lamath Pelicans Face Weak
Up Sails!
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Grants Pass Nine in Twin
Bill Sunday at Recreation Park
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arlom Hammor Virtually
J'Swccpt Llghtwolght, Wol
orwolo.ht Clauoi With Win
By BID FEDER
N'KW YOHK. Aug. 1 (API-
thout taking a thing owny
:in Sammy Aiignu nun nis
fjjood old college try" at liny
ipblnson, u occurs in uiin run
lny Ihnl it iihout tune r rrn-
Ic-tho-Hed Cochrane took
lUirwolghl championship out
cold storage mi Huy could lit
iant get allot lit It.
nay limy not bo the greatest
liter ever to come down the
kc. As ii matter of fact, n
odly number of the nio.it an-
ont Jacobs' beachcombers will
II you Henry Armstrong prob.
ly could chnse the skinny
ur boy from Murium right
! into inn srromi imicony,
iid Jimmy MuUirnln would
Biuko him look for tho nearest
ixlt.
I Hut the llnrli'in Hammer
Jtimo from far bnck, nfler los
ing the flint three rounds, to
punch Angott nround for a 10
luund derision lust night in the
garden In splto of the best per
formance Sammy ever iinve In
ihono parts, And with Hint vic
tory, witnessed by 1 2,073. Ray
jnm Junl about cli-nned up the
Ml Iro lightweight and welter-
i "weight divisions
The win wan hl 33rd In n
ji-ow ii h a professional, III" 122nd
; jtraight In nn unbenten cureer
jlncludlnK his amateur days.
11a Is slated to take a hot lit
. i. ti'ehriinu on .September 10,
til
; ilia
IT disposing of Hell ben Shank
.nil wntvi n itmiiiii, uii rvuK.
fl Tim finlv Mti-h llicrA U Ihnl
f-.j Freddie, now u sailor boy, will
tS lcavo Ida welterweight title
aafely In port when ho noes to
the post.
And since Ray not only hna
swept up everything In sight
uniler 147 poiinds he pealed
144 'i to Sammy's J3fl last
nliiht but has done It In n
manner that leaves no room
for argument, you figure It'a
about time Cochran put his
tllle on the line. -
BROWN BUILDS BOMBERS
FARMINC-DALE. N. Y. Wal
ter Brown, who onco filled n lot
of uniform for the New York
Yankees and Giants, Is now an
airplane worker here.
Tdkes Outfield
V il.il
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'
if
I Mario PIsan, abovo, will bo
Ot vacated by Paul Crapo for
! Y, $ X
turn i t f w .
li Grants Pass Morchanta at Recreation park. Crapo will taka
9; old stand at first baas and Manager Ernla Bishop la xpctad
! mova hlmsolf to second in
V- club thla wk. '
Haynes Seeks Eighth
Win; Crapo at First
. Medford Takes on Dorris in Vital
Series in Valley, Needs Victories
Mummer Krnln Ulfchop and all his Pelicans hope (hut Grants
Puss' fumblliiK Merchants don't hit 'cm out of tho inflold In to
morrow's double header at Recreation field.
Kor that's where most of the Blghlll strength lies this week.
Willi heavy-hitting but not-too-ngilo Earl Hampton no longer
with the uuil, Hlshop has moved himself buck to the' vacant
second -bioic spit, shoved Paul Crapo from outfield to first base
mid shifted Mario Plsun from
bench to Harden.
The combination Is expected
to do much for the 1'olleiins' do
tensive power but not much for
their hlttlnil attack. Rut the
lads aio not greatly worried for
tho Merchants so far hnvo not
hown a pitcher capable of atop.
phiK the locals or anybody
elseIn the slug department.
Winner of but two (fumes In
18 slurls this year, the Merchants
are expected to ln.se both of Sun
day's games rather handily. But
the Pelicans nevertheless' tiro not
overconfident.
Bishop's birds recline In sec
ond place with n 12 and 6 record,
two names back of tho league
U'udliiK Medford Craters who
. Y. Splits
Pair With Brownies
Drop First, 9-8, Win Second, 8-0;
Boston Bangs Bengals, 7-6; A's Win
AMinicsN Lisaua
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.SW York '4 t .'. Hr,ltnll ..M SI .17.
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St. t'liili .MM .lift I'dllvl-I. . IIGS.1M
Prldev't Reeulle
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SI, Uuls 0. Nmt York tj.
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Awociattd Press Sports Writar
,'Twl-nlghl" cloublchcnders, baseball's wartimo contribution to
the' Working man. niny mean boost at the boxoffice for most
of the tennis, but they're a pain In the neck to the New York
when they win, which Is most of the time, tho cham
pions of the world still arc old fashioned enough to believe that
doubleheaders are for Sundays and holidays and that night base
ball Is , for the minor leagues.
But this unnnlural, distortion of the national-pastime is par
ticularly displeasing to tho Yun-
kees for tho slmplo ronson that
they find themselves now and
then on the short , end of the
scores. -
Possibly , tho bombers still
teataaVWrViV
Inserted In the Pallcan outflald
tomorrow'! doublhaadr with
place of Earl Hampton who loft
, r'vrr it
1. . 1 . J
A t h JrjSZ
BP I I .
. i 'ATM O. i i -.f,'f .ft."-.' ,:,ri;
have won 14 while dropping
four this season.
Tho Craters this weekend face
off with Dorris' third-place Lum
berjacks on tho valloy tcam'a
field.
. Tho two series open the Inst
round of Oregon California
league play for the summer. The
Klnmnths next week will meet
Dorris on tlvj 'June diamond and
wind up tho following week with
a pair Bgalnst Midford here.
Bishop will start Vlrg Haynes
tho Pol icuns' wlnnlngcsl pitcher
who boasts a history of 7 won
and 1 lost durlni! tho year, and
Ken Bniihiim, former Whitman
collcga ucc, in tomorrow a bar
gain bill.
Tho business begins at 1:30.
Twi-Nite
NATIONAL LIAQUI
W I. IVI. W I Pi-I.
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SrrVljn
mi. Inula
I'liK-lnntll
Sr York
Pfldar'a Reiulu
rinrlnnalt S, flot t.
lOnly am).
were mumbling over their dou
bio defeat at Chicngo in one of
theso newfangled affairs Wednes
day night, when they took the
field at St. Louis yesterday to
play the Browns in one game at
5 p. m. and a second at 8:30.
At any rate, they blew a five
run lead as the Brownies hand
ed them their third straight loss,
9-8, and they had to call on Spur-
gcon Chnndlcr to blank the
Browna on threo hits In the af
terpiece, winning 8-0 and run
ning his consecutive shutout in
nings to 23.
Tho Boston Red Sox cut the
Yankees' American league lead
to a dorcn games by nipping the
Detroit Tigers, 7-8, In an after
noon ganio and tho Cleveland In
dians dropped a full game behind
the second-place Red Sox when
they bowed to tho Philadelphia
Athletics, 8-4, In n night affair.
: Boston notched a doten hits
off Al Benton and Roy Honshaw
and Ted Williams smacked his
23rd homer of the year.
Bob Johnson's three-run cir
cuit smash provided what proved
to be the winning runs for the
Athlotlcs.
Seven-hit pitching by Johnny
Humphries carried the Chicago
Whlto Sox to a 7-2 triumph over
tho Washington Senators In an
other night contest.
In tho only game played In
the National league, the Cincin
nati Reds tightened their grip on
third place by bumping the Bos
ton Braves, 8-2, on a three-hit
pitching iob by Gene Thompson.
Wade Will Coach
Army All-Star for
Western Pro Game
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
Aug. 1 (!') A stnlwnrt gang of
army gridmcn soon will take
timo out from the grim business
of training for war to spend three
weeks drilling for the less se
rious game ot football.
The arhiy announced that
Mali Wallace Wado's westorn
all-star football squad Will en
ter .training at Camp Cooke, 55
miles north of hero, within 10
days, for their game at the Los
Angeles coliseum Aug. 30 with
Washington's professional Red
skins.
Molor Wade, who brought
teams to Pnsadenn's Rose Bowl
when he coached at Duke and
Alabama, will have nearly 80
men In his original squad, but
will trim It to 50 before game
timo.
Sacs Spurt
With Pair;
LA. Drops 2
Oakland. A-4; A-;;!
Lead Sliced to 2Vi Garnet
PACIPI0 COAST LSAOU
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Aniilta 73 l .1U Hio Frta.- M V) .101
fca'-ranivtit'j 71 4U ..YJI Oakland ...At 17 .11;
fralll' ...SA A4 .Alfl ll'illrwiyid ef 49 .Itt
Ban lllfto .J t .011 I'orllloil ,11 71 .171
Prlday't aMUlto
ScattU 1-3. ! Auftlaa 0(.
Oakland ft-, Portland 1-4.
Jintfatn'nto 7-1, Han Pranelloo !.
(Only aatnra).
, By Tha Associated Press
The Los Angeles Angela will
have to put on the pressure to
maintain their Pacific Coast
league baseball lead.
Sacramento spurted to within
two and a half games of first
place last, night by taking a
doublchcadcr from San Fran
cisco, 7 to' 8 and 2 to 1, while
Seattle bent the Angels in a
twin bill, 1 to 0 and 5 to 4.
Sacramento and Seattle thus
both gained two full games on
the Angels. The Rainlers are
now eight games behind.
Floras Holds
Jess Florcs held the Rainlers
to two hits in the seven-inning
opener at Los Angeles, but a
single and an error in the fourth
Iruine gave Seattle the win.
The Rainlers came Irom be
hind in the nightcap to grab the
gamo in. the ninth by scoring
two runs oil a single, a sacrifice,
a walk, a passed ball and a fly.
Rally Doas It
Sacramento took 10 innings to
best Sun Francisco in the first
game at the Solons' park. The
Seals led 6 to 0 going into the
eighth, when the Solons rallied
with five runs. They tied it up
in the ninth and won In the
tenth on two singles.
Tom Scots, Seal hurler, yield
ed two unearned runs in the
opening inning of the nightcap
as Don Trower erred.
Bevos Drop Pair
Oakland made doubleheader
wins unanimous in the loop, tak
ing a pair of games from the
lost-place Portland club, 6 to 2
and 6 to 4.
The Oaks swept the second
inning opener by scoring all
their tallies in' the first two in
nings, but had to put on a four
run rally in the eighth to take
the nlno-lnnlng afterpiece.
Hollywood and San Diego
were Idle. They .tangle tonight
in a doubleheader starting at
twilight in San Diego park.
Finnigans
Trample
KC's, 12-2
Lost Place Club Winds Up
Season by Crushing Champi
PINAL
KLAMATH SOFTBALL STANOINOI
W I. IVI. w I Tel.
nr l, 0 3 .en. Ills IJikfk ft
Ralpln
.1 4 ..VVI Flnnlfana J ,tS3
PriSaf Raault
Plnnlsan it, Knlilita ol I'nttimtHia I,
Matt Flnnigan's high school
boys, who wobbled through the
Klamath Softball league season
in a fashion more medlcore than
meteoric, nevertheless ended
their campaign with the proper
note, last night by crushing the
champion Knights of Columbus
ten, 12-2, on Recreation field.
The Irishmen Jumped on
Hurler Ford early in the game
and kept right on jumping
through the seven innings,
meanwhile posting only two er
rors, In itself epochal.
a Marion Reginato, chucking for
the preps, kept the Knights' few
hits well scattered.
Monday the Knights meet
Kalplno In the first ot a two-out-
of-threo play off series scheduled
to progress through next week
with games on Monday, Wednes
day and, if necessary, Friday
nights. ,
Olivera Tips Kenny
Lindsay tor Shot at
Orriz-Salica Victor
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 1
P) Tony Olivera, 119!. San
Francisco, declsloned Kenny
Lindsay, 122, Vancouver, Can
adian . bantamweight boxing
champion, In the ten fast rounds
last night, winning the right to
meet the winner of the Manuel
Ortiz-Lou Sallca fight scheduled
for Aug. 8 in California.
Olivers s greater experience
enabled him to pile up points for
the decision although the edge
was not great.
IV i
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.-.jtaaa'aaMaaaI..rr,.:
At tha signal young akippera
young and old, from all parti of
26 Crack Par
In St Paul
Open Tourney
ST. PAUL, Minn., Atrg. 1 fP)
The way the par-wreckers are
going to work on the Keller
public course in the 55000 St.
Paul open, a fellow who cuts
a couple of strokes off regula
tion figures finds himself blush
ing instead of boasting.
In all, 28 of the gang broke
par 72 yesterday, and 11 were
under 70.
Taking over the 18-hole lead
ership was 26-year-old Bob
Hamilton of Evansvllle, Ind; He
recently won the Hoosier State
open. Hamilton had been rip
ping off sub-par scores in prac-
ticc rounds and didn t slow
down a bit in posting a 34-33
67.
Chick Harbcrt thought he
was safe with a 68, but before
ho could catch his breath, Law
son Little, Gene Kunes of Phil
adelphia, and the veteran Jim
my Hines came up beside him.
"Any Runs Today?' Asks Poor Edgar Smith;
Chicago White Sox Usually Answer "No-
By BURTON BENJAMIN
NEA Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug.' 1 Edgar
Smith, the stocky, blond chunk
whose name you will find at
the bottom of the American lea
gue pitching standings, can still
smile.
Rest assured, the Chicago
White Sox southpaw is not dou
bled up in paroxysms of laugh
ter. His grin is hardly tooiny
spread. But he manages a faint
lip twitch when you Inquire
about his record (2 victories, 16
defeats) end explains:
"My 'pitching is exactly the
same as It was last year or the
year before. I'm no faster, no
slower. I've got the same curve,
the same change of pace, the
same degree of control. My arm
is fine.
"I guess I'm the original hard
luck guy. Jimmy Dykes tells
me to keep on taking my turn
and the breaks will come. May
be they will. I've had some
tough years but this one beats
'cm all." ,
Eddie Smith lost his first 10
starts while sporting the best
earned-run average he ever had
3.15. H lost five games by
one run, two by scores of 2-1.
WHITE SOX EL FOLDO
EVEN STIFLES DYKES
Diagnosticians agree there is
nothing wrong with the 29-year-old
New Jersey resident that a
few runs won't cure. The White
Sox are suffering from a per
nicious anomia at bat.
The club's el foldo has left
even the ebullient James J.
Dykes subdued and spiritless.
His phclgmatic attitude seems
to have affected the players.
The Pale Hose gave Smith
exactly no runs In five ot his
losses. Six times he was on the
short end by a single run. Only
once, against Washington, was
he given much positive assis
tance. They scored 11 runs that
day, and Smith, somewhat
shaken by this barrage, went on
to win his first game.
Smith, a 5-foot lOi-inch, 190-
poundor, Is accustomed to pitch
ing well And getting nowhere.
Ai a member of the Philadel-
'-. 'It jn
'd ri Hi ' U
''up aalla" aa they prepare Jor a regatta at Alamltoa bay. Long
aouthern California, took their small sailing craft to Alamitos bay
August 1, 1942
Manning Holds
Batting Lead
In State Loop
EUGENE, Aug. 1 OP) Ken
Manning of Silverton retained
his state baseball league individ
ual batting leadership, but
dropped 25 per centage points
in a two-game series at Bend last
weekend. His .538 average is
still far ahead of any contenders.
Lou Eagieson, young Albany
pitcher, advanced into second
place with a .500 mark. Lee
Shinn and Spencer Dean of Sil
verton, tied for second last week,
dropped to third and fifth with
averages of .467 and .406, re
spectively. Joe Leptich of Eu
gene, early-season leader, retain
ed fourth place but faded to a
.426 mark as compared to his
.515 average of a few weeks ago.
Edqar Smith . . . "Baseball la a funny business."
phla Athletics, he won four
games, dropped 17 In 1937.
Twelve of his setbacks were by
one run margins.
His enrned-run average that
year was a respectable 3.93.
For the sake of comparison,
Red Ruffing won 21, lost 7 for
the world champion Yankees the
gollowlng season with an e.r.a.
of 3.32.
ADVERSITY MAKES SMITH
AN UNUSUAL PERSONALITY
Philadelphia gave Smith
about as. much support as a pair
of balsa wood arches. He came
up from Williamsport in 1936,
was claimed by Jhe White Sox
wife ' Jl -1 4 .-' .IV, .-i-je ,
till
Jr
PAGE NINE
Buttimer, Ken
McCarthy Meet
In Empire Net
SPOKANE, Aug. 1 (AP)
The inland Empire tennis
championship tournament went
into the finals today with Ken
McCarthy, Fresno, Calif., and
Harry Buttimer, San Francisco,
meeting for the men's singles
title.
McCarthy, seeded No. 3, pull
ed the first big upset of the
meet yesterday by eliminating
Harry Roche, San Francisco,
seeded No. 1, 8-6, 6-1. Buttimer
advanced to the finals by de
feating Jim Livingstone, san
Francisco, 6-0, 6-4.
Buttimer and Livingstone will
meet Roche and Clarence Swen
son, San Francisco, for the
men's doubles title.
for the waiver price In May.
1939. His Philadelphia record!
f ft 1 r i? I - Ac - H V '--'
j:-j1n i :r i-it ti JSii iilLia
I t. B I lKJ .11118'. S I
for three seasons was eight vic
tories, 28 losses.
His best year was in 1940
with the Sox when he won 14,
dropped nine, had a fine earned
run average of 3.22. He won 13
and lost 17 last season.
Entirely In keeping with his
career, the Sox repeatedly start
ed him against Bob Feller of
Cleveland. They engaged In
some stirring duels with Smith
on the losing end more often
than Feller, on several occasions
by 1-0. '
Adversity has made Smith an
Beach, Calif. Salty sklppamv
for a aeriaa of races. '
Caps Stretch
WIL Margin
To 5 Games
By Tha Aisoclatad Proas :
Vancouver had five-gam
lead In the Western Internation
al Baseball league today th
Capilanos' largest margin - la
date as a result of . beating
second-place Tacoma for tha
third consecutive time In Ts
coma last night, 3-2 in 11 in
nings. Meanwhile, Spokan
clubbed Salem, 11-3, at Spo
kane. Tiger Shortstop Joe LoFort
made two errors .in the final
inning . to give Vancouver tha
game. 7 i
Pete Jonas opened the inning
with a single and got all the
way to third when LoFort
booted Hal Sueme'i roller. Roy
Patch hit into a doubl play,
holding Jonas at third, but then
LoForte bobbled Bill Flaugher'f
hot grounder and Jonas scored.
Spokane's victory gave th In
dians a 3-1 lead in their serial
with the Senators. -
unusual personality. He scare-,
ly mentions the well-pltchl
games he has won but dwell
sentimentally on the particular
ly tough Tosses: - :
"Now . you take that gam 1
dropped In Philadelphia this
year," he muses with a wry grin,
"Gave 'em two hits, lost 2-0.
Then there are those- two- 1-0
games I lost in New York and
Boston. Couple of tough1 hit
ting clubs. Since Feller has
been in the navy, I haven't lost
so many 1-0 games. - Just, fiva
this year. . , - .
"I don't feel any different
I'm not nervous, not tightened
up, not discouraged. - :
"This baseball is a funny busi
ness, that's all."
Edgar Smith can say that with
a good deal of authority.
- Front Runners
By Tha Aaaoolattd Praaa
Amarloan Laagua
Battlnff Williams. Boston, .SSI; Gortaa,
Saw York. .3S.
Hits .Sppncu. Washington, 140; Stephen
St. Louli, 131.
Home Rum Williams, Boston, 18; Liabtj
St. louls, 10.
Pitching Borowy: New York. 10-1 1 Chia4
ler. York. 12-5.
National Laagua
Batting Raiser. Brooklja, .843; Lc-nbarai
Boston, .SS4. ,
HIK-Mfowltk. Brooklin. lit; Slaughter,
St. Iili. 117.
Horn- Runs-Mlie, Nw York, It; CamllM,
Brooklyn. 1.1.
Pitching l-'rench, Brooklyn, tl.l; Wpalt,
Bnv.Uvn, lg.l.
DANCE
MERRILL
EVERY . ,-'
Saturday
Night
10 P. M. Til II, M,
BALDY'S
BAND