high arch and logger latt DREW'S MANSTORE 733 Main PAGE THIRTEEN ages of the Pelican diamond crew. Four men Including Manager Ernie Bishop with a high .822 mark are batting .400 or better In State contests. Averages follow: A H niihnp n it t'rapo t ftin'r r a Orcta I t II. Kavla I t arUlrua . 7 S ttoyd II h'hwab t Palara I I Eyaatifla n S Jnna . I I llanauaka " t Iwrnatou . 9 I Hahnar 19 t Two Shutouts Mark Softball Games Friday Shutouts featured last night's Softball doubleheader program at Recreation park a Pelican Bay trimmed Algoma, 13-0, and Kalpine scored a 7-0 win over Big Lakes to wind up the sec ond week of play for teams of the Klamath Softball associa tion. Pelican Bay batters, paced by Virgil Horn and Herman Wake- man, each of whom got three hit including a homer apiece, slugged out 13 safe blow while Pitcher "Brownie" Myers was letting the opposing Algoma out fit down with six scattered bin gles. Shortstop Shucklo of the losers accounted for three of the hit off Myers. Pitchers Ivan Broten and Lou Aiello of Kalpine worked to gether to record a two-hit per formance against the Big Lakes nine in the second game of the evening. As It wa. the Plywood lads were able to muster only four hit of their own but five walk and six Big Lakes errors helped the winners to pile up their 7-0 margin. Mary Lou and Greenfield Jimmy ended in a decision for the burly former big league baseball player and Pittsburgh sportsman. He refused to per mit the couple to marry im mediately, but was reported to have given his blessing to the match if they wanted to be married later. A downcast Billy emerged from the conference. "No wedding today." he said. "I'd love to be married today, but I can't." FRITZ CRISLER GAINS HIGHER COLLEGE JOB ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 21 (UP) Herbert O. (Fritz) Crlsler, the coach who put the University of Michigan back on the foot ball map after five years of ob scurity, was elevated Friday to the job of athletic director. He wa chosen by the univer sity regent to succeed one of the greatest names in big-time col lege football, the aged and ailing Fielding H. Yost whose point--minute tradition Crlsler has car ried on for the last three years. went over the course at full steam yesterday. The Huskies didn't give out their time, but competent observers put it at about 18 minutes and 30 aec-j onds fast enough to win almost any year. Wisconsin, the lightest crew on the river, staged yesterday's only other time trial and was reported surprisingly fast. Princeton and California both postponed their trials until to day. , Cornell continues as the east ern favorite, showing consider able Improvement under a hard work program but Coach Harri son (Stork) Santord Indicated there would be no further trials for the Big Red eight. TONIGHT Buckaroe Day QUEEN'S BALL At the Armory See the Queen Crowned Adm. $1 Ladie Free Panipat For Two Riders Battle For Jock Crown The last and biggest crowd of the Klamath Jockey club's successful eight-day horse race meeting poured into the Fair grounds stands Saturday after noon to watch running of the President's Cup handicap, .fea ture event on the last card. It was also Mayor's day at the track and city executives from most of the surrounding communities were in the stands as guests of Club President E. E. Ivory. An all-star field, headed by H. E. Nelson's Panaipat, Long acres track record-holder, parad ed to the post for the feature seventh to gallop for glory and added gold In the shape of an enlarged purse and the Presi dent' cup. The afternoon program will ring down the curtain on the summer racing program. After the last "They're Off" booms through the microphone from the capable voice of Announcer Lee Inman, over 250 horses will be hoisted aboard trucks and trailers and rolled northward toward Lone cres, Gresham and other noi-west tracks. Alert little Howard Conley, veteran breeder, trainer and jockey, went into the lead for the Jockey championship of the meeting Friday night as the cur rent racing under the stars pro gram sped toward its close. In a tie with young Grant Zufelt at eight wins each. Con ley went up on Patton brothers' big Autumn Color in the final race, pulled from second to first in the far back stretch and tore home to win by five lengths over Salmore. Time was 1:47 4-3 for the mile and 70. Well over 1000 raucous fans jammed the fairgrounds stands lest night to match the Jockey club's last evening card. It was the biggest, most enthusiastic crowd of the meeting and, from pari-mutuel reports, the heaviest-betting throng. Ticket sellers expected the handle to be the largest of the year. Marva Lou, a little locally- owned three-year-old filly out of Lucinda Dell, pranced home eight lengths in the van to win the 3Murlong first. Goldfil was second and O. T. "Buck" Ander son' Klamath Queen third. The time was 42 seconds. riasr baci l! rurfonas Sir. Wlra Shov i n f .W Mil lirta Lou r,oi4'ii I.M I.W Klamith quean , Qtilnlala 1-1. SA W. Tlma It aaconov SECOND BACI Siva Purlonsa sr Ar :i.m n Batnia Maattr tto Crnlton Qulnlall I-:, tll.n. Time 1:06. THIRD BACI Plva Purlonna SO 1.30 UtMn Hot u.:0 1.56 Wjomlna KM U0 Lady Winioma II . t S.14 I.M in W'Hnlela 1-S. Tlma 1:01. , FOURTH RA0I I1 Purlonna Sfiil f 7.S0 1 90 a ahy Vain t.io Batta'a PrlJa Oulnlala I t. 110. Tlma 1 :0r. a No ahow tteketa aolo flra horia flild. PIPTH RACE I1 x Purlonsa Roaota tli.io I 1 .00 1.7 CMfaro S-lfl 1.20 S.at Warrior Lvona l.ot Oulnlala I t. tlJ.SO. Tina 1:00. IXTH RAd Ona Mlla t Ruth 1.00 t to Sfhla Nuraa t.to T.tO t.SO too Parko Slipawar . vitniein !-. 910.70. Titnal:4l. IIVINTH RA0I Ona Mlla and Yard Autumn Color f ft.10 I.T9 Salmora l.tO 1.80 t. Java Millar . Oulnlala 1 i. St.OO. Tlma 1:17 I S. Tuesday, 1 II PHONE FOR TICKET RESERVATIONS The Rialto ,,,.-...,.. -,.,....-...Phone 5777 Waggoner's Drug .............--.---....Phone 3263 Louie Polin'a ...................-....,....... Phone 6865 Hershberger's Phone 6S78 Heads Field President's Cup Dodgers Whip Reds For Fourth Victory Three-hitter Hurled by Hugh Casey; Yanks Wallop Detroit in 14-4 Tilt AMialOAH tIAOUl NATIONAL UAOUi W. L. Pet. W. I. Frt. W. t. Pet. W. I. trt. Clmlinn' U A Detroit It to .111 At. loula 11 U .tit Chleaio n M .tot Kcar York SS tl Mi pnlladalphlt M n .til Brooklyn St to .Ml Plltaburiti tl U .119 BrrftAO n it .171 Waahlnttoo tl U 4M Kaw York to t7 .124 Roatoo It tl Cbleaio II 17 JM St. Loula It M Mi Cincinnati to ft Mi Philadelphia It II Jal By LESLIE AVERY United Pre Correspondent Brooklyn's pennant hungry Dodgers, ambitiously trying to knock the defending champion Cincinnati Reds out of the Na tional league pennant race by sweeping four straight games, got off on the right foot Friday when they beat Red ace Bucky Walter 6-2 in the series opener at Crosley field. Hugh Casey, the Dodgers' big A righthander, pitched a three hitter to score his eighth victory of the year while his teammates climbed on Walters for nine blows, including Dolph Camilll's 15th homer with a mate aboard in the sixth. These two tallies provided the winning margin. The fifth place Chicago Cub blanked the Boston Braves 3-0 behind Larry French' four-hit flinging. Although collecting IS hit, Pittsburgh's Pirates were, ex tended to the ninth to beat the Phillies 7-6. In the American league, the New York Yankees resumed their pennant drive by wallop ing the Detroit Tigers' Buck Newsom, 14-4, to climb within two games of the leading Cleve land Indians who were nosed by the Senators. After coming from behind to tie the score with a three-run burst in the ninth, the pace-setting Indians were beaten 7-6 when Washington put over a tally on George Archie's single, his steal of second base and Buddy Lewis' tingle. After holding the Red Sox scoreless for six frame, Elden Auker weakened and was raked for three run to start the St. Louis Browns down to a 4-2 de feat. The scheduled Chicago-Phila Ex-Cellarite Oaks Defeat League-Leading Sacs, 3-2 COAST IIA0.U TANOINOI W. L. Pet. W. L. Pel. Sienraento tl a . Loa Angela! 94 II Ht San Dleo 10 U .IU Oakland tt II .113 Seattle 17 Si Jit Hollywood -an Fran co M IT -07 Portland SI 10 Ml K IS .117 OOAIT LKAQUI taoraa Uat Nl(lri Loa Antelea 1. Seattle 1. San Kranelaeo 10, PorUand Oakland . Saeramento t 8aa Diego i, Hollywood a. OAKLAND, Calif., June 21 (UP) An infield error with two men out gave Oakland a 3 to 2 win over Sacramento Friday night in a 13-innlng game. Gene Handley, shortstop for the league-leading Cardinals, interrupted the tight pitchers' battle by booting Dynamite Dunn's hard grounder, allowing Mike Christoff to cross the plate with the deciding run. PORTLAND, June 21 (UP) Mainly the result of erratic Beaver mound work, San Fran cisco's Seals took a 10 to 3 Pa cific Coast league contest from Portland Friday night. The Seals scored a run each in the second, third and fourth innings. In the fifth, they brought in five more runners through six bases on balls, two hits and an error. They tallied two more in the ninth on a sin gle, Ogrodowski's double, and another single. SEATTLE. June 21 (UP) A barrage by Los sixth inning 8:30 P. M. Armory Thrills Spills delphia game will be played aa part of a double-header Sunday. AMIRIOAH LIAOU Fa Tork II, betrolt I. Boatoo I. St. Loula t. Waahlntton 7, cle-eland S. Chkafo al Philadelphia will ha played aa part of a dnithleheadar June tt. NATIONAL LIAOU Brooklyn 6. Clnctonatl t. Chleafo A. Boatoo 0. Pltuiiurih T, Philadelphia . New York , St. Loula t. Spokane Back On Top Of WIL League By The Auociatad Pras Spokane went back into the Western International Baseball league lead by half game last night, defeating Yakima, 13-10, in a 10-lnning blasting match. Yakima had held the league lead just 24 hours. The evening's most impressive performance, however, was giv en by Tacoma, which scored a double shutout over Wenatchee, 9 to 0 and 3 to 0. Vancouver also scored shut out at Salem' expense. The number 13 came up for Salem 13 Vancouver hit which pro duced four runs in the first in ning and three others for the 7-0 (core. Cy Greenlaw, hurling for the Canadian team, gave seven hits. Angeles, when Seattle'! pitcher Syl Johnson waa hit on the foot by a line drive, Friday night won a Pacific Coast league baseball game for the Angels by a 3-1 count. The Rainier opened action in the first frame when Les Scar sella, Seattle first-sacker, singled to score Outfielder Jojo White. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 21 (UP) Hollywood and San Diego battled for 13 innings Friday night before an error by Holly wood' Manager Billy Sweeney gave the Padres the ball game, 4 to 3. The winning run came with Mickey Haslin on second and Mel Mazzera on third. Pinch Hit ter Bill Salkeld hit between first and second, Sweeney muffed : the ball and Haslin crossed the plate with the tally. J DY NOW-PAY LATER AS YDU RIDE SAFER WITH 0.5. QUALITY TIRES &BATTEWES You coma in and toll as Just whit you want ; i : then Mil ' us how you want to par. Yes tir, mike your own long, easy (arms. Gat out dcsltodiya NO INTERIST NO CARRYING CHARGE SEE ERNIE BISHOP. Budget Manager it 3 Ted Shoop and Jack Schulse Black and White SUPER SERVICE Main k Sprlnj . Ph. 9171 next month. Read the Classified Pag.