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BOMBER JOE LOUIS RETIRES Heavy Champ Says ;. Fightin' Days Over1 n ' ' ' Move Stuns Ring World; Tirlist May Return if Army Changes Fight Plans 'V By SID FEDER .;; NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (IP) Union Jon Louis changes his mind or Undo Sum changes It for lilm tho greatest fistic ca- reer of this urn Is cndocl. t -. Tha quint, ilmplo colored boy who skyrocketed out of an -Alabama cotton patch into inch fistic fmrio tlmt mnny experts rank hltn as tho greatest fighter of nil time, paused In Omaha yesterday to liny casually Hint his "fightin' days nro ovor." Ha said It In tha typlcnl Louis wny, without frills or drum beating; tha sumo wny in which ha dropped oil tha glory and k financial success thnt goes Willi' tho heovywclght championship i to enlist In tho United Slates ;rmy ns prlvnta Inst Jnniiary. v , "By tho time this wnr l ovor," ha reckoned, "I'll bo In my 30', and Hint's too old for fighter. I'm too old for it ' now. "" know, I renlly don't enro 'much any nioro about going , back into tho ring." Of course, It would all chnnga , If tho war department decides to lot Joe no's a sergeant now out to toss his bombs aguln. But tho army alrendy hns turn- i ed thumbs down on one fight for tho , bomber his eagerly- lookccl-for return go with Cor poral Ullly Conn. ; "' "I'll do nnytlihig the army asks," Joo suld. "I'm In the ur '"my now and they're taking enro of my pluns." . Naturully, Joa could chungo . his mind. Ho wouldn't bo tho first chumplon who couldn't get tho "resin out of his blood." But as matters stund now, tho 'bomber, at 2B, is giving up a " reign that already hns netted -'purses of mora thun S2.000.0UO -'and hns broken all records for ' successful defenses of tho fight "fume's most prized bauble. He 'hoi turned back 21 challenges since ha won the crown from .fold Rough-and-Rcady Jim Brnd ' dock back In 1037, and no champ evar cumo within shout ,'lng distance of that mark. . Louis' statement, which he . niuda to Associated Press Staff Reporter David Kaufman after marching with tho Fort Itllcy .-(Kansas) precision drill team In an exhibition, loft the fight .rwprkl gasping In astonishment. "Joo nmy think he's through . with fighting," said Abe J. ) Circene, president of tho Nation- al Boxing association, "but lighting will never ba through wlth Joo." ' Greene added Hint when the - NBA receives official word of Joo's retirement, it will tab with "champion emeritus" and will name Bob Pastor and Tnml Mnurlello, New York houvy- weights, ond Leo Snvold of Dcs Moines to fight It out for rank ing as "championship pretend er," at least until the war Is over. "With Conn also In tho ' army," Greene said, "those three are the top men in action to dny." Should Joe maka his decision tick, he would be the third heavyweight champion In all ' ring history to give up tho head ' man's spot, And, ns was tho ease,when Jim Jeffries nnd , Jena Tunncy did It, his abdica tion not only would take a lot 'out of tho fight gnmo, but also Swill leave tho sltuntlon Immedi ately In a confusing tangle. Bears Again Victors; Pros Find Air Easy ." Powerful Chicago T Rolls Over Cards " 46-14; Steelers Nail Unbeaten Brooks CHICAGO, Oct. 12 (IP) Tho National Football league has ;found that shortest dlstnnce to the promised land Is as tha crow files or through the air. i Of 28 touchdowns mnda by tha 10 pro teams yesterday, 17 f mushroomed from pnsscs. And virtually all others were sot up iby the snmo method. : After tho sky had been cleared of leather, those national champions, the Chicago Bears, remained tho only undefeated "team In tho lenguo. This came " ' bout when they swished by jtholr arch city rlvnls, tho Cordl rinls, 41 to 14 tho biggest scor ing outburst of tho dny which jleft Gcorgo Ilnlas' T men their "8th straight win of tho senson, three In lenguo play; tholr 16lh Jn succession spanning back to 1941 and their 31st victory In 32 games. ' Tho Bears also set a record immi uiuu iiiiii" k "liU I-It", rw0, oiat aumar nituiM Co. notu. It Sports Briefs fc-V Hugh T"-' Fullutoa, y Laiaaaaaattialaaaaai NEW YORK, Oct. 12 You probnbly can got a fresh Idea on baseball's future from every guy in tho business, but Micro's ono anglo that's brand new to us relayed from a minor league club owner by Lnwronco Skid dy of the Syracuse Horald- Journal . . , Tho owner figures thut any effort to shorten the season would wreck the minors . , , Doublc-A pluycrs, he points out, get an average of about $Z, 000 for a 20-wcck season or $100 a week , , . Cut three weeks off thnt and they'd get only $1700 because without thoso Sundiiy doubleheadcrs the owners couldn't afford to pay as much as they would for a full season . . , The result would be that most players would- be sticking to their factory Jobs, which pay almost thnt much the year 'round. - TODAY'S GUEST STAR Carl Bell, Fort Smith (Ark.) Southwest American: "In case Conch Homer Norton still is looking for an alibi for tho Tex as Aggies' loss to Louisiana State, ho might find soma con nection In tha facts that the gnmo was played at night and that LSU's star back was Al Dark." SCRAP COLLECTION ' The southern conference again has turned down tho proposal Hint freshmen be allowed to play varsity football, but we'll bet It wasn't the coaches who did it . . . South Carolina's Rex Enrlght took a bunch along for last Snturdny's non-conference gnmo with West Virginia and Jim Tatum of North Carolina wanted to do the samo for the Fordham game but couldn't get permission from his college , . . Tho nntionnl Hockey league Is taking plenty of chances of transportation troubles with Its now schedule, calling for fre quent appearances of teams In Montreal and Toronto Saturday nights and In Boston, Iow York or Detroit on Sunday . . . Only 21 clubs registered for the Sac ramento, Cnllf., winter Bnseball league this year as compared to 40 last season for going backward. Twelve penalties cost them 150 yards, breaking their own league record of 12 for 128 against the Green Bay Packers on Decem ber 14. 1041. The unbeaten Brooklyn Dod gers were nailed 7 to 0 by tho Pittsburgh Steelers, whose Rookie BUI Dudley, the former Virginia scoring demon, darted 31, 24 and ultimately s e v e n yards for the touchdown. Pittsburgh and Detroit were tho only teams In the lenguo not to scoro at least once via tho alrlanes. . Tho Washington Redskins crushed tho Cleveland Rams 33 to 14 with Slingshot Sammy Bnugh spearing Dick Todd, Wilbur Moore and Bob Mc Chosnoy for three of the mark ers. Tho Rams collected their two on flips by Parker Hall In the Inst 10 minutes whllo In dian Jack Jncobs' arm failed. Tho Redskins go to Brooklyn this Sunday, . Never . ( ' - t f it,.- ;' ,j?1,L Cor. Joa Louis Barrow, callad by many tht greatest haavr wtlght lighter in history, may never again assume tha fighting pota ha shows abort. Ha said in Omaha yesterday t h a t hit "fightin' days ara over." Fans Holding Heads As Upsets Hit Grid Iowa Seahawks Undefeated, Collide With Irish Next; Illinois Touted .i 'By AUSTIN BEALMEAR , NEW YORK, Oct; 12 (IP) With freshmen" holding first team berths and strangers holding coaching Jobs, it's little wonder that this unprecedented wortlmo football season, rapidly approaching the halfway mork, hos the fans holding their heads. , '. Chopped up like a Jigsaw puzzle, because of the presence of service teams, the campaign already has produced more surprises thon a Christmas stocking, but others aren't far away. If the season hns proved nothing else, it hns shown that the navy can produce teams from among Its pre-fllght train ees thnt arc better thnn the best collegiate squads, but even this convincing demonstration may strike a snag before another week. Lieut. Col. Bcrnle Biorman's Iowa Seahawks, whose 26-14 victory over Michigan last week added the Wolverines to a-list , of victims that already included Northwestern and Minnesota, aro duo for another stern test Saturday against a Notro Dame team that finally has found itself. With accurato Angelo Bcrtclll passing to all four touchdowns, the Irish whipped Stanford last Saturday, 27-0. Illinois, fresh from Its sur prising 20-13 triumph over Minnesota, stakes its clean record against Iowa in another Midwestern hcadlincr and Wis consin, 17-9 conqueror of Mis souri; meets Great Lakes Naval. ; Ohio State. 28-12 victor over Southern California, meets Pur d u e, which tripped North western, 7-6. Michigan and Northwestern collide In another Big Ten game. One of tho east's principal at tractions will find Pennsyl vania, which walloped Yolo, 35 6; bumping Into Princeton; the team that surprised Navy, 10-0. Other ivy-clad struggles will match Yale ' against Navy and Harvard, tied 7-7 by William and Mary, agnlnst Dartmouth, Jim Crowley's North Carolina Pro-fllghters travel to Boston college; Colgnte, conqueror bf Dartmouth Saturday, has an ln tersoctlonnl dnto. with . Duke, nnd -Pitt entertains on Indiana team that shut out Nebraska, 12-0. . Georgia and Frankio Sink wlch, fresh from a 48-13 win over Mississippi for tho fourth in a row, stake an unblemished record against Tulane, which again is winning on alternate Saturdays and stopped Rice, 18 7, on its last outing. Another southern thriller might 'bo - the tussle between Alabama arid Tennessee, Else where in' the south, Louisiana State meets Mississippi, North Carolina State plays Woko For est, Vanderbllt tangles with Whan in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joa and Anna Earloy . Propria tort Again? Ah, L' v Three Tie For Grid : Point Lead Sinkwich, Tevis, La Point Locked as Halfway Noort NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (iT0 Three players, including All America Frankio Sinkwich of Georgia, share the lead' among tho nation's football scorers as the season nears its halfway point. .-''.' Others of the top-rnnking trlo aro Lee Tevis of Washington university at St. Louis and Ralph La Pointe of Vermont. Each has scored 42 points, , ... The performance of La Pointe outranks- those of the other two, however, since he has appeared in only three games while the others have played four each. In addition, the Vermont halfback was on the losing team in two of the three contests, one' of which was a 70-13 rout at the hands of Rhode Island State. Andy Victor of the Citadel and Bob Stcuber of Missouri -and Gene Fckcte, Ohio State, are only thrco points, behind the leaders with 39 each. Victor -has played in three games, while Stcuber needed four to amass his total. . , Portland University Wallops Western Washington, 26-0 BELLINGHAM, Oct.. 12 IP) Adding three touchdowns in-tho flnnl period to a flrst-qunrtcr tal ly, the Portland university foot ball squad maintained its 'un beaten stnnding Saturday night with a 26-0 victory over West ern Washington college. ' Del Huntslngor, pilot fullback, scored all three final tallies and kicked two conversion- points. Tho Bellingham squad failed to register a f irst down while Port land ran up 15. ' . Mississippi State, Georgia-Tech takes on Davidson, and the Georgia Pre-fllght team engages the Pcnsacola Fliers. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive ' Move Yourtalf Save H Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 .1201 East Main OSC Trouncing Muddles Coast Football Picture - UCLA Established as Hot Contender ' For Title; Washington State Tops '-''.?' "'. By RUSBELL NEWLAND SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 12 (P)-Ono weekend 'doesn't make a football season but the University of California at Los Angeles Bruins, crowded a lot of coast conference history Into, the records on a single Saturday. ; ;.,.-.. - They whipped the burly Oregon State Beavers, 30-7, last week to add thee. new, phases to the .league championship race: 1 Knocked t h e ..defending : ; -; ; champion and Rosa Bowl win ner out of the title picture, at least temporarily; 2 Scored ' the biggest upset to date; . '.' ; . 3 Established . themselves as red hot ., contenders for the crown. . : : Of the ten conference mem bers, UCLA and Washington State "college only- have neither defeat nor tie to mar their rec ords. Washington State tops the list with three league wins. The UCLA -victory followed its ini tial bid' in" the "championship scramble. Its two previous ap pearances on . the, gridiron, had no bearing, on .the title;. luckily, because defeats . were posted on the scoreboard. , When the Bru ins were .nosed, out by Texas Christian, , 7 to 6, .and. by. the St. Mary's navy pre-fllght team, 18 to 7, the few- If any. experts who had been , riding on their bandwagon hopped off in a hur ry.. . ..- They are back ' -on today. Warmed up chow it better than none. ' ",".'' Off the one-sided contest with Oregon State,' the Bruins rate in the same bracket-with the big WSC . Cougars. The latter stopped Stanford and Oregon by 6-0 and 7-0 . scores respectively and last week put. on a . track meet at Montana's expense,- 68 16. Washington 'State's three: sided - competition, was less for midable than the single batch of opposition . wrapped up f by UCLA. Lett, it-be forgotten Oregon- State was the pre-sea-ton choice of many to-retain the championship.. ; i -. ,. ' California, which lost to Ore gon State- and Santa Clara In iti last" two outs, put un a ter-- rific . struggle in ' each case. Southern - California " gained ' a scoreless tie - with '-Washington two ' weeks, ago . and last Satur day dropped a 28-12 count to Ohio - State in the' middle .west. ' Stanford returns' from its 27-0 walloping from "Notre Dame to meet . Idaho ' while Washington, heartened by .a 15-7'. win over Oregon, will hold a workout in Seattle at' the expense of Mon tana. Neither, Idaho nor Mori tana stack up with , the rest of the conference teams'. ... SeaiilePr6s: Top Spokane Eleven, 33-0 ': SEATTLE,; Oct. 12 (P) The Seattle Shipbuilders played their first home .'game yesterday and treated local rooters to' a fine ex ample of aerial work and taking advantage of the breaks to de feat, the Spokane Mahlowes,' 33 0, in northwest war ; industries league football. - The Shipbuilder opened scor ing . with a 'first quarter touch down 'after Quarterback' Inky Boe returned a Spokane punt from his own 47-yard line to the Manlowes' -29. Two -quick line plays took the ball to the 10 and two . lateral passes, - Boe to Joe Tomich tb Mince Mayde account ed for the tally.- - J ' . ' - Coach Leon Brigham substi tuted a complete rier lineup to sthrt the second quarter and five plays' after taking -the ball- the Seattle squad ran up a second tally. ; ' . , '': Fort Flagler Grid Squad Overwhelmed By Commandos, 40-0 - PORT -ANGELES.- Oct. 12 (fP) The all-services Port' -Angeles Commandos" wWheld Pacific Lutheran college fodtball 'team to a lone touchdown last week, crushed - Fort -"Flagler's ; eleven 40-0 at Civic field here -yesterday. , , - ' Brilliant running and passing by Const Guardsman Bobby Bar rett; ex-University of '.Washing ton halfback, arid 'six- straight conversions by Cosst Gunrdsman Wallace Blote,' helped build the overwhelming score. ' ' ' Atthma ' and ' Hay Fevar Sufferers .Secure ' Immediate relief . with VAPO : EFRIN. Satisfaction .Guaranteed,' a". -Ask- for' Demonstration i LEE HENDRICKS DRUO 2212 8.. . 6th St. Phone 4321 Beside The Head pin r "lADYBua" ; Forty girls pounded the maple ways Thursday night, with four girls hitting the 500 mark.. Flo Ann Eaton piled up a 972 series (168-203-201); Pearl Poppy not far. behind with 536. Lucille Norling scored a 520 series with Bernice Britt having an even 500. , . o ... Fluhrer's Bakery had high team series of 2446 and the Mod ern beauty college was in sec ond place with a 2383.- A very good time was had by everyone Thursday night. Four of the "Huskies" (boy-friends), namely "Potter," "Earl," "Al" and "Pop Britt;' were pin setters. Thanks boys. We girls will keep-'em rolling, if the boys will keep setting 'em up. ' - "; ', Scores: . ' ' LADySUO LlAQUt Oitt'lt Inauranoa Weatfaerford - -ill) lit -la. im tso . Ml US 451 . JM tu Butler Xllpfre Hotran! lo Handicap . -165 1U LIU 1U- ,77 100 1' 10S 751 70S ; 800 riuhrart takary Eatoa Upp -.m na vn . 07 . 140 123 i loo in : : 77 in 83 lto. us in- : ioo im im Green Barr Pofpr". Handicap. -S01 Mi 831 tug Lorani Oonwany' MeCe-llum . Bathiur.". Karspeck . Prattler Bold.-: Handicap ..-TOTAL , ' 178 1M- - IM : no lot , , , 108. lt 130 IM 04 " 98 100 .117' 87- 118 118 118 -740 717 .700 ' 1147 Cheyna Backaa Oweni . Fryman ' J Hampert' . Handicap. 140 189 102 141 1 103 . . 3 447 3J7 34 Ml -794 749 7St tl Modem, aaatrlr - . Worllna Ewell Vorkland . EIIIsj Wllllama . Handicap 14&. 197 14S 130 1S4 - 88 . 781 79J 817 IJS3 . Haial toautv Shop. ShorttL Hanill! -. Mardeld.. 187 107-' 1ST- i 91 1J9 111 . 116 121 150 " 81 12S 71 1U. 131 121 Ul 111 .Inhnson . Fernlgoltl Handicap -894 761 741 , IW4 lack and Whlta 129 14S - " ' IM 127 109 75 S8 100 162 ' 138 Bray . Tyler : lllllraan Thbmaa-' - Britt . Handicap -T49 743 823 1315 Cumrnlim Pur Shop I. Milne Mltdiam -Bcllottl . Foubert , - ia 158 157 : ; 97 134 J L-113 139 JI24 108 130 139 Oatea Handicap . TOTAL 753 837 781 1350 PACIFIC TIPPED, 35-6 OLYMPIA,,Octl 12 (rP) Paced by Frank Sinclair, a fleet-footed halfback, ; the St. Martin's col lege Rangers trampled over Pa cific . university's football team, 35-6, Saturday night. . : -. National Distillers Pretty duuTmD ' , ' joJ October 12, 1942 UCLA Blasts OSC Robert Llbbaa (49), Oregon Ststa halfback, tldettept two UCLA-tacklert, Roxia Gritwold (foreground) and Burr Baldwin (38), for a firtt down In tha firtt quarter of tha game at Lot Angela!.. Thit wat on of the few bright tpott of the game for Oregon State, at UCLA went on to win, 30 to 1, over the team widely figured to go to tha Rota Bowl again. Bob Pastor Claims Joe Louis' Title c NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (P) Bob Pastor, who made two unsuccessful- attempts to knock the heavyweight crown off Joe Lou is' head, put iri another bid for the title ' today after Louis an nounced that his fighting days are over. - "I'm claiming the title for Pas tor," proclaimed James J. John ston, Bob's manager. . - "Boxing lost one of Its great est .attractions, when Louis quit. In and out of the ring he was a good workman and a .courageous American gentleman. But how that he is giving up the title, who Is better qualified for the job than Pastor?" Although Pastor is a few months. older than Louis, John ston doesn't agree that he's too old to be a fighter. "Listen," he said. "Age begins from the shoulders down. You win fights with your head." Loyola Eleven Upsets USF Dons, 7-2 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 (P) Add another upset to a football season ' loaded with surprises: Loyola university of Los Ange les, -clever and spirited little team, outclassed the heavily-far vored University of San- Fran cisco Dons to win,' 7 to 2, before a Sunday crowd of 12,000. - A- -U.S.F. outfit which had rolled over the Tempe teachers from Arizona and the University of Nevada- by. big scores' found more . than their match in the light but - hard-charging Lions, and finally succumbed to super ior play and just plain heads-up football. - - PORTLAND.' Oct. 12 (Pi A. military funeral service was held here today for Dean Alexander Donason, 56, coach at Mill Mili tary academy from 1919 to 1931 and supervisor of cadets since. He died after a heart attack Friday. - . KENTlCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY . BRAND Produfta Corp., N. Y. ?M Proof ; PAGE THREES Rose Bowl Hopes ftl,ll Late Deer Season Held Big Success Hunters Throng Into Cen tral and Eastern Oregon As Restrictions Lifted ; . ' PORTLAND, Oct. 12 VP). Oregon's deer hunting season is late, but, If numbers are ari in dication, it is an unprecedented success.. ... " State police said a record num ber of hunters started for the forests the : minute word got around Saturday that the state game commission had lifted, its two-week old ban on hunting. Automobiles filed into central and eastern Oregon in a steady stream, and already some Juint ers have returned with deer., - Police said that more than 2000 went through Bend, almost depleting gasoline supplies there. The season will close Oct. 31, and the game commission said it did not have the power to ex tend the season to make up for time lost. Duck and goose hunting. 111 open Thursday to run thtough Dec: 23. Wallowa" county " elk hunting will be Oct. 28-Nov. 15 and Umatilla county elk hunting Pet- 28-Nov. 30. '."' ! " " COLD PREVENTIVE -Infections such as the com mon cold can be guarded against by a plentiful supply of butter, eggs, and green or yellow vege tables in the dally diet. Christmas - '? Cards :.'' - for. .. -. : Service Men ' For overseas, they must be mailed. by tha end of October. VAN'S CAMERA SHOP 727 Main - Phono 3618
